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Taikyoku Shodan: Section 1 Practice Video
Believe it or not, but this simple combination of moves is repeated 3 times in the full kata. Cement this section and you will be well on your way to memorizing the whole kata.
Taikyoku Shodan: Home Practice Basic Techniques Video
Follow along with me as I demonstrate the 3 techniques needed for the kata Taikyoku Shodan. Solidify your basics earn your yellow belt!
Karate Pro Shop Now Open!
I have now officially opened my karate proshop! This online store represents the culmination of my years of experience using and purchasing karate equipment as a consumer. Now, I want to put my knowledge to good use and help others by offering a curated selection of the best equipment I can find in Canada.
Why Train Karate?
With so much discussion about which is the “best” martial art, it’s easy to forget the real reason we enter the dojo at all. At the heart of the question “why train karate,” or any martial art, is simply the joy of training.
Fall 2025 Registration is Now Open!
I am SO excited to announce that I officially have everything in place to start offering karate and self-defense classes this fall!
Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage
Earlier this year I returned to Japan to train karate and to hike a pilgrimage trail in Wakayama known as the Kumano Kodo. This trail is a six day, five night hike through the inaka, or countryside south of Osaka. The path winds through small towns, rice paddies and forests filled with towering pine trees and bamboo. Walking along the trail day after day was a truly spiritual experience and an inspiration to my journey to deciding to take the next steps to opening a karate school at home in Canada.
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