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Karate-Do highlight #56: The Japanese Maple

I had always enjoyed the sight of a Japanese maple tree and wanted one of my own. Every Japanese maple tree I came across was so full, always in a unique shape of growth and life. Not to mention, red is my favorite color and freshly grown Japanese maple leaves display a beautiful, bright shade of red that I had to have! Any home they stood in front of, captured my attention. So I did my research and began my hunt. To my dismay, I quickly understood that trees are very expensive. So I searched online, hoping I might come across a clearance sale or find some way, I could snag one of those beauties for a more reasonable cost. And there it was, priced at a very low cost of $59.99, found at the unlikely website of home depot. There was no time to lose, add to cart and the…



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Karate-Do highlight #55: No stone unturned

Overlooking, under valuing, and under appreciating are common traits of general practitioners in all areas of art or forms of discipline.


There is a reason so few make it to the pinnacle of an art or discipline and that is a common neglect of the details, especially when the details are seen or understood as insignificant.


If I asked you the question, "what is the first movement in tai kyoku shodan", you would probably say "down block" and you would not necessarily be wrong and yet there are many details overlooked with such a reply to what seems like a basic question.


You begin a kata with your feet connected as you rei. Your feet then seperate as your hands cross in front of your midsection only to uncross in sync with the separation of your feet, one foot at a time. The announcement of the kata sets the tone.…


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Highlights 1-54 can be found under karate-do general. But since it can be trickier to find and is mixed in with other posts, all future highlights will be posted in this group.


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