Lost Bunkai and the Karate Revolution
There is nothing standing in the way of recovering the bunkai applications within the framework of current dojo practice. As long as people want to learn them.
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Training and Anti-Training
…keep your eyes open. There are opponents that are easy to miss. They are not all in human form. But they are real. They sneak up. They may seem harmless. You can get used to them and drop your guard…
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Black Belt Test 2025
Congratulations to all who participated and successfully completed the training and testing!
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Pinan Godan Bunkai – Second Opponent
An opponent comes up from behind and attempts a rear choke. That attack to the rear is the vulnerability of the position at the beginning of this interpretation.
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Training in Traffic
A traffic jam is one thing. If someone is messing with us, threatening , doing harm, then we respond with appropriate, skillful action.
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Mountain Karate at F.E.N.C.E. Summer Camp
The kids had a great time in the Mountain Karate classes at the Foothills Equestrian Nature Center summer camp in Tryon, NC.
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Instinct
…to realize the pure, strong spirit that drew you to training in the beginning, and which does not end…
Danger and Attention
Unbroken attention is our fundamental training tool.
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Practical Use of Sai
We use the sai to train practical self-defense.
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気をつけ – Attention In Kata
We need to apply sharp attention – laser-focused or global – without distraction, doubt or delay, and shift between those modes as conditions demand. Our kata show us how…
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The Real Mountain Karate
We have made our style a dynamic, living thing, not a rigid, static, museum piece. We draw on decades of dojo experience, a global network of practitioners and investigators with diverse perspectives, knowledge and experience, and with professional experience in combatives and combative training.
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Sign of Good Training
We adapt to conditions. We continue to change for as long as we live. If we choose good, purposeful and demanding conditions we will change in a positive way. If we take on wholesome physical and mental challenges, we get strong and healthy. If we associate with virtuous, capable people, we are likely to become
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Kata for Professional Training
The missing link in conventional professional use of force training (and in personal self-defense) is a way to practice at full power, with enough repetition to perfect muscle memory and spontaneous access to the technique under pressure.
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Professional Training Seminars
Profession Training Seminars – unique mission-focused training by and for professionals, at Mountain Karate.
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