Author: Sensei Mitch

Written by on September 23, 2011

Put a little Jump in it…

Fitness . Technique . Training notes

Just put a little Jump Rope in your workout today…Stamina, Strength and Jump Strength!   Read More

Written by on September 22, 2011

The 3 K’s of Kyokushin

Styles . Technique . Training notes

I train in and teach Kyokushin Karate. One of the things that I love about my style is the simplicity of it all. Yes you read correctly. At its core Kyokushin training consists of three main elements: (1) technique, (2) forms, and (3) sparring. These are sometimes referred to as the three “K’s” after the Read More

Written by on September 14, 2011

The Games are back!

Competition . For Kids . Fun Stuff

All work and no play makes for a boring individual, so that saying goes.  Well far be it for us to stand in the way of fun here at KarateTraining.org!  Since our site rebuild our games section has been offline and our patrons have let us know, emails, phone calls, it was really overwhelming.  So Read More

Written by on September 11, 2011

Life is Fragile

A Zen Thing . Events & Holidays . History

Given that this is the anniversary of the Sept. 11th attack, I thought this image would be appropriate. This is a sticker I found from when I was a kid, a long time ago.  But it reminds me of what we any of us that were old enough probably though on 9/11, life is fragile.  Read More

Written by on September 10, 2011

Staying Safe

Fun Stuff

No longer do I need to stay awake all night to keep my family safe from Ninjas. That’s right, no more peaking out the windows, or sliding down the hall!  But perhaps I should have set the time a little earlier, like around 11PM. Read More

Written by on September 9, 2011

Dangerous Places

Articles of Interest . Self-Defense

Australian Shooter Magazine had an interesting letter that I came across and I thought I would share it, I quote: “If you consider that there has been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theater of operations during the past 22 months, and a total of 2,112 deaths, that gives a firearm death rate Read More

Written by on September 7, 2011

Cyber Sparring

Site_News

Well it has been an interesting week… Last week a Russian hacker was able to find some vulnerable code on our site and insert some malware.  I am not proud of this fact but honesty is the best policy.  Regardless I spent a good portion of the past week trying to isolate and extract the Read More

Written by on July 16, 2011

Happy Thoughts

A Zen Thing . Awareness . Quotes . State of Mind

To think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind to itself it will spiral down into ever increasing unhappiness. To think good thoughts, however, requires effort. This is one of the things that discipline – training – is about. James Clavell, in his novel “Shogun” I read Read More

Written by on May 10, 2011

The Debate is OVER!

A Zen Thing . Fun Stuff

Are you an Over or Under?  I am an Over and a militant one at that!  Turns out I am in the majority, not that it mattered 😉 Here is the proof… Read More

Written by on April 28, 2011

To Serve & Protect??

Law Enforcement . News . Training notes

Here is a story that will make you feel safe…unfortunately it is an all to common event. In ENFIELD, CT (as reported here) Two female officers were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries Tuesday afternoon after responding to a reported domestic violence incident, police said. One officer was struck repeatedly in the face and the other’s Read More

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