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Isshin-ryu Karate: The Road Less Traveled

Remembering Sensei Harrill on his Birthday Today would have been Sensei Sherman Harrill’s 76th birthday. I sometimes wonder how many […]

DC Gilbert / April 7, 2021

I read once that a karate kata could be called a dance of death Now, I am not talking about

DC Gilbert / March 28, 2021

So, what does a rusty Ford tractor have to do with karate? Well, nothing really. But then again, everything. Hey,

DC Gilbert / February 18, 2021

I first met Sensei Roy Loveday in 1983 at Wheeler’s School of Karate in Powell, TN. It was at the

DC Gilbert / January 17, 2021

Karate is for self-defense only. The popular interpretation of this guiding principle of karate is that karate is for self-defense

DC Gilbert / January 17, 2021

If two hands meet in the air, can you “suddenly enter?” This post is a continuation of the thread started

DC Gilbert / November 14, 2020

I hadn’t gotten too far along on my Isshin-ryu Karate journey when I heard rumors of something called Master Tatsuo

DC Gilbert / October 10, 2020

This morning I had the opportunity to visit a traditional Uechi-Ryu dojo in Knoxville run by Sensei Bob Noel. I

DC Gilbert / April 3, 2020

Advanced techniques are nothing more than applying a thorough mastery of the basics. I remember meeting Sensei Sherman Harrill for

DC Gilbert / January 21, 2020

The body moves powerfully in a finite number of ways Muscles can only contract or relax back to their non-contracted