Now Smoke This!
From Chapter 28 of Never Heel Up — what if the blood, sweat and spirit soaked into an old dojo floor could be bottled and passed on?
The Blog
Stories from the dojo & beyond
Training in Japan, dojo life back home, recovery and resilience — and the occasional crossword.
Cross Word Puzzle
How well do you know your karate? Try the Shotokan crossword — solve it on screen or download the printable PDF.
Testing The Spirit
Two years after double hip replacement surgery, back on a plane to Japan — and back on the floor of the JKA Honbu and the Hoitsugan.
Show Me Your Karate Spirit
Years of hidden hip pain, a collapse mid-sparring in St Louis, and the road to a bilateral total hip replacement.
Cross Word Puzzle Answers
The completed answer grid for the karate crossword puzzle — view it here or download the printable PDF.
Minoru Kawawada
Kawawada sensei in Tokyo, warming up just before the virtual seminar on Saturday morning (US time), August 29, 2020.
Part Two: Meeting Uno Sensei at JKA Kobe
But it was now Saturday and I could relax a little again, having the luxury of enjoying my new lifestyle. I was really looking forward to jogging in the park since…
Part One: Dinner with Sensei
2014 – Dinner with Sensei We were not able to train at the Kobe YMCA due to some administrative issue about not being a member. Sensei felt bad since we had communicated…