Blog #kuzushi

It seems like only Yesterday that way had our March 2025 Grading. This grading started off at 10am when the coloured belts turned out for their boot camp style warm ups with Sensei Michael. He ran them through all manner of torture until 11am when they made their way to the hall.

Get ready for the latest grading updates for March 2025!

Exploring the difference between the ideas of "Blocking" or "Uke" in Karate.

A journey into the concept and principles of Kuzushi In Gichin Funakoshi's book Karate Jutsu, he wrote “Hikite is to use the opponents incoming punch and pull on it beyond its reach and to twist it at the same time, to throw the opponent off his balance." To cause your opponent to lose balance is the very essence of Kuzushi.