June 2010 – ShotokanMaster.com

Black Belt; the Karate journey has just begun.

June 22, 2010 by Doug

First, let me back up to the beginning of June….. It was a week before my Karate examination for Shodan and I made sure that I did everything I could to take my black belt on the day of my exam. I trained harder than ever before. I did over …

Japanese Karate terms and numbers (Updated)

May 6, 2014June 14, 2010 by Doug

Do you get quizzed on Japanese Karate terms at your exams. In my club, at the 1st and 2nd Kyu level, each student is asked to perform a technique that is asked in Japanese. This list is not all inclusive since these are only the terms that the examiners in …