by Kyokushin Malaysia | Oct 9, 2018 | Thoughts, Training
To overcome pain, you need to understand what is pain. Pain is defined as: “Physical suffering or discomfort caused by illness or injury.” “Physical suffering or discomfort caused by illness or injury.” Of course, there is emotional pain as...
by Kyokushin Malaysia | Oct 27, 2017 | blog, Events, Thoughts, Training
So we’re sending our students out to fight in another style of karate this coming December 2017. Every martial art has its own kumite (sparring) rules and this is of no exception. For example; Taekwondo competitions are point based and rewards speedy high kicks...
by Kyokushin Malaysia | Mar 7, 2017 | Training
Call it what you want. Gorilla walk, orang utan walk, monkey walk, this is a standard Kyokushin warm up exercise that strikes fear in the hearts of beginners. This is what it looks like, in a nutshell: We Kyokushin karateka like to up the difficulty by using our...
by Kyokushin Malaysia | Jan 1, 2017 | Media, Training, Video
It is tradition that we get together for the last training of the year. Not many will attend the last class because in previous years, our 1000 punches went into overtime and totaled to almost 3000 punches due to mistakes in counting (out of sheer tiredness,...
by Kyokushin Malaysia | Dec 14, 2016 | Training
Here at Kyokushin Malaysia, we recognize that Kyokushin Karate is a hardcore sport and the general perception of the curious public is one of “I would like to try Kyokushin Karate, but I’m scared/shy/injured”. To solve this problem, we are...
by Kyokushin Malaysia | Nov 10, 2016 | Thoughts, Training
There are many padwork drill videos on the Internet. You see lightning fast techniques performed by male, female and children alike. Most of these originate from modern martial arts. The layperson would be impressed by the speed of these drills. I am all for pad...
