Karate Training

Japan is regarded by many to be the place where martial arts originated, even though China and other Asian countries definitely had their own variants of fighting arts.

According to a poll from the National Alliance for Youth Sports, around 70 percent of kids in the United States stop playing organized sports by the age of 13 because they claimed “it’s just not fun anymore.” Another recent study by George Washington University points out that 90 percent of kids said they played sports because they *were* fun. 

There’s no refuting that the world wide web is an expansive space, one brimming with websites and blogs covering topics on just about anything we can think of – martial arts included. With such a vast selection of martial arts blogs to choose from, it can be quite difficult to narrow down the ones we should be checking out on a regular basis. 

Are you scared of sparring?                                                                                                                                                                                

You’re not alone…

As someone who holds a black belt in Karate, here’s a very common question that I get asked by other Karatekas:

“Jesse-san, how can I overcome my fear of fighting?”

Here, I will share my simple yet effective approach to sparring in Karate which can easily be applied to other martial arts disciplines too!