Remember last month's KarateTalk from Schwerin/Germany? No? Not a surprise. The transmission broke and Jorge and Heero chatted for over half an hour in front of a camera that didn't work. We are doing this again, but this time it WILL actually work. See you soon when we discuss Online Training and whether it makes sense for the martial arts!
Combat often looks chaotic. Especially in unarmed fighting, many things happen at once: movement, striking, pressure, balance, clinch, interruption, disengagement, re-entry. Because of this density, fighting is often experienced as unpredictable. But experienced practitioners frequently notice something else. Beneath the apparent chaos, recognizable structures begin to appear. Not fixed techniques. Not scripted sequences. But recurring […]
Keep what survives contact. This article shows how constraints, cycles, and partner pressure turn values into behaviour — and training into something that lasts. Sandro Sandten teaches partner-contact–oriented Karate with a pedagogical and sustainable design focus. His work centres on training systems that remain functional under real-life variability — honest partner interaction, clear constraints, and […]