Welcome to the Community Blog

Since Missing Link Martial Arts was founded, it has grown in many ways. Most important: In content. The Community has attracted great Martial Artists from many different fields and started growing into new countries.

This website - and this blog - will help to connect the individuals that make the community, and help us creating new ideas in a reliable structure.

We are looking forward to connect more links, more peoples, more knowledge and more ideas.

The Founder Circle

September 2018

Recent Posts

Gendai Koryu Karate - 現代古流唐手

Missing Link is the Method. Gendai Koryu Karate is the Style. After nearly 15 years of Missing Link Martial Arts, we have decided that the Karate we practice deserves its own name. For a long time, we had good reasons to stay away from specific lineages, style names, or large official organisations. We wanted the […]

The Allure and Trap of the “Island Talent”

Why Missing Link teachers are guides, not gatekeepers It’s a familiar figure in any dojo, in any art. The competitor who is untouchable in point-sparring but freezes when the context changes. The kata specialist whose form is a breathtaking display of athletic perfection, yet who possesses only a superficial understanding of its application. The historian […]