I wrote in the last blogpost about how the teaching of poomsae applications for a new audience was going, and remembered a brief exchange be...

The last three Fridays I have had the pleasure of teaching the grown up class. I always start with Taekwondo done. Dont get me wrong though ...

When we read about Funakoshi`s early training we often read that he was a student of Itosu. This is correct but if you read his autobiograph...

"This months quote" is back! I mentioned a while back that I am currently working through all the translated works of Funakoshi, c...

I have translated a few sections from Hwang Kee`s 1958 book now and want to share it. I have included the two pages I have translated at th...

I have written many times about the history of Taekwondo, and how important Gichin Funakoshi is in it. He is the teacher of most of the firs...

Taekwondo is different things to different people, and indeed there are many different reasons why people practise Taekwondo. Some enjoy ...