Forgot Password or Username? Deviant for 12 Years. This is the place where you can personalize your profile! By moving, adding and personalizing widgets.

Forgot Password or Username? Founded 5 Years ago.

KATA - A Living Encyclopedia of Self-Defense Techniques. Kata, as practiced in karate, provide a living encyclopedia of self-defense, tradition, and training methods. Kata includes both hidden and apparent self-defense applications such as blocks, strikes, kicks, grabs, vital point activation, chokes, throws, takedowns, body hardening, combinations, muscle memory, breathing and methods for improving focus and acceleration. To unlock the secrets of kata is to unlock the secrets of karate.

Traditional Karate, Kobudo, Self-Defense,. Ternational Instructor of the Year. Martial Arts Hall of Fame,. North American Black Belt Hall of Fame and World Karate Union Hall of Fame Inductee. Karate, Martial Arts Weapons. Grandmaster Instructor of the Year. Japanese Peace Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.

Tonfa - Martial Arts Weapon of Self-Defense. The tonfa is one of many martial arts weapons taught to traditional Shorin-Ryu Karate students. This ancient weapon originated as a farming implement and was converted to a weapon of self-defense on Okinawa and later became popularized as a side-handle police baton. All students who train under the direction of Grandmaster Hausel learn to use this weapon along with their daily karate lessons. KOBUDO SCHOOLS in the WEST. Friday, November 29, 2013.