​"The Empty Hand"

There is a big emphasis in many martial arts on eye contact. Most Uechi Ryu dojos stress the importance of maintaining strong eye contact. 603 Karate is not  most Uechi Ryu dojos. Perhaps I enjoy being contrary?   But, on this issue, I have my reasons.   Maintain good eye contact OK.  But, why? If Karate is a self-defense, and if you train at a dojo to improve your self-defense skills… Then I advise you: do not look someone directly in the eyes, except for a couple of excepti

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603 Karate's new Newsletter! 603 Karate now has a weekly Micro Newsletter, "The 3-Conflicts". What is a Micro Newsletter? Well, it's a...