Wood.. Like Wood..!

Wood.. Like Wood..!

Wood.. Like Wood..! These were the words I heard as my karate sensei pressed his fingers into my arms. He was telling me to relax. But how? No one had taught me to do this, even though I had heard this instruction many times before.

Mikio Yahara Sensei and the Killing Blow

Mikio Yahara Sensei and the Killing Blow

Mikio Yahara Sensei is one of the most accomplished Japanese Shōtōkan karate masters in the world, whose single mission is ichigeki hissatsu, or in his words, to deliver a ‘killing blow’