Charles C. Goodin (goodin@hawaii.rr.com) is a karate researcher and writer, and the head of the Hawaii Karate Museum. These are his personal thoughts and those of some excellent guest writers. See our Table of Contents.
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My sons and I just spent some time looking at photographs of Ronnie Coleman. Do a Google search and look at the images. He has to be one of the greatest bodybuilders ever.
Then one of my sons said to look up the world's strongest man, Mariusz...
I was recently asked about Karate ni sente nashi and the idea of there being no first attack in Karate. Does this mean that we have to wait and get hit before we can defend? I do not believe that the maxim means this at all. Instead, I think that it...
Here is a pearl of wisdom -- something I learned from my own personal experience.
Don't drink two extra large drinks right before a concert. You will inevitably end up sitting in the center of the aisle and have to shuffle out in front of irritated...
In My Favorite MMA Fighters, I mentioned that I liked the polite competitors. As an example, I mentioned Anderson "The Spider" Silva.
I received some responses to this post, agreeing that skilled and successful fighters can also be polite. Another...
I start my stories with "This is a story."
I do so to make clear that I am making the story up, not writing about someone I know. Nevertheless, people sometimes ask me if I am writing about them. I am not.
Some people ask how I make up these...