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Karate Tournaments Tips and Tricks

Hi my name is Scott Boyd. I am a 6th dan in traditional karate do. I have been awarded the title of Shihan. I have been teaching karate for over 30 years and have compleated at all levels of marti... Read more

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Tip 7. Have a good guard.

Tip 7. Have a good guard.

Many student have a poor guard, whether to look cool or just because they don't know. here's more on guards.

6 Nov 2011

1min

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Tip 73. The Rolling Punch

Tip 73. The Rolling Punch

The Rolling punch or should I say my Rolling punch, this technique is a reasonably simple one in its nature however to d... Read more

24 Jul 2016

3mins

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Tip 72. Dealing with losing and defeat.

Tip 72. Dealing with losing and defeat.

If there is one thing that every competitor has to deal with is defeat. This is the case with every sport and really eve... Read more

9 Jul 2016

14mins

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Tip 53, Fixing bad habits.

Tip 53, Fixing bad habits.

When it comes to competing in martial arts competitions fixing bad habit is imperative. The biggest problem with bad hab... Read more

10 May 2015

8mins

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Tip 54, dealing with super aggressive opponents.

Tip 54, dealing with super aggressive opponents.

For an average student completing tournaments or for any fight competition for that matter, one of the hardest part to d... Read more

15 May 2015

5mins

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Tip 8. Distancing.

Tip 8. Distancing.

This is one of the most important elements of combat, find out more!

6 Nov 2011

1min

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Tip 13. Set your posture for speed

Tip 13. Set your posture for speed

How you can set up your fighting stance to get faster and better movement

10 Dec 2011

1min

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Tip 63. What is the best style for competitions?

Tip 63. What is the best style for competitions?

With so many different competitions and ways of fighting with many and various styles, It can be very difficult to choo... Read more

17 Apr 2016

9mins

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Tip 6. Don’t go backwards

Tip 6. Don’t go backwards

There are problems when you go back. Learn why!

5 Nov 2011

1min

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Tip 16.The head is not the only target

Tip 16.The head is not the only target

Yes, I know I'm stating the obvious! But there's a lot more to this tip. I often see students constantly headhunting in ... Read more

19 May 2012

4mins

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Tip 62, tips for coaches in karate competitions

Tip 62, tips for coaches in karate competitions

When a student completes in martial arts competitions is imperative that someone is in their corner helping them to achi... Read more

14 Nov 2015

8mins

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Tip 2. Practice and demonstrate

Tip 2. Practice and demonstrate

The secret of scoring points

31 Oct 2011

1min

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Tip 15. The Three stages of counter attacking

Tip 15. The Three stages of counter attacking

There are 3 points that are important during counter-attacking, Find out what they are..

9 Mar 2012

2mins

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Tip 49. A few tips on flexibility.

Tip 49. A few tips on flexibility.

As martial artist we all want to be flexible for many different reasons. I'm guessing the main reason would be so we can... Read more

3 Mar 2015

10mins

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Tip 60, my favourite five techniques

Tip 60, my favourite five techniques

Today's tip is inspired by an e-mail, and the question was what basic techniques would I teach to my students that are g... Read more

24 Oct 2015

11mins

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Tip 17. The rhythm of the fight

Tip 17. The rhythm of the fight

Everything in life has rhythm, and everything in the fight has rhythm also. Here is two ways of looking at the rhythm of... Read more

28 Jul 2012

3mins

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Tip 59. Making things flow

Tip 59. Making things flow

Today's tip is about getting things to flow better, when we are sparring and fighting the more techniques flow into each... Read more

19 Sep 2015

5mins

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Tip 52 another quick tip on stretching.

Tip 52 another quick tip on stretching.

There are many different forms and techniques of stretching and flexibility exercise. Many styles have different and var... Read more

26 Apr 2015

6mins

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Tip 55, Ways to improve the speed of your kicks.

Tip 55, Ways to improve the speed of your kicks.

There are many different ways to improve your speed, whether it be punch or kick. In this tip is a few ways that I use t... Read more

23 May 2015

10mins

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Tip 19 Getting the fight to flow

Tip 19 Getting the fight to flow

Being able to deliver a constant barrage of techniques without breaking your own rhythm is really important, no matter w... Read more

3 Dec 2012

2mins

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