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(2024) Samir Berardo’s Seminar in Campinas/SP (Brazil)

By Samir Berardo 10/29/2024Events2 Comments

Muidokan Karate Kenkyukai and Tetsuya Dojo invite you to the 2024 edition of the Historical Concepts of Karate Seminar, with the founder and technical director of Muidokan, sensei Samir Berardo,…

Karate blocks… Are they really blocks? The truth about “uke-waza”

By Samir Berardo 05/05/2024Articles, front4 Comments

The techniques known as "uke-waza", mistakenly interpreted by many as "blocks", actually have other varied and highly effective applications

Seminar with emphasis on Goju-ryu, in Linhares/ES (Brazil), on 11/11/2023

By Samir Berardo 10/11/2023EventsNo Comments

Muidokan Karate Kenkyukai and the Okinawa Karate Jutsu dojo (Chuseikan Judokan Brasil) invite you to the Historical Concepts of Karate Seminar in Linhares/ES (Brazil), with the founder and technical director…

Seminars in Brazil in 2023: Campinas/SP and São Paulo/SP

By Samir Berardo 07/06/2023EventsNo Comments

Muidokan Karate Kenkyukai, the PuroKarate blog and Bassai Dai Karate invite you to the Historical Concepts of Karate Seminar, with sensei Samir Berardo. This time, there will be two editions…

Fundamental technical concepts of old style karate

By Samir Berardo 02/25/2023Articles, frontNo Comments

Old style karate uses a rich terminology to refer to the fundamental techniques of the art. Here you will learn about these terms, recorded in historical books and oral teachings.

CHŌKI MOTOBU WAS WRONG… OR WAS HE?

By Samir Berardo 12/29/2022Articles, front, news, VideosNo Comments

In a famous picture master Choki Motobu demonstrates an application for Naihanchi Shodan kata. It has been widely shared as a correct application, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

On 9/3/22, Seminar on Historical Concepts of Karate: Self-defense, kumite and bunkai

By Samir Berardo 07/16/2022EventsNo Comments

Muidokan Karate Kenkyukai and the Puro Karate blog invite you to the Seminar Historical Concepts of Karate: Self-defense, kumite and bunkai, which will be taught in São Paulo/SP by Sensei…

Kake-Kumite/Kakedameshi: The original free sparring of Karate

By Bruno Chagas 11/23/2021Articles, front2 Comments

Here is an article written by Muidokan member Bruno Chagas, originally published on his blog, Puro Karate. The text addresses kakedameshi, kake-kumite and kakidī, historical concepts of Okinawan karate. The…

Old school karate stickiness techniques seen in MMA!

By Samir Berardo 10/12/2021news, VideosNo Comments

Our previous posts have shown how old school karate principles are used in a self-defense confrontation. In particular, they showed how these principles are effective in keeping the practitioner safe…

What is old style karate?

By Samir Berardo 05/14/2021Articles, front, news, Videos1 Comment

Old style karate is an expression used to refer to the pre-modern version of the art. Among the main characteristics of old style karate are...