Most of you have access to the free courses, but did you already go through them? We want to know: - Did your strikes get harder? - Did something inspire you? - Did you use something recently? - Is the course structure and quality what you expected? Maybe we should add a raffle for a paid course or video feedback to everyone who comments. What do you think, @Filip Swennen ?

Gust moved to the U.S.A. for his dad's job. He used to train Rishinjuku karate with us in Belgium. 🇧🇪 Gust is young but very focused. He has not found an instructor yet over there. So Gust trains alone. Developing his skills. No excuses. Be like Gust. Looking forward to him coming back. Go through the courses. Tons of stuff to develop. Daily focus is a superpower in this modern age of distractions.

I've posted about consistency and training on vacation... But sometimes your wife is in labour and your buddy sends you a message he can come work on the staircase the next day and the plastic film rips and your entire house is covered in dust. Harry Davies calls them 'life weeks' in which life happens all at once and you need to take a step back in training. That's ok, and then when the dust settles (in this case literally...) you get back on track. Make sure it's a strategic retreat and not an excuse for the next three weeks.

During fight prep for Brent's next match, I noticed how I could go for one round, but had a sharp drop off in rounds two and three. This means that my alactic system is developed enough, but my lactic system not. To fix this I started with 8 rounds of 10s @70% vs 30s off. This session is part of my 2 strength sessions per week. Then I added in a second separate conditioning block. 6 rounds, 30s 80-90% effort vs 30s off. My goal is to add one round per week and once I hit 12 rounds, I'll start upping the time until I reach 90 seconds per round. Based on: https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc_zZw2lJOY/?stkn=cHdxazJxdDdpODB6 And I do this on an assault bike.

My answer to Serwan about the danger of training very little but thinking you can actually defend yourself. “Dedication and effort beat talent if talent doesn’t work. Every single time. Do you truly want to develop skill in anything, then you have to put in the time. If you want to enjoy many things, enjoy. 😊 But don’t expect to be very skilled. And with karate, if self defense or combat is something you want to be able to handle… not being skilled enough has bad consequences. “