A lots been going on in my life, and unfortunately I’ve not had the chance to keep updating the Essential Karate Blog and News site.

I feel bad about this because I have a strong passion for karate, kobujutsu and strength and conditioning arts.

Hopefully the handful of people still subscribing to this site will be happy to see the site starting back up.

Please feel free to contact me and give me any tips about what you’d like to see in this site.

Oh, and yes, the Applied Karate Show Podcast will be restarting soon. But please give me a bit of time to get that going to. There’ll be a bit of work before its ready.

One of the original podcasts about karate, Martial Secrets, is back.

Some of you might be aware of Martial Secrets, a Podcast hosted by Kris Wilder. Kris has authored several books on the martial arts and has trained and taught seminars around the world.

But a little known secret is Martial Secrets itself, the Podcast that takes in a wide range of martial artists and people on the edges of the arts as well. When you tune into Martial Secrets you will hear from a wide group of people like a Screenwriter, a Physical Therapists, a Dr. of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and a Black Belt Magazine columnists, to name a few.

As the new interviews are coming up – after a 18 month long hiatus – explore the back catalogue, you will not be disappointed. Kris was also the guest on Episode 3 of the Applied Karate Show and he maintains a crisp and poignant blog at http://www.myspace.com/kris_wilder