Charles Oliveira: The End of the Line or One More Run?
UFC legend Charles Oliveira battles Mateusz Gamrot in Rio. With doubts swirling, will Oliveira’s magic return or fade for good?
Soke Behzad Ahmadi
Bio
Soke Behzad Ahmadi is a distinguished martial artist, author, and educator renowned for his expertise in Okinawan karate and his contributions to martial arts literature and instruction.
Soke Ahmadi has dedicated his life to the study and teaching of martial arts. He began his journey in the early 1970s, teaching Kyokushin Karate from 1971 to 1999. In 1977, he became an instructor in Sinanju Shin-Do, a close-combat martial art. His commitment to martial arts education led him to serve as a Teaching Consultant at the International Society of Okinawan Bujutsu starting in August 1978. He also held the position of Technical Advisor at the Korea Taekwondo Association from 1980 to 1999. In 1997, he established himself as the Owner and Chief Instructor at Shorinjiryu Karate in Okinawa.
An accomplished author, Soke Ahmadi has penned numerous books focusing on martial arts techniques, philosophy, and history. His notable works include:
- Dirty Fighting: Lethal Okinawan Karate
- Sensei in Solitary
- Legacy of a Sensei
- Okinawa Combat Karate: Sanchin Kata
- Complete Okinawa Karate: Chin-na & Shuai-Jiao
- Ryukyu Kobujutsu: Bo - Tanbo - Toifa
- Advanced Ryukyu Karate
- Shorinjiryu Karate: A Dojo Guide
- Choki Motobu: Original MMA Fighter
- Dojo Kumite: Shorinjiryu Combat Karate
These publications reflect his deep knowledge and commitment to preserving and disseminating martial arts wisdom.
Better than money and fame, teaching martial arts to your children; giving them your time and confidence, is the best inheritance.
A true martial artist welcomes change; he is a catalyst, a cause, a force of nature.
Karate training will make you strong and confident, but restraint will earn you respect.
A karate practitioner should possess two things : wicked hands, and Buddha's heart.
Real martial arts is mathematics, physics, and poetry—meditation in action.
For any worthwhile martial arts skill to be pragmatic, it has to be done live, otherwise it is of limited or no use in actual combat.
Karate is not about techniques and their execution, but about boldness, integrity and fight for justice and common good.
And so it is that a Sensei may impart his knowledge of the martial Way and nurture your fighting abilities, but you must learn the wisdom of finding other ways, besides martial skills, to solve your problems.
True Martial Arts is universal, simple and practical. Anything else is too complex to be used in combat.
To be exceptional in martial arts, you must possess the "4 C's" : Consistency, Commitment, Creativity and Competence.