{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Sempai Tabi","home_page_url":"https://sempaitabi.com","description":"Sempai Tabi","author":{"name":"Sempai Tabi"},"items":[{"id":"https://sempaitabi.com/my-blog/f/the-echo-chamber-of-home-training-why-you-need-a-senseis-eye","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/c8b8d4c5-13c4-4589-8386-7c9ce30383d9/Home%20training%20blog%20pic%202.jpeg\"/><p>\"Home training is great for polishing the tools, but you can’t forge the blade in your living room.\"</p>","url":"https://sempaitabi.com/my-blog/f/the-echo-chamber-of-home-training-why-you-need-a-senseis-eye","title":"The Echo Chamber of Home Training: Why You Need a Sensei's Eye","summary":"\"Home training is great for polishing the tools, but you can’t forge the blade in your living room.\"","date_modified":"2026-06-02T19:45:34Z"},{"id":"https://sempaitabi.com/my-blog/f/sempais-survival-guide-to-not-being-embarrasing","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/c8b8d4c5-13c4-4589-8386-7c9ce30383d9/embarrassing%20blog%20pic.png\"/><p>The dojo is a place of tradition, which can feel like a minefield of \"don'ts\" especially for new students.  For the new beginner white belt who first steps into the dojo, they often look like a deer caught in the headlig...</p>","url":"https://sempaitabi.com/my-blog/f/sempais-survival-guide-to-not-being-embarrasing","title":"Sempai's Survival Guide to Not Being Embarrasing","summary":"The dojo is a place of tradition, which can feel like a minefield of \"don'ts\" especially for new students.  For the new beginner white belt who first steps into the dojo, they often look like a deer caught in the headlig...","date_modified":"2026-05-04T23:29:36Z"},{"id":"https://sempaitabi.com/my-blog/f/stop-polishing-the-ego-the-brutal-truth-about-karate-ranks","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/c8b8d4c5-13c4-4589-8386-7c9ce30383d9/Ego%20blog%20pic%202.png\"/><p>Let's be honest: The dojo floor can be the most honest place on earth, but people still find ways to lie to themselves.  They tie on a belt and suddenly think they've climbed a mountain, when really, they've just stepped...</p>","url":"https://sempaitabi.com/my-blog/f/stop-polishing-the-ego-the-brutal-truth-about-karate-ranks","title":"Stop Polishing the Ego: The Brutal Truth About Karate Ranks","summary":"Let's be honest: The dojo floor can be the most honest place on earth, but people still find ways to lie to themselves.  They tie on a belt and suddenly think they've climbed a mountain, when really, they've just stepped...","date_modified":"2026-05-01T01:29:20Z"},{"id":"https://sempaitabi.com/my-blog/f/what-is-a-sempai---introduction","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/c8b8d4c5-13c4-4589-8386-7c9ce30383d9/What%20is%20sempai%20pic1.png\"/><p>I still remember the day that I walked into the dojo as a white belt, nervous and lost; now, as a Sempai, my job is to be the hand that reaches back to pull the next student forward.</p>","url":"https://sempaitabi.com/my-blog/f/what-is-a-sempai---introduction","title":"\"What Is a Sempai?\" - Introduction","summary":"I still remember the day that I walked into the dojo as a white belt, nervous and lost; now, as a Sempai, my job is to be the hand that reaches back to pull the next student forward.","date_modified":"2026-03-06T16:07:18Z"}]}