Karate and Keto...

[Himokiri Karate]

Been a while since I posted. So recent times, I got in to keto diets and surprisingly enough, its pretty darn good! 

Like I noticed use of carbs and fat is a moving target. If I carb up, I can go without carbs for few days and feel incredible if glycogen is full like having a dinner party but then I need to fill in my glycogen with carbs again. But I just noticed that this is a new dimension in to my karate training.

Also I have been really working on my Himokiri Karate or should I say lots and lots of Nukite and I noticed its getting significantly better and actually training nukite really helps with accuracy in boxing and throwing punches straight down the pipe and the diet does help because you feel calm energy and I feel more of a relaxed/less excited and so I end up focused more on accuracy and laser focus strikes vs volume work. 


One important thing to mention is, I ease up on meat consumption. Still consume it but not in excess.  

I love to hear if any karateka has tried keto diets before? If so what did you eat? How did you feel? What did your karate turn in to?
 

[KarateKen]

On 9/23/2025 at 7:57 PM, Himokiri Karate said:

Been a while since I posted. So recent times, I got in to keto diets and surprisingly enough, its pretty darn good! 

Like I noticed use of carbs and fat is a moving target. If I carb up, I can go without carbs for few days and feel incredible if glycogen is full like having a dinner party but then I need to fill in my glycogen with carbs again. But I just noticed that this is a new dimension in to my karate training.

Also I have been really working on my Himokiri Karate or should I say lots and lots of Nukite and I noticed its getting significantly better and actually training nukite really helps with accuracy in boxing and throwing punches straight down the pipe and the diet does help because you feel calm energy and I feel more of a relaxed/less excited and so I end up focused more on accuracy and laser focus strikes vs volume work. 


One important thing to mention is, I ease up on meat consumption. Still consume it but not in excess.  

I love to hear if any karateka has tried keto diets before? If so what did you eat? How did you feel? What did your karate turn in to?
 

I have not tired it but am now going to give it consideration after this post.  I am especially interested in the carbs aspect. My diet is too carbs heavy, though it is better than it once was, it can be improved further. 

Thanks for the post

[Himokiri Karate]

On 9/24/2025 at 10:44 PM, KarateKen said:

I have not tired it but am now going to give it consideration after this post.  I am especially interested in the carbs aspect. My diet is too carbs heavy, though it is better than it once was, it can be improved further. 

Thanks for the post

For sure man, I sometimes do raw vegetarian cleanse on and off but I said to myself, why not try keto, I feel like even with fruits and honey, I feel like I am taking in a bit too much sugar and carbs so I did keto to balance things out and my god it was AMAZING! 

Like with keto flat bread, I made pizza, burritos,  quesadilla and sandwiches. One thing I noticed is, I feel full, no crazy energy but no crash. Food is super delicious and when I put back on the gi and tighten the karate belt, I dont feel bloated at all. Like I dont feel a gut sticking out.

At hot yoga, few people are saying I look way thinner. One thing is, I am trying to eat less meat on keto. But even with meat, I still feel pretty darn good. Give it a try and let me know. Also no starvation or going to bed hungry or with a headache either.

Occasional Nutella craving will kick in but everything is smooth sailing.