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PRIVATE ONLINE KUMITE COACHING · FOR WHO COMPETE, OR WANT TO
Get an outside eye on your kumite. See exactly what's costing you points.
Send me one video of your fights. I'll break it down in writing, tell you what to fix first, and build a training plan around the way you fight. One athlete, one coach. No recorded course.
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Hi, I'm Francesco Chini · 3rd Dan, every Dan earned in competition · 20 years on the tatami · 3rd place European Club Championships (Romania 2011)
SOUND FAMILIAR?
You train hard. The results don't match.
Most of the athletes who contact me aren't lazy, and they aren't untalented. They're stuck in one or more of these spots:
• You lose matches you know you could have won, and you can't say exactly why.
• You take too many points, especially when you're the one being attacked.
• You don't know when to go. You wait, wait, and then rush.
• You end up in the corner, or you can't hold the center of the mat.
• You fight on instinct because you don't have a game plan.
• Taller opponents keep you out. Shorter ones get inside.
• Your kicks and sweeps work in drills but disappear in a match.
• Your head gets in the way: nerves, fear of getting hit, freezing after the first point against you.
• You want a bigger result (a national title, a team selection) and you keep falling just short.
If you recognized yourself in 2 or 3 of these, keep reading. The cause is probably not what you think.
THE REAL REASON YOU'RE STUCK
Same dojo. Same Sensei. Same partners. Same results.
There's nothing wrong with your Dojo. But when you train with the same people every week, a few things happen without anyone noticing.
Your partners learn your habits and stop punishing them. Your mistakes become "just how you fight." And your Sensei, who watches 20 athletes at once, sees you so often that some patterns become invisible.
Then you step onto a tatami against someone who has never seen you. That opponent finds the gaps in seconds.
More hours of the same training won't close those gaps. You need someone who sees them the way that opponent does.
THE OUTSIDE EYE
Different pov → custom training plan → results you haven't reached yet.
I don't replace your Sensei. I give you what's hard to get inside your own dojo: a coach who watches only you, has no habits to protect, and has fought opponents from all over Europe, with styles you rarely meet in a US gym.
You bring the plan back to your training. Your Sensei and partners become more useful, not less.
My karate Experience:
20 years
My kumite matches:
750+
WHAT YOU GET IN THE FIGHT REVIEW
One fight. Analyzed the way an opponent would analyze it.
BONUS - Direct email access
Questions while you work through the plan go straight to me, not to an assistant.
Delivery: 7 days from the moment you send your fight video.
What I might tell you after watching your fight
Every review is built on your match, so no two are the same. These are some of the topics that come up most often:
01
Attack
• How and when to attack, and with which techniques
• Feints, counter-timing and low-risk attacks
• The movements that build an attack, on two axes
02
Distance and defense
• The right distance for every situation
• How to stop giving away so many points
• When to block, when to evade, and what to do right after
• How to move on the tatami and manage the space
• Your 3 options when you're stuck in the corner
03
Match strategy
• What to do as soon as the match starts (and what never to do)
• The 3 phases of a match, and the tactics for each one
• The "rubber band" tactic, for when you're ahead
• How to handle the last 20 seconds, whether you're winning or losing
04
Technique
• Correct kicking technique
• Mawashi geri (chudan included) and ura mawashi geri, done right
• Gyaku Zuki and Kizami Zuki
05
Mindset
• How to manage your emotions before you step on the tatami, and while you fight
06
Anything else your fight shows me
No generic tips that fit everyone: only what applies to the way you fight.
Can I really help you?
My name is Francesco Chini, I come from a small town in central Italy, Terni: about 50,000 adults, 15 kumite champions and 4 true legends of kumite.
I was never stronger than the others. But from the time I was a kid, I had to fight every day against the champions of my Dojo, led by two of those legends, Lorenzo Calzola (World Referee) and Andrea Calzola (3rd place World Championship).
And against the athletes of the other Dojos in town, coached by legends like Claudio and Gianluca Guazzaroni (World Champions and Sensei of National Team).
Where I grew up, a local tournament was as hard as the biggest championships in Europe. So when I started competing internationally at 14, that level already felt normal to me.
Do you know why, at 17, I was the youngest athlete called up to the senior national team?
Just because my training partners were a year younger than me and weren't eligible for the senior national team yet. Every round of sparring in my Dojo was against a champion in the making or against adults who were 10 years older than me (and weighed 15 kg more than me).
Once, when I was 20, I took 2° place in the Italian Senior Team Championship.
I was the youngest and lightest, I weighed 65 kg, in the OPEN category (ages 19 to 35, with no weight limit...sound crazy?!).
All the teams consisted of 3 starters and 1 substitute. We had only 2 starters and NO substitutes, so we were forced to win every match, and that’s exactly what we did all the way to the final.
I mean...I’ve faced many challenges; I know what it means to LOSE and to WIN.
Here's what my normal training looked like.
I took hit after hit from my Sensei, Andrea Calzola: bronze medalist at the 2002 World Championships in Madrid and a Military Instructor for the Carabinieri.
After that, fighting athletes my own age felt easier than training.
But I want to be honest with you about one thing...
I lost the two most important matches of my life by disqualification.
(World Championship in Italy and European Championship in Portugal with the senior national team).
Not to a better opponent: to my own emotions, because I didn't know how to manage them.
That's why every Fight Review includes a look at the mental side of your match, with practical advice on handling your thoughts and emotions under pressure.
It's what I learned over 750+ official matches, and the lesson that cost me the most.
Alongside kumite, I've worked for 10 years as a certified coach on emotional and mental management.
At age 21, I became the youngest kumite coach in Italy, so I think I have the right experience to really help you.
That's why my work covers both what you do on the mat and what goes on in your head while you do it.
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Why Kumite Fight Review is different
Built for you
No courses, no prerecorded videos, no group classes. Everything is built on your fights.
Competitive kumite only
I don't teach kata or self-defense. I do one thing.
A European pov
Years of fighting opponents across Europe give you a read on styles and strategies you rarely see in your local circuit.
Technique and mindset, together
Your footwork and your nerves are part of the same match. I work on both.
Questions you might have
Most of what decides a match (distance, timing, the moment you commit, what you do after being scored on) is coachable online, often more clearly than live, because you have more time to understand.
If I can see both fighters from start to finish, it works. A phone recording from the stands is fine.
The review is built on your level. A first-year competitor and a national-level fighter get different priorities and different plans.
No. I give you an outside view, you bring it back to your training. Many athletes share the plan with their Sensei. Instructors are welcome too.
The review is written and delivered online, so time zones don't matter. Communication is in English.
Because I'd rather you judge my work by experiencing it. $50 is the introductory price for new athletes only; the regular price is $150.
If, after the review, you want to keep working together, I'll explain how the full coaching program works. If you don't, the review and the plan are yours, and that's the end of it.
Yes, with a parent or guardian's consent. For minors, the parent completes the checkout and is copied on all communication.
Every review is done by me, personally. Past that number, the quality would drop.
Try it without risk.
Work on your plan for 30 days. If you don't see a real improvement in at least one area of your kumite, just reply to my email and I'll refund all $50. No forms, no questions.