MY MISSION AS A KARATE TEACHER – THE PRESERVATION OF ASAI RYU:_______
I’m on a mission, insofar as teaching karate is concerned, and that mission is to pass on the karate of my late teacher, Tetsuhiko Asai Sensei, as that was his final request to me (see the interview link below). Asai Sensei had me conduct his final interview in English and contrary to the commercial interests of certain JKS people (who have tried to discredit me), he assigned me to keep his Asai-ha Shotokan-ryu alive (here’s a link to that interview: http://www.theshotokanway.com/asaisenseiarchiveinterview2.html).
Ironically this happened on the 'The Shotokan Way' website where the interview is actually featured! Returning back to what matters, besides this interview making certain instructors looking like the businessmen they are, it really establishes what I am doing, insofar as teaching Asai Karate is concerned.
SUMMARY OF MY KARATE SEMINARS THIS YEAR:
This year
, in addition to my daily training and teaching in Japan and here in New Zealand, included Asai-ha Shotokan-ryu seminars, special trainings and embu (demonstrations) in the following locations:
SUMMARY OF MY KARATE SEMINARS THIS YEAR:
This year
, in addition to my daily training and teaching in Japan and here in New Zealand, included Asai-ha Shotokan-ryu seminars, special trainings and embu (demonstrations) in the following locations:________
1. Tokyo/Shibuya (JAPAN).
2. Fukuoka (JAPAN).
3. Nakatsu (JAPAN).
4. Embu in Yabakei (JAPAN).
5. Special training in Nakatsu for Paul Kallender & the Bryan Dukas Sensei of South Africa. (JAPAN).
2. Fukuoka (JAPAN).
3. Nakatsu (JAPAN).
4. Embu in Yabakei (JAPAN).
5. Special training in Nakatsu for Paul Kallender & the Bryan Dukas Sensei of South Africa. (JAPAN).
6. Ahrensburg (GERMANY).
7. Hamburg (GERMANY).
8. Lignano Sabbiadoro/Venice (ITALY).
9. Mira/Venice (ITALY).
10. Oita (JAPAN).
11. Christchurch/Canterbury (NEW ZEALAND).
12. Embu in Christchurch/Canterbury (NEW ZEALAND).
13. Embu in Wellington (NEW ZEALAND).
14. Palmerston North/Manawatu (NEW ZEALAND).
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7. Hamburg (GERMANY).
8. Lignano Sabbiadoro/Venice (ITALY).
9. Mira/Venice (ITALY).
10. Oita (JAPAN).
11. Christchurch/Canterbury (NEW ZEALAND).
12. Embu in Christchurch/Canterbury (NEW ZEALAND).
13. Embu in Wellington (NEW ZEALAND).
14. Palmerston North/Manawatu (NEW ZEALAND).
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THEMATIC BASE OF 
MY TEACHING THIS YEAR: - "THIS IS ASAI KARATE!"
MY TEACHING THIS YEAR: - "THIS IS ASAI KARATE!"The content of my seminars this year have been very basic with the target of “introducing Asai Shotokan Karate” at grassroots level. I am not saying this as a commercial ploy (to encourage people to bring me back) but rather, the skills I’ve taught have been the “key fundamentals” which seminar participants can assimilate, then go forward accordingly without my tuition. My thinking is based on the common saying “Give a person food, you will feed them for a day…Teach a person to farm, and you have fed them for a lifetime.”
THE MISSION CONTINUES - SEMINARS IN THE NEW YEAR:
In 2011 I’ll teach in Malaysia, Japan, New Zealand and possibly several other c
ountries (depending on scheduling). Of course, for groups without Asai style Shotokan Karate experience, the kihon principles will remain the same; however, as always, I will teach different kata and kumite techniques next year to hopefully ensure that all of Sensei’s karate is preserved.
ountries (depending on scheduling). Of course, for groups without Asai style Shotokan Karate experience, the kihon principles will remain the same; however, as always, I will teach different kata and kumite techniques next year to hopefully ensure that all of Sensei’s karate is preserved. 
© André Bertel. New Zealand, 2010 
