© André Bertel. Oita City, Japan (2017).
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
Renshusei from Deutschland
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| Concluding the first four hours of training: Kihon-Kata-Kumite--the trinity of Karatedo to achive optimal effectiveness. |
Four more karateka have come as
international renshusei (trainees) here, at my dojo, in Oita-City. The
four fromドイツ (Germany)
included: Joerg Arndt (6th Dan): http://www.karate-dojos.de/); Peer Frasch (3rd
Dan); and Axel Hoffmeyer (2nd Dan); and, second-time renshusei, Frank Kohler
(3rd Dan).
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| Explaining a key Budo Karate point kept within the elite Shotokan schools here in Japan. Focused faces and great karate spirit! |
The focus of the weekend was the
correct and elite practice of Kihon, Kata and Kumite - in combination - to
achieve effective 'fighting ability', which is at 'the technical heart' of
traditional Budo Karate. While I won’t go into details—as these are for
Frank, Axel, Peer and Joerg—I will say that extreme technical improvement was
made by all four trainees over the eight hours. So I was very impressed by
their physical effort, karate no seishin (karate spirit) and overall determination
to make changes to improve their karate. Perhaps a short video, giving a few
glimpses will come. Osu, André.
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Thursday, 11 May 2017
Video: Transition from basic tsuki to application
Here is a new video from last year in Mira, Venice (ITALY) where I taught a seminar on Budo Karate. Special thanks to Mauro Shihan and Silvio Sensei for this footage. Osu.
© André Bertel. Oita City, Japan (2017).