Sunday, 27 January 2008

Christchurch Karate Club - New Zealand

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Karate is a martial art characterized by the aim to achieve the ‘single finishing blow’, anything less cannot be considered as true karate. ...
Monday, 21 January 2008

Ichinichi Issho

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Ichinichi Issho is a famous saying in Japanese, which means 'One day one lifetime'. The first time I heard it was training at the J...
Monday, 14 January 2008

Was Asai Sensei the successor of Mr. Nakayama?

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Many people have asked me if my late teacher Tetsuhiko Asai was the true successor of Masatoshi Nakayama (as Chief instructor of the Japan ...
Thursday, 10 January 2008

KANGEIKO

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Sunday will conclude Kangeiko (special 'Winter Training'). All I'll say here, is that for the first time since starting this s...
Tuesday, 1 January 2008

New Years Day 2008

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It is hard for me to believe that 2007 is over, and we've already entered 2008! I've been back in Japan training for over nine mont...
Thursday, 27 December 2007

My current self-training schedule

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Here is my current self-training routine as of Christmas day. I've just overcome a minor back strain (which comes from a very old injur...
Sunday, 23 December 2007

Trainee from Ireland

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Today a shodan from Ireland, Ben Kelly, visited my dojo here in Kyushu, for a private lesson. He trains under the guidance of his long-time ...
Sunday, 9 December 2007

Gift from a sensei

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I thought I'd share this with you. On Friday Miki Sensei, whom I teach with once a week, gave me this beautiful Japanese calligraphy as ...
Wednesday, 5 December 2007

Visit to Hiroshima

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Last weekend Mizuho and I travelled to Hiroshima. It was primarily a relaxed holiday for us, but also co-ordinated with our First Wedding An...
Thursday, 29 November 2007

The Shotokan Way

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I've recieved lots of positive emails about my interview, featured in the November 23rd edition of 'The Shotokan Way'. This onli...