Thursday, 17 July 2008

My latest training routine

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Ido kihon: This month I have returned to ido-kihon practice with the following fundamental combinations: (1) Okiku tobi konde sanbon zuki;...
Monday, 14 July 2008

Christa visits Japan

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Christa Lehmann (shodan) of Switzerland visited us over the weekend, leaving Kyushu on Tuesday morning. Christa trained at my dojo back in C...
Thursday, 10 July 2008

Personal tuition from Asai Sensei

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Here is some video footage of Asai Sensei giving me personal training. Receiving such direct tuition allowed me to expand my physical knowle...
Tuesday, 1 July 2008

Blog Back Online...

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My blog has been offline for a week as a result of maintenance and some alterations of past posts. This took longer than expected, as last ...
Friday, 27 June 2008

Personal Training from Asai Sensei

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Here are some pictures of one-on-one practice with my late Sensei, Tetsuhiko Asai. I hope you enjoy them! I have many more photos and videos...
Tuesday, 24 June 2008

New competition kumite clips

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Last year I uploaded two clips of myself in kumite competition. The first of these was a jodan mawashi geri (upper level roundhouse kick) f...
Thursday, 19 June 2008

THE 1ST BIRTHDAY OF ANDRE BERTEL'S KARATEDO

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Today is the first anniversary of www.andrebertel.blogspot.com . Initially I was concerned if I could consistently publish posts making the...
Monday, 9 June 2008

New Asai Karate videos online soon!

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I've decided to upload some more footage including private lessons with Asai Sensei. __________ A few tapes were sent to me from New Ze...
Saturday, 7 June 2008

Asai Sensei's Birthday

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Today is Sensei's birthday so if he was still with us, he would have turned 73 years old. I still cannot believe that nearly two years ...
Thursday, 5 June 2008

Kihoken

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Kihoken (Way of Breathing Fist) was a kata designed by Asai Tetsuhiko Sensei to simultaneously, and equally, address three major issues. Fi...