Sunday, 14 September 2008

Paul Kallender's Blog - A must read!

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Paul Kallender-Umezu recently launched a blog about his training and experiences at the KWF Sohonbu dojo. It goes without saying that this ...
Friday, 5 September 2008

True Kata

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I recently read a superb article on kata by Shaun Banfield (Co-Creator, writer and designer of 'The Shotokan Way' website). The arti...
Sunday, 17 August 2008

Andre Bertel Blog Links

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In the last two months I have received some emails from people wanting to access my older posts. For your convenience I've provided the...
Saturday, 16 August 2008

Memorial Training Report

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Admittedly, this year, my karate-do practices in memory of Asai Sensei were far less physical than last years. I completed three trainings...
Friday, 15 August 2008

ASAI SENSEI MEMORIAL DAY TRAINING

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I have little to say in this post, as today is all about intensive training, in remembrance of Tetsuhiko Asai Sensei. As today marks two ye...
Monday, 11 August 2008

Obon

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I decided to slightly increase my self-training during our Obon holiday which started on Saturday. This evening on completion of day four, ...
Monday, 4 August 2008

Okinawa trip

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My wife Mizuho and I just returned from a wonderful holiday in Okinawa where we spent the best part of a week. We stayed at the beautiful Ok...
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...