Thursday, 25 September 2008

Hirota 163 Dogi

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Tomorrow marks one and a half years since we moved back to Japan. And what a great year and a half it has been! To celebrate, Mizuho suggest...
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...