Tuesday, 28 October 2008

Chinte

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Often, at the Saturday class, Tachibana Shihan tells us to each select a kata we individually wish to work on. Last Saturday, after jiyu-ku...
Friday, 17 October 2008

Good Refereeing

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I was really pleased to be given the responsibility of Shimpan-Cho (Chief Referee) at last week’s JKS (Japan Karate Shotorenmei) regional ka...
Monday, 6 October 2008

Post 100 on Andre Bertel's Karate-Do

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This is the 100th post here on André Bertel’s Karate-Do, which I kind of think is a milestone, so I thought I’d try something different. As...
Sunday, 5 October 2008

Kokutai Karate Championships

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Today I accidently bumped into a very tanned looking Yamaguchi Takashi Sensei (JKS Tokyo Sohonbu Dojo) who gave me a friendly “Osu”. He was...
Friday, 3 October 2008

Latest Training Routine

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Please excuse my lack of posts recently. I only managed to make three last month as I was being a 'slow writer' (I always endeavor t...
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...