Sunday, 23 November 2008

Winter Training Regime

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Finally I’ve up updated my training regime leading into the Japanese winter and the imminent kangeiko. I’ve made some profound changes, how...

Goodbye Autumn

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Yesterday evening after karate keiko, to mark the final week of Autumn here in Japan, we drove two hours to Taketa City to visit Yujaku Koe...
Tuesday, 18 November 2008

Karate Internet Forums

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As some know I got particularly annoyed with karate internet forums. So much so, that I said some things I regret. Mostly I was just being n...
Wednesday, 12 November 2008

Nishiyama Sensei dies at age 80

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I just read that Hidetaka Nishiyama Sensei passed away last Friday (November 7th, 2008). _________ Whilst I was never associated with him i...
Tuesday, 11 November 2008

Uncut Asai Sensei Interview on TSW

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A while back Shaun Banfield from 'The Shotokan Way' contacted me about archiving some of my interviews with Asai Sensei. __________...
Sunday, 9 November 2008

Palmerston North Karate Instructor visits

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Morgan Dilks Sensei (4th Dan), New Zealand Chief Instructor of the USKU (Universal Shotokan Karate Union), came for some one-on-one tuition...
Friday, 7 November 2008

Japanese Temples and Shrines

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Finally the weather has reached an optimum period for outdoor training, in particular, at local temple grounds, and around the various shri...
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...