Monday, 29 December 2008

Final Group Training for 2008

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I thought I’d provide an overview of the final group lesson of 2008. For those of you who haven’t lived and trained here in Japan, hopefull...
Tuesday, 23 December 2008

Loving karate

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I’m really looking forward to the final group training of the year, being held at the dojo this Saturday. At last week’s group training we l...
Monday, 22 December 2008

Asai Sensei's final international interview republished

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As most of you will probably know, I conducted Tetsuhiko Asai Sensei’s final international interview, which appeared in Shotokan Karate Maga...
Tuesday, 16 December 2008

Teaching Seminars in Hawaii

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This 'new' video footage I've just uploaded tonight on Youtube was actually taken in early 2003 (in Honolulu, Hawaii). Asai Sen...
Sunday, 14 December 2008

New video of Asai Sensei on Youtube

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I've just uploaded a clip on Youtube of Asai Sensei, slapping yours truly around with various open hand techniques. The emphasis in thi...
Friday, 12 December 2008

The NATURAL ELEMENT KATA

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There are five formal exercises referred to as the ‘Shizen no kata’ (natural kata), nicknamed in English as ‘The Natural Element Kata’, by ...
Sunday, 7 December 2008

Wedding Anniversary

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To celebrate our 2nd Wedding Anniversary we stayed in central Fukuoka at the beautiful Seahawk Hotel. We had to delay the celebration until...
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...