Friday, 27 February 2009

Andre Bertel Karate-do Seminar

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Every month I receive emails asking me to conduct seminars outside of Japan. The last several requests from Europe, the Americas and Oceani...
Monday, 23 February 2009

Daily Karate Training

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Here is my current self-training regime, which I adopted last Monday, in addition to dojo-keiko. I haven't included my supplementary fi...
Thursday, 12 February 2009

Being a deshi of Asai Sensei

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In this newly uploaded footage, filmed in 2003, you can see the typical style of one-on-one tuition I received from my late teacher, Shusek...
Sunday, 8 February 2009

JKS Oita-ken Technical Seminar

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Today I attended the JKS (Japan Karate Shotorenmei) Oita-ken Technical Seminar. This ‘prefectural training session’ was held at the Usa Bu...
Tuesday, 20 January 2009

Shotokan karate subtleties

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I’ve made many discoveries in recent weeks, which have forced me to change my self-practice routine. I stumbled across several ‘invisible w...
Friday, 9 January 2009

Blog Reviewed on TSW

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I failed to mention that this blog was reviewed on TSW (The Shotokan Way) at the end of last year. I didn't know it was being reviewed,...
Monday, 5 January 2009

Nakatsu City

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Mizuho and I recently ventured into Nakatsu’s tera machi (temple town). We went at the ideal time (an unusually cold and grey skied day) to...
Saturday, 3 January 2009

Kangeiko 2009

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I’m presently doing my annual Kangeiko (Special Winter Training) which will be completed tomorrow. You can click here to check out my 2008 ...
Thursday, 1 January 2009

New Years Resolution

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On January 1st (this day last year), I stated “My karate has no past, no nothing. I BEGIN KARATE FROM TODAY. My New Year’s resolution is t...
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...