André Bertel's Karate-Dō

This site is based on my daily practice of Shōtōkan Karate-Dō here in Ōita City, Japan. More than anything else, unlike the majority of other karate websites, this page is primarily dedicated to Budō Karate training itself; that is, Karate-Dō as a vehicle for holistic development.

Thursday, 18 February 2010

New Asai Karate video on Youtube (Basic Muchiken)

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I've uploaded some clips from the karate training sessions I taught in Shibuya, Tokyo at the end of January. The footage is courtesy of...
Tuesday, 9 February 2010

Karate practice in Miyazaki

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I'd like to take this chance to thank Kennichi Fukamizu Shihan for hosting me in Takanabe-shi, Miyazaki. Also for inviting me to attend...
Friday, 5 February 2010

The real value of jumping techniques

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It is common knowledge about the major benefits of jump training such as plyometrics skipping, hopping etc. This is quite simply because ju...
Thursday, 4 February 2010

Tokyo Training

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Over the weekend visited and taught some karate lessons in Tokyo. I was kindly hosted by Paul and Yuko Kallender Umezu at their apartment ...
Friday, 22 January 2010

New training regime

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Kihon: My current training routine is concentrating on 12 simple ido-kihon waza (listed below). My repetitions of each technique is four to...
Sunday, 17 January 2010

SEMINARS IN ITALY

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On May 1st and 2nd, and May 8th and 9th 2010, I will be teaching open karate-do seminars in Venice, Italy. These are being hosted by Giusep...
Thursday, 14 January 2010

Ooyuki

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Here are a couple of photos from today of the scenic Mt. Hachimen, which we can admire from our apartment, and the local supermarket just u...
Wednesday, 13 January 2010

SEMINARS IN GERMANY

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I'll be teaching seminars in Ahrensburg , Germany on April 17 th & 18 th of April, 2010. Please click on the poster for more detai...
Friday, 1 January 2010

HATSUGEIKO 2010

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I’d like to take this chance to wish all of the visitors, here to my webpage, a very happy, healthy and productive New Year. ________ Today...
Thursday, 31 December 2009

Final practice for 2009

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Today was my final karate keiko for 2009. The single session comprised of lot’s of ido - kihon up and down the dojo , the practice of seve...
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André Bertel is a Hachidan (8th Degree Black Belt) and A-Class International Instructor and Examiner in Shōtōkan Karate. He lives in the beautiful city of Ōita, Kyūshū, Japan. As a personal student of the legendary JKA Master, Asai Tetsuhiko Sensei, he is the Gijutsu-Chō (Technical Director) of the 国際空手道松濤館 (INTERNATIONAL KARATEDŌ SHŌTŌKAN—IKS). The IKS aims to pass on Traditional Budō/Bujutsu Karate in its purest form. He conducts a high-level instructor's program, and elite athletes training camp, in central Ōita City, which are both now world famous: due to the results achieved by participating renshusei/trainees. André Sensei has now trained for over 45 years and constantly in Japan since 1993. His daily self-training, firsthand learning from the very best instructors in the world, and overall experience is reflected on this blogsite. Welcome to André Bertel's Karate-Dō!
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