Tuesday, 30 March 2010

Sakura

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As promised here are some hanami pictures. The sakura this year were typically breath taking! Here Mizuho and I are wearing traditional Japa...
Saturday, 27 March 2010

Sakura covered Nippon

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This week has been very busy with karate. Training and teaching daily as usual, nothing extra, but also karate nomikai (drinking parties), ...
Friday, 26 March 2010

Three years in Japan

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Three years ago today we arrived back in Japan. As my wife Mizuho is Japanese, returning to Japan is coming home for her. But in so many wa...
Monday, 22 March 2010

Special training for Bryan Dukas and Paul Kallender in Kyushu

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Some of you may have read my June 2009 post on Mike Dukas Shihan (please click on the following link to access it: http://andrebertel.blogs...

Australian instructors visit

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Australian Shotokan karate instructors Ken and Helen Bainbridge visited Nakatsu on Sunday morning (March 21st). It was nice meeting and doi...
Thursday, 18 March 2010

My kanji

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Some people have curiously asked me "Which kanji have been used for your name?" (on my dogi and obi) so I thought I'd quickly ...
Sunday, 14 March 2010

Mawashi-geri

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I've never really seriously trained for/practiced sports karate, however when doing embu (demonstrations) I alter my techniques for sa...
Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Kihon defines one's karate

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Here is my current training routine. It is very simple this month with a high degree of focus on the most fundamental techniques. Kihon, ki...
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...