Monday, 31 January 2011

Three more kumite videos on Youtube

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Continuing from my last post, which featured five video clips of kumite, here are three more videos from further back in the 90’s. This time...
Sunday, 30 January 2011

New Kumite Videos Posted on Youtube

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I've been uploading more videos and decided to share some of my kumite matches from 10+ years ago. Please click onto YOUTUBE and make so...
Saturday, 29 January 2011

Recovery

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A part of my recovery plan has been to limber up. Today I did this by utilising karate tachikata (stance) based stretches and dynamic stret...
Wednesday, 26 January 2011

KARATE VS. BAD HEALTH: No excuses just train (Video Footage)

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This years Asai-ha Shotokan-ryu Karatedo Summer seminars here in Christchurch were enjoyable to teach, especially due to the exclusiveness o...
Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Christchurch Seminars - An Exclusive Event

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As usual the January (Summer) seminars in Christchurch turned out to be an exclusive event as most New Zealand karateka are still on holid...
Saturday, 15 January 2011

ANDRE BERTEL KARATE-DO VIDEO LINKS

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Here are the videos uploaded so far. Please wander through them and please make some comments! As time passes I'll periodically uploa...
Thursday, 13 January 2011

Correct shomen & hanmi

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There are many differing views about "proper shomen and hanmi" in Shotokan karatedo. Does shomen mean that the hips have to be pe...
Tuesday, 11 January 2011

Karate wa yu no gotoku taezu netsu o atae zareba motono mizuni kaeru

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For those of you who know me personally, especially my family, friends and students, you know that I do not have holidays from karate traini...
Monday, 10 January 2011

Michael Barr: Asai Karate Training in NZ (Article 1)

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Here's a link to the first of five articles (written by Michael Barr Sensei of UK) who recently came to New Zealand and undertook Asai ...
Friday, 7 January 2011

JKA Christchurch Reunion

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This black and white photo from the 1990's was when my dojo JKA (Japan Karate Association) Christchurch was at its peak. We were affili...