Tuesday, 12 April 2011

In Japan for a few weeks

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We are back here in Japan for the best part of a month. The following practice regime here in Nippon is not "revolutionary" by any...
Friday, 8 April 2011

Never Satisfied

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My practice today included some kata, calisthenics and lots of mae-geri (front snap kick). Thinking about mae-geri as the mother of all kic...
Saturday, 2 April 2011

Complete update of video links

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For my past video links including competition, seminars around the world, training etc please click here: http://andrebertel.blogspot.com/2...
Friday, 1 April 2011

TRAINING FIRST!

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Karate is practice, training, one's skill and heart... Not dan, titles, qualifications and especially not organisation. In saying that ...
Tuesday, 29 March 2011

New video uploaded

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© André Bertel. Christchurch, New Zealand 2011.
Sunday, 20 March 2011

TACIT KARATE

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The majority of highly advanced techniques, principles and applications in karate can be best explained as tacit or unspoken knowledge. _...
Saturday, 19 March 2011

What's your stance? (The Draft)

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From a constructivist view point, especially when considering that this website follows my daily training and teaching, here are some of the...
Thursday, 17 March 2011

Taking a stance!

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The tachikata (stances) of Asai-ha Shotokan-ryu Karate include heisoku dachi, musubi dachi, heiko dachi, hachinoji dachi, uchi hachinoji da...

Keriwaza II: Form & strength first, flexibility second.

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I was swamped by emails after my last post titled `keriwaza’ so rather than answer everyone individually, I thought I’d make post answering ...
Wednesday, 16 March 2011

Keriwaza I

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There are many keriwaza (kicking techniques) in Shotokan Karate-Do, the more common include mae hiza geri, mae geri (keage and kekomi), fum...