Wednesday, 31 August 2011

Latest self-practice routine

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Hasn't 2011 been a lightning fast year… Can you believe it’s already September? Here’s is my latest self-practice regime. At present th...
Tuesday, 30 August 2011

Interview translated in Spanish

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Víctor López Bondía of Spain has just translated my interview (that was published in 'The Shotokan Way' online magazine) into Spani...
Wednesday, 24 August 2011

5th ASAI SENSEI MEMORIAL - New Zealand (Part Two)

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© André Bertel. Christchurch, New Zealand (2011).
Tuesday, 23 August 2011

5th ASAI SENSEI MEMORIAL - New Zealand (Part One)

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The 5th Asai Sensei New Zealand Memorial was held in Christchurch, a week postponed due to the record level snow storm which hit the city....
Friday, 19 August 2011

Different flowers

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A common question which people ask me is “Why are the masters of Shotokan so different?” For example, Asai Sensei , Kanazawa Sensei and...
Sunday, 14 August 2011

New Zealand TETSUHIKO ASAI SENSEI Memorial Training

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Five years ago today my late karate teacher, the legendary Shotokan master, Shuseki - Shihan TETSUHIKO ASAI (10 th Dan) passed away. I...
Friday, 12 August 2011

My Philosophy is Karate-Do

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My Philosophy is Karate-Do I currently have an assignment questioning "what is my philosophy?" Needless to say, after 30 years o...
Saturday, 6 August 2011

Updated training regime

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Here's the latest training regime. My schedule has been utterly hectic recently, but nevertheless, I've made some major breakthroug...
Thursday, 28 July 2011

Practice Karate!

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Here’s a quote I’ ve taken from Blakemore & Frith (2005), which I thought would be beneficial for karateka . Read this through a cou...
Tuesday, 26 July 2011

Post snow storm photos

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Here are some post Christchurch snow storm photos from this evening! _______ Training was cancelled at the IJKA New Zealand Honbu Dojo (b...