Thursday, 25 October 2012

The Kahanshin

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The weakest point of most people’s karate, especially yudansha (holders of dan grades) nowadays, is failure to use the kahanshin (lower b...
Sunday, 21 October 2012

Palmerston North Seminar 2012

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It is confirmed I will now be conducting an open course up in Palmerston North, which will be hosted by Morgan Dilks Sensei (Chief Instr...
Friday, 19 October 2012

Kyouga nokorino jinnsei saisyo no hi

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  今日が残りの人生最初の日 or “ kyouga nokorino jinnsei saisyo no hi” literally means “ Today is the first day of the rest of my life”. This is an imp...
Monday, 8 October 2012

WEEKEND KARATE COURSE IN NZ

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At the end of this year after returning from teaching karate-do in the United Kingdom I will hold an A...
Sunday, 30 September 2012

My Karate Courses in UK & South Africa

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Soon I will be flown to teach Asai-Ha Shotokan-Ryu Technical Seminars in England. Rather than contact me, please click on the poster ...
Friday, 28 September 2012

TO THE LIMIT

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Please forgive my recent absence from posting any technical articles on Asai-ha Shotokan-ryu and Shotokan karate-Do in general... My wor...
Wednesday, 26 September 2012

Andre Bertel Karate-Do Seminars in England: November 2012

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The Blackpool and Wyre Karate Club, where I will be teaching at in November, have put up an article about the event on their site (To ge...
Thursday, 30 August 2012

Late August & September Training Regime

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Here’s my latest training routine which I have been following in the second half of August and will probably continue a fair way into Sept...
Monday, 27 August 2012

Andre Bertel South Africa Seminars: February 2013

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In February I will be conducting a technical seminar in South Africa (PLEASE CLICK ON THE POSTER FOR MORE DETAILS). The organiser is Gary Gr...
Wednesday, 15 August 2012

The 6th New Zealand Tetsuhiko Asai Sensei Memorial Training

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This year’s Shuseki Shihan Tetsuhiko Asai memorial practice marked six years since Sensei passed away. This has been my third year to attend...