Tuesday, 22 January 2013

South African Newspaper Articles

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I will soon be flown to South Africa to teach Shotokan Karatedo technical seminars. If you wish to attend please contact the seminar o...
Tuesday, 15 January 2013

Kakiwake-uke: Spreading the `wedge block’

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Kakiwake-uke is a technique found right across karate-do, from Heian to Unsu, kihon to yakusoku-kumite, and oyo-kumite/self-defence. T...
Sunday, 13 January 2013

GETTING THE BEST KARATE UNIFORM & BELT

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I get so many emails asking about karate dogi (uniforms) and obi (belts); in particular, wanting to know what are the best brands and how t...
Sunday, 6 January 2013

Christchurch Shotokan Karate Club - Hatsugeiko 2013: Christchurch, New Zealand

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Prior to the commencement of training at 6am I enjoyed practicing Kanku-Dai kata on the beach as the sun rose. While most members...
Tuesday, 1 January 2013

Tips for Kata Training (Part One)

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Of course after 31 years of Karate-Do, practice anyone  could write a diverse range of tips on how to train kata, however, today I decide...
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Thursday, 27 December 2012

ANDRE BERTEL 2012 - KARATE SEMINAR VIDEOS

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2012 has been a very busy year for me internationally and within New Zealand. Here are the video links to the Karate-Do Seminars I have ta...
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Monday, 24 December 2012

My festive season karate training schedule

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I hope this post finds you well as 2012 rapidly comes to a conclusion. It has been a very busy year on all fronts for me: with my Asai-ha S...
Thursday, 20 December 2012

UK Seminar Report: By Michael Barr (4th Dan IJKA)

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Exercise for applying the body weight and drive of the support leg in keriwaza. Here’s another report on my seminars in the United King...
Thursday, 13 December 2012

Seminar Report: Palmerston North 2012

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  Here is a video and some photos from my karate seminar in Palmerston North (the 9th – 11th of December). It was hosted by Morgan Dil...
Thursday, 6 December 2012

More videos from my 2012 seminars in England

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Here are some more videos from my November 2012 seminars in England. Michael Barr Sensei (IJKA 4th Dan) kindly produced these. Here is a l...