Monday, 22 April 2013

New Christchurch Shotokan Karate Club website

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Here is a link to the new Christchurch Shotokan Karate Club homepage: www.jkachristchurch.blogspot.com   The club has recently affil...
Wednesday, 10 April 2013

My Current Training Regime

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My current self-training is focused on koshi no kaiten, tai no shinshuku and waza no kankyu. Nevertheless, due to all my university work (j...
Thursday, 28 March 2013

SEMINARS IN SOUTH AFRICA (Part 7): Report by Bryan Dukas Sensei

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Here's an article by my good friend Bryan Dukas Sensei (5th Dan) who travelled down for my seminars on the East Cape. Bryan Sensei bes...
Thursday, 14 March 2013

SEMINARS IN SOUTH AFRICA (PART 6): OFFICIAL COURSE REPORT

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Here is a report on the Shotokan Karate Technical Seminars I taught in South Africa. It has been composed by Gary Grapentin Sensei (5th Dan...
Thursday, 21 February 2013

Aoraki Mt. Cook, New Zealand

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Kanku-Dai Kata facing New Zealand's highest peak, Aoraki Mount Cook. - February 16th, 2013.   Unsu kata.       Gyaku-zu...
Tuesday, 19 February 2013

SEMINARS IN SOUTH AFRICA (PART 5): DEVELOPMENT TRAINING

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 Mzwandile Matebese Sensei: Hangeki gyaku-zuki. I was very honoured to take a class at Mzwandile Matebese Sensei’s Joza township do...
Sunday, 17 February 2013

SEMINARS IN SOUTH AFRICA (PART 4): Beach Training

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Revision of Seiryu kata Gary Grapentin Sensei (chief instructor of East Cape Shotokan-ryu and seminar organiser) arranged a trainin...
Thursday, 14 February 2013

SEMINARS IN SOUTH AFRICA (PART 3): Newspaper reports

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© André Bertel. Christchurch, New Zealand (2013).
Monday, 11 February 2013

SEMINARS IN SOUTH AFRICA (PART 2): Private Lessons

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Each day, whilst in South Africa, I gave Gary Grapentin Sensei and Maureen De Jager Sensei private lessons. The private lessons for Maure...
Sunday, 10 February 2013

SEMINARS IN SOUTH AFRICA (PART 1)

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To begin, I thought the best thing to do is provide  a background on my hosts, the EAST CAPE SHOTOKAN-RYU, and its chief instructor, Gary...