Saturday, 19 October 2013

KARATE DO: A POWERFUL MECHANISM FOR DEVELOPING RESIILIENCE

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I am now reviewing the five Heian kata with special focus on fine points of fundamental technique (kihonwaza) and, in particular, the re...
Thursday, 10 October 2013

Power from within

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Harnessing “power from within” in karate-do requires that the limbs are not the centre of one’s energy. This means that power (energy) is ...
Sunday, 6 October 2013

Over 1,200,000 visitors

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 I didn't notice that this blog has now had over  1,200,000 visitors! I would like to thank everyone who has supported the site sinc...
Sunday, 29 September 2013

二十四歩

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Today I enjoyed training in central Oita-shi. Following my current training regime the main focus was on Nijushiho （二十四歩）kata, three of t...
Saturday, 28 September 2013

Breakthrough

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 Whilst for the most part maintaining my current self-training routine, I have slightly altered my approach to kihon, and amended my k...
Saturday, 14 September 2013

KIHON, KATA AND KUMITE ARE ONE

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Here are seven tips for training. I have written them based on "the more typical questions" (synthesised) I've received since...
Thursday, 12 September 2013

Understanding

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This week I have increased the intensity of my training to a higher level. I'm very pleased about this as my body has had to adjust f...
Monday, 9 September 2013

A change from Gankaku to Sochin...

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While my aforementioned training regime continues I have altered my kata training. While I am still working on Bassai-sho, I have switche...
Tuesday, 3 September 2013

My updated self-training regime

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Here is my updated training regime. While my karate is not so good, I am constantly seeking to improve it - and of course - diligent train...
Thursday, 29 August 2013

Mushi atsui desu ne...

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Following are some pictures from my self-training today. I won't go into detail as I am too busy, but all I can say is that it was ...