Wednesday, 26 March 2014

One leg exercises

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Migi nami gaeshi: Tekki-shodan kata.   For anyone who has attended my karate trainings, over the last 15 years (classes, seminars or ot...
Monday, 24 March 2014

Balancing hard and light training

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Over the weekend I engaged in special training for the upcoming JKA (Japan Karate Association) Kumamoto Prefecture Championships. Unfo...
Sunday, 16 March 2014

Special Karate-Do training in Kumamoto-Shi

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Nakamura Shihan stated that in my kumite I reflect the unpredictability Asai Sensei. Needless to say, I am so honored by this.  ...
Wednesday, 12 March 2014

Not trying is a serious failure to oneself

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For a while now Nijushiho kata has been my main focus in my kata training, not my tokui-gata as such, but dreamed to be so: due to my hist...
Monday, 3 March 2014

The micro adjustments of karate-do

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Introduction : As you will know from your karate-do practice, there are very subtle adjustments one can make in technique, which ultimately...
Thursday, 27 February 2014

JUNBI-UNDO / JUNBI-TAISO (PREPARATORY EXERCISES)

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Today I am going to outline my personal junbi-undo/taiso (preparatory exercises/warm up). Whilst I have not specifically provided what I d...
Sunday, 23 February 2014

Core kihon: The heart of Karate-Do waza

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I have discussed the importance of relentlessly practicing "the core kihon" many times in the past. This small pool of waza (tech...
Saturday, 22 February 2014

JKA GODAN DIPLOMA

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The box the diploma came in. Last night, after training, Nakamura Masamitsu Shihan formally presented me with my JKA (Japan Karate Asso...
Sunday, 16 February 2014

Pedagogical differences: A brief case study of gyaku-zuki

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The 'traditional' (foundational) gyaku-zuki.   In jiyu kumite we “break the foundational rules” of kihon and kata by coming up o...
Saturday, 15 February 2014

The projection of energy: tachikata and unsoku

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Sokumen jodan uchi-uke doji ni sokumen gedan-barai.  Something I rediscovered recently, but on a more in-depth...