André Bertel's Karate-Dō

This site is based on my daily practice of Shōtōkan Karate-Dō here in Ōita City, Japan. More than anything else, unlike the majority of other karate websites, this page is primarily dedicated to Budō Karate training itself; that is, Karate-Dō as a vehicle for holistic development.

Monday, 30 June 2014

Morgan Dilks Sensei visits Aso-shi, Kumamoto, Japan.

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This week my good friend Morgan Dilks Sensei and his family came to visit, and practice karate-do, here in Aso-shi (after training with his...

Wednesday, 18 June 2014

Latest training regime marks the seventh anniversary of this site

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Here is my latest karate-do self-practice routine, which I have been following since early last week. I guess it is not particularly outsta...

Saturday, 14 June 2014

五十四歩大 (Gojushiho Dai)

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As you will know, I am not a person to chop and change (unless I have an important enough reason to do so). Recently, that has been the c...

Sunday, 8 June 2014

Practice is Karate-Do

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In the case of all physical disciplines, of course including karate-do, the basis for development—physically, technically, mentally, emo...

Monday, 26 May 2014

Unsu Kata: A generic outline

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As you may well know from earlier posts, I recently switched back to Unsu ( 雲手 ) as my tokui-gata. This occurred for a variety of reaso...

Saturday, 24 May 2014

Special Class in San Francisco California: JKA NORCAL

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On Wednesday, May 21 st , I taught a class exclusively for the members of JKA Northern California ( http://www.jkanorcal.org/ ) in San Fr...

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Andre Bertel: Japan; André Bertel is a Hachidan (8th Degree Black Belt) and A-Class International Instructor and Examiner in Shōtōkan Karate. He lives in the beautiful city of Ōita, Kyūshū, Japan. As a personal student of the legendary JKA Master, Asai Tetsuhiko Sensei, he is the Gijutsu-Chō (Technical Director) of the 国際空手道松濤館 (INTERNATIONAL KARATEDŌ SHŌTŌKAN—IKS). The IKS aims to pass on Traditional Budō/Bujutsu Karate in its purest form. He conducts a high-level instructor's program, and elite athletes training camp, in central Ōita City, which are both now world famous: due to the results achieved by participating renshusei/trainees. André Sensei has now trained for over 45 years and constantly in Japan since 1993. His daily self-training, firsthand learning from the very best instructors in the world, and overall experience is reflected on this blogsite. Welcome to André Bertel's Karate-Dō!

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