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.

Sunday, 31 August 2014

Progressing in Karate-Do forward requires the full circle

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Movement four of Enpi kata: hidari chudan kagi-zuki (kiba-dachi). While I am still strictly adhering to the training programme I start...

Sunday, 24 August 2014

Latest self-training regime

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Here is my latest karate-do training regime. I hope it finds you happy, healthy, and training hard. Especially those, enduring the cold, ...

Wednesday, 20 August 2014

Motivation for the `long haul'

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Self-practicing `hidari kizami mawashi-geri' (ido-kihon) yesterday. Often people ask me “what is your key to my motivation in k...

Sunday, 17 August 2014

REBOOT

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Every so often I make a complete return to the start of my karate-do training. These days I like to describe it as `a self-reboot’. Tech...

Friday, 8 August 2014

Deutschland Seminar Video

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Below is a video from my last seminar in Germany in 2012. Like the previous video, from the United Kingdom, these YouTube uploads have esse...

Thursday, 7 August 2014

Spanish karateka comes for private training

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A karateka from Spain, Josu Duran, recently travelled to Japan for one-on-one training at my private dojo. He flew directly from Spain ...

Saturday, 26 July 2014

Gojushiho Dai Kata: A generic outline

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Practicing in a confined space after dojo training: one of my methods to specifically "review". Here is a general outline o...

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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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