Friday, 19 June 2015

8th Anniversary of `André Bertel’s Karate-Do’

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Today marks eight years since I started this blog and made my first post (click here to access it: http://andrebertel.blogspot.jp/2007/0...
Wednesday, 17 June 2015

Shizentai: Hachiji-dachi

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Speed work: Sanbon renzuki in shizentai - hachiji dachi. This article will briefly outline why I believe that the Shizentai (natural p...
Monday, 15 June 2015

Trainees from Australia's Sunshine Coast: Noel and Heidi Moralde

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Over the weekend I had two members of JKA Australia come for private training. Noel Moralde (who runs a JKA club on the Sunshine Coast)...
Wednesday, 3 June 2015

Training in Fukuoka with Ryu Goto

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Sasho uken shita ago mae (Heisoku dachi) - Jion kata. Last week I was kindly invited by my friend Goto Ryu to train in Fukuoka. Of cou...
Monday, 25 May 2015

Ryu Goto: World famous violinist and superb Budo Karateka

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Ryu Goto is at the very top of the world as a violinist and as a musician in general. His skill level is nothing less than utterly phen...
Saturday, 9 May 2015

The core unsoku of Karate-Do

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Sochin kata: very difficult unsoku requiring extremely flexible loins. Please note, for the simplicity of this article, the context is ...
Friday, 1 May 2015

Shime

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Stationary practice of Tekki (Shodan - Sandan). Focus on the `three axis's' for rotational power. Shime means to squeeze or cho...
Tuesday, 21 April 2015

Trainees from Germany: Peter Lampe, Frank Kölher & Rainer Schöne

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Between April 17 th and 19 th , three karateka from JKA Germany came for training at my private dojo: Peter Lampe (4 th Dan), Frank Köl...
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Thursday, 16 April 2015

Not representing Kumamoto-Ken

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Competition is to test oneself. Winning is irrelevant.   While I won the Kumamoto Prefecture title, in the men’s individual kata, I hav...
Wednesday, 15 April 2015

34TH KUMAMOTO PREFECTURE CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Tekki Shodan in the Shitei-gata eliminations Over the weekend the 34th JKA (Japan Karate Association) Kumamoto Prefecture Championshi...