Saturday, 28 November 2015

Kumamoto Training

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With Nakamura Shihan after keiko: outside the Shototakuhiro Dojo I had the pleasure of travelling back to Kumamoto City and coaching at...
Friday, 13 November 2015

Andre Bertel Europe Karate-Do Seminar: July/August 2016

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GERMANY - JULY 23/24 ENGLAND - JULY 30/31 ITALY - AUGUST 6/7   DETAILS COMING SOON!   © André Bertel. Oita, Japan (2015).
Thursday, 12 November 2015

Trainees from Paris, France

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Yann and Phinh Robert recently came to my dojo as renshusei. They are karateka from Paris, France, whom are both Nidan (2nd Dan): although ...
Sunday, 8 November 2015

Budo Karate (True) or Non-Budo Karate (False)… How to know?

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Here is a simple ‘formula’ that establishes if something is Budo (Martial Arts) Karate or not. Please note, I have used the  physical aspec...
Saturday, 24 October 2015

Trainees from Western Australia

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Helen and Ken Bainbridge first came for training, with me in Japan, in March of 2010.  Ken and Helen Bainbridge and a small group of...
Thursday, 15 October 2015

Choku-zuki (Part One... Part Two in late 2020)

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Introduction - Kihon, Kata and Kumite are one: I was given a request to write some notes on choku-zuki . I hope that readers will find t...
Friday, 25 September 2015

Power flow: the outcome of junansei

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One of the key points of the karate that I inherited is what I refer to as `power flow'. This way of moving means that techniques are p...
Wednesday, 2 September 2015

Back to the fundamentals: A restart with a relocation

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In the recent weeks we've been settling back into Oita. Since moving I decided to go back to the core kihon of karate-do and kihon-kum...
Thursday, 27 August 2015

Seido Karate Christchurch (New Zealand): 50th Anniversary!!!

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In September, the Christchurch Seido Karate Shibu will have its 50th Anniversary!!! As I've mentioned on here, earlier this year, this ...
Wednesday, 19 August 2015

Final training at the JKA Kumamoto Chuo Dojo: Shototakuhirokan

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Nakamura Shihan and me at my final class in Kumamoto.   Upon returning from Germany I attended my final class at the JKA Kumamoto Chuo ...