Sunday, 22 May 2016

Private kata training for Ohtsuka Shohei

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Today I had a trainee from Usa-Shi, Ohtsuka Shohei Kun. He wanted to study a budo version of Unsu, which he could also exhibit in competi...
Wednesday, 18 May 2016

Renshusei from England: Michael Barr

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Michael Barr recently came to Japan to be a renshusei (trainee) at my dojo. During his time here in Oita he completed ten hours of one-on-...
Monday, 16 May 2016

Nishi Fuyuhiko: Movie Director and creator of ‘Kuro Obi World’

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This weekend I met movie maker Nishi Fuyuhiko at the JKA Oita Seminar, in Hiji, (which was conducted Hashiguchi Yuji Sensei). Photo cour...

Oita Prefecture Seminar with Hashiguchi Yuji Sensei

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On the weekend I attended Hachiuchi Yuji Sensei’s Seminar—hosted by the JKA Hiji branch— here in Oita Prefecture. The seminar, like Hashigu...
Thursday, 14 April 2016

The Six Sections of the Trunk

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In Karate-Do, in harmony with the limbs (arms, legs and neck)—and the power derived from terra-firmer—we must correctly control and util...
Sunday, 3 April 2016

Visitors from Australia

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Over the weekend we had the pleasure of having Natsuko Mineghishi Sensei, her students (and their family members) from Melbourne, Australia...
Wednesday, 30 March 2016

Hiki-te: ‘two hands are better than one’

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The hiki-te (pull hand) of karate has two main points. Today, I will briefly outline both of  these;  furthermore, which of these two ...
Tuesday, 1 March 2016

ANDRE BERTEL: ITALY SEMINAR 2016

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Featured above is the official poster for my seminars in Venice, Italia: August 6th and 7th, 2016. For details, please click on the post...
Sunday, 28 February 2016

HANGETSU KATA

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Today I thought I’d offer some advice on Hangetsu kata. To initiate this process, I will firstly (1) give brief overview of Hangetsu; sec...
Sunday, 14 February 2016

ANDRE BERTEL: ENGLAND SEMINAR 2016

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© André Bertel. Oita, Japan (2016).