Wednesday, 20 July 2016

Wow! Andre Bertel san! 見えない！高速空手！大分のアンドレさん!

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Here is a video courtesy of Nishi Fuyuhiko after the last JKA Gasshuku here in Oita: under the guidance of Hashiguchi Yuji Sensei. © An...
Thursday, 14 July 2016

EUROPE 2016

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Next week I will be flying out of Japan to teach three international seminars in Europe (Germany, England and Italy). Usually, only once ...
Monday, 4 July 2016

大分県の空手家たちが素敵すぎる！Soul of JKA in OITA!

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JKA Oita was featured on ‘Kuro Obi World’. I posted about this excellent training camp just recently. Here is a direct link to that artic...
Sunday, 19 June 2016

9th Anniversary of André Bertel's Karate-Do

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Today marks the ninth anniversary of this blog/webpage. Over those years the objective of this site has remained the same: the trai...
Wednesday, 1 June 2016

Updated Training Regime

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It is hard to believe that June is already upon us! Here is my updated self-training regime. Osu,  André. (A) KIHON Sonoba-Kihon: ...
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...