Sunday, 23 April 2017

Intensive Private Training in Oita City

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Today and yesterday we had intensive training here in Oita City. I practiced and taught the core sonoba-kihon, followed by Gohon Kumite a...
Thursday, 13 April 2017

桜 (Sakura)

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桜 (Sakura) or cherry blossoms, as most know, have a very special cultural significance   here in Japan. Ask any Japanese person “what is ...
Wednesday, 12 April 2017

Gohon and Kihon Ippon Kumite is KIHON TRAINING

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There are two forms of kumite (sparring) purely for the training of kihon (fundamentals), these are: Gohon Kumite—Five step sparring; and ...
Monday, 10 April 2017

Trainees from Germany: Andrea Haeusler and Torsten Uhlemann

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On Friday 7 th and Saturday 8 th of April—Andrea Haeusler Sensei and Torsten Uhlemann Sensei (JKA Germany)—came for private training at m...
Monday, 27 March 2017

WANKAN KATA VIDEO

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One of my personal students after learning 王冠 (Wankan) requested that I perform it slowly online. Wankan is a kata that I merely know - not...
Monday, 13 March 2017

RENSHUSEI FROM GERMANY: Oliver Schoemburg

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Over the weekend Oliver Schoemburg, from Ahrensburg (Northern Germany) trained at my private dojo here in Oita City. I will not detail the...
Tuesday, 7 March 2017

2017 SEMINAR in KREFELD, GERMANY

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Due to an extremely busy schedule here in Japan, I will only be giving one Technical Seminar abroad in 2017. This event will be held in K...
Thursday, 23 February 2017

SUSTAINED MOTIVATION

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One of the biggest factors of success in any field is MOTIVATION. As everyone knows, “motivation is not something that is hard to at...
Monday, 20 February 2017

Heel, toes or middle of the foot?

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Migi sokuto tobi yoko-geri kekomi. One of the ‘technical must do’s’ of standard Shotokan style is to keep the entire foot flat on the ...
Sunday, 12 February 2017

抜塞大 & 慈恩

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Movement one of Bassai Dai: Sasho soede migi chudan uchi-uke (migi ashi mae kosa-dachi). Today, BASSAI DAI and JION. The point of the t...