Sunday, 29 April 2018

2018 SEMINAR IN 'KARATE AKTUELL'

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You can click on the following images from KARATE AKTUELL. The publication features an advertisement for my upcoming seminars in Halle, Ger...
Monday, 16 April 2018

Video: KAKUYOKU NIDAN KATA

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© André Bertel. Oita City, Japan (2018).
Wednesday, 11 April 2018

Andrea and Torsten Return to Oita

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I just had the pleasure to once again have Andrea Haesusler Sensei and Torsten Uhlemann Sensei (from Munster, Germany) here in Oita. The...
Sunday, 1 April 2018

Sakura in full bloom: The first training of April

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Here are some images from training today.  Kata training included the four SENTEI-GATA (Bassai-Dai, Kanku-Dai, Enpi and Jion), which I a...
Saturday, 31 March 2018

Bob McCallum Shihan

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A very good friend of mine, Bob McCallum Shihan (7th Dan) -- chief instructor of Kyokushin Karate in New Zealand -- passed away earlier thi...
Friday, 23 March 2018

Newspaper article

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I just recieved these lovely photos from a newspaper article back in New Zealand.  Training with my late teacher, Asai Tetsuhiko Sense...
Monday, 19 March 2018

https://olliwaa.com/andre-bertels-karate/

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Here is an article on the excellent blog of my friend Oliver Schomburg: https://olliwaa.com/andre-bertels-karate/ © André Bertel. Oita...
Wednesday, 14 March 2018

Why 'CHUDAN' so much? A bigger picture

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One question, which is often asked, is “why we practice chudan tsukiwaza (middle level punching techniques) so much. Well, there are two...
Wednesday, 7 March 2018

Special Kata Practice

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  Today I had a special kata practice covering a wide range of kata, both standard Shotokan and Asai Sensei's extensions of our style...
Thursday, 1 March 2018

Fabio and Alexia visit from Paris

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Over the weekend Fabio and Alexia from Paris, France, came to Oita City for training with me. They practiced intensively for six hours ov...