Tuesday, 9 October 2018

Technical variations matter for universal/generic application

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From Heian Nidan, and onwards, we practice two handed ukewaza. Movement one of Nidan is ‘Hidari haiwan hidari sokumen jodan yoko uke doji n...
Monday, 1 October 2018

MASSIVE TECHNICAL BREAKTHROUGH

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It’s been over a year since I experienced a big breakthrough in my in my karate; however, over the weekend I achieved a MASSIVE BREAKTHROUG...
Sunday, 23 September 2018

Konishi Sensei visits Oita

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My senior Konishi Yasuko Sensei and her students (Matsuo San and Nakasako San) came to train with me here in Oita City today. Konishi ...
Sunday, 26 August 2018

Updated Self-Training Regime

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Here is my current updated self-training regime. KIHON My kihon training regime is a little different from usual at present. I si...
Monday, 20 August 2018

New videos from the Halle Seminar (2018)

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Yufuin, Oita, Japan (2002). Here is a couple of new videos from my recent karate seminars in Halle, Germany. These videos were cre...
Thursday, 16 August 2018

Start with Jion, end with Jion

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I recently returned to Jion to rebalance my karate—personal advice from Osaka Yoshiharu Sensei—a couple of years ago. `Start with Jion, en...
Wednesday, 15 August 2018

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Today marks the 12th Anniversary of Asai Tetsuhiko Sensei's passing. My thoughts are with the Asai family today.
Tuesday, 14 August 2018

SEMINAR: Dresden, GERMANY (March 2019) - VENUE UPDATED BY THE ORGANIZERS!!!

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On March 16th and 17th of 2019 I will be in Dresden, Germany, to conduct Technical Seminars. For all information please click on the f...
Monday, 13 August 2018

龍　虎　鶴　RYU KO KAKU

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Ryu (Tatsu—Dragon), Ko (Tora—Tiger) and Kaku (Tsuru—Crane) are the three most important animals in karate’s early origins from China and O...
Saturday, 11 August 2018

Kita Kyushu Training

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Yesterday I had the pleasure of visiting the Kita-Kyushu dojo of my friend, and karate senior, Konishi Yasuko Sensei .    Kon...