Friday, 30 November 2018

OSAKA YOSHIHARU SENSEI SEMINAR: November 2018 (PART TWO)

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Personal training from Osaka Yoshiharu Sensei on November 25th, 2018. A brief video PART THREE will follow this post tomorrow. For PART...
Thursday, 29 November 2018

OSAKA YOSHIHARU SENSEI SEMINAR: November 2018 (PART ONE)

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 OSAKA YOSHIHARU SENSEI (8th Dan) taught me the first time in Japan 25 years ago. I have trained many times with Osaka Sensei since then; h...
Sunday, 18 November 2018

The next step will lift to a higher level

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SOUTH AFRICA As I have recently discussed, bujutsu karate timing is very different from standard karate which, nowadays (even when labe...
Monday, 12 November 2018

Updates

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I'll update my training schedule soon! Also, there will be some special announcements. OSU, Andre © André Bertel. Oita Cit...
Monday, 5 November 2018

REVISION

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I`m currently revising kihon, kata and kumite based on old videos I received (which were stored in New Zealand, and kindly brought...
Friday, 19 October 2018

常行一勢〜五勢 (Joko Issei ~ Gosei)

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Many around the world will know that this article was originally published in 2006; however, it has been republished (and updated according...
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...