Thursday, 23 July 2020

TRAIN HARD AND TRAIN SMART

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A few days back I turned 44. I am not into birthdays, but I am happy to enter a summer break from today. My only job was to visit the dojo ...
Monday, 20 July 2020

Movement one of Heian Shodan: SHIN GI TAI

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Today I will use the first movement of Heian Shodan, in isolation, as a means to broadly look at karate technique: body. mind and heart/sp...
Wednesday, 8 July 2020

The Kinetic Chain

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The kinematic chain, more often referred to as the ‘kinetic chain’ is a  biomechanical term for describing human movements; in particular, ...
Sunday, 5 July 2020

能ある鷹は爪を隠す

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Today I trained really hard. This is something that I do not do all the time, but of course, is sometimes necessary. The practice was f...
Wednesday, 1 July 2020

THE BEGINNING: 5 POINTS OF MASTERY FOR THE BASE

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At the dojo today. July 1st. Part Two of 2020 begins... The karate that I practice and teach is primarily based on being relaxed. Ther...
Sunday, 21 June 2020

Micro Details are INFERIOR

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Firstly, I will outline todays two-hour technical training, excluding the 45 minutes of endurance work that followed. I'll wrap up t...
Saturday, 20 June 2020

13th Anniversary of this Blog

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I did not mention but yesterday marked the 13th Year since I began this blog. It was three months after I moved back to Japan, in 2007, tha...
Friday, 19 June 2020

Avoid "THE BLUR": My latest training regime

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Here is my latest self-training regime. I hope that it finds you well, and in good spirits; moreover, that you are seizing the opportunit...
Sunday, 14 June 2020

序の型 (Jo no kata)... Not NEEDED, but valuable lessons

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序の型  (Jo no kata) is a simple kata for initial kihon training, developed by Asai Tetsuhiko Sensei. 明鏡 (Meikyo Kata) a formal exercise ...
Sunday, 7 June 2020

Thinking of Asai Sensei

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Today, Asai Tetsuhiko Sensei would have turned 85.   Recently, I have been reviewing all the kata that he introduced, most of which I ...