Thursday, 19 November 2020

竹田市 (TAKETA CITY)

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Training in nature is an important aspect of 'extra practice' for me - outside of the standard work in the dojo. Initially in my you...
Thursday, 12 November 2020

THE MAIN WEAPONS

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One thing many karateka fail to do is to focus on developing ‘really destructive’ punches, kicks and strikes, which are our ‘the main weapon...
Tuesday, 10 November 2020

Light training

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Here's some images from my training today, which was a light one (as I’ve pushed myself particularly hard this week). I only did kata an...
Saturday, 7 November 2020

TRAIN and PUSH FORWARD. YOU CAN DO IT IF YOU WANT TO!!!

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 My training regime was updated from the start of this month. I decided to make November very hard on myself at the end of October. My reaso...
Monday, 2 November 2020

Bonus video...

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  © André Bertel. Oita City, Japan (2020).
Tuesday, 27 October 2020

先生 (SENSEI)

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  Basic Definition of 先生 (Sensei): “Sensei is a honorific term that is translated as “person born before another” or “one who comes befor...
Thursday, 22 October 2020

順路 (PART 2): Deeper Aspects of the Junro kata

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I was encouraged to write this article after receiving a few good questions, which pondered about the deeper aspects of the five Junro Kata....
Saturday, 17 October 2020

How to get the most from the 順路 (JUNRO) Kata

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While I have written a lot about 順路   (JUNRO) in the past I’d like to expand a little more on them today. I would like to do this by explain...
Tuesday, 13 October 2020

A look back... My teacher, Asai Tetsuhiko Shuseki Shihan (Part III)

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  © André Bertel. Oita City, Japan (2020).
Saturday, 10 October 2020

A look back... My teacher, Asai Tetsuhiko Shuseki Shihan (Part II)

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© André Bertel. Oita City, Japan (2020).