Saturday, 23 January 2021

The IRON PALM kata

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There are three ‘iron palm’ kata, from Asai Style Karate in 国際空手道松濤館 (International Karate Shotokan), these are:   旋掌 (Sensho)   掌手...
Wednesday, 13 January 2021

寒稽古 (KANGEIKO) – Part 2: Video

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  寒稽古 Here is a brief YOUTUBE VIDEO of my KANGEIKO I uploaded today. It is not about nice technique, it’s all about ‘trying to overcome th...
Monday, 11 January 2021

寒稽古 (KANGEIKO) – Part 1: Article

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  寒稽古 Kangeiko late 2013/early 2014 in Kumamoto. The term 寒稽古 (KANGEIKO) is a special training, in various forms of budo/bujutsu, in whic...
Saturday, 9 January 2021

脚戦 (Kyakusen)

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  脚戦 脚戦   (Kyakusen) is often spelt and pronounced incorrectly by karateka who do not read or write Japanese. So I’d like to begin by hel...
Friday, 1 January 2021

Happy New Year from Oita City, Japan.

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  明けましておめでとうございます I’d like to wish everyone a very happy and healthy New Year 押忍   アンドレ　バーテル André       To begin my p...
Tuesday, 29 December 2020

Turning a negative into a positive

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  Today my extra fitness training goal for 2020 (due to the coronavirus pandemic) was completed! My set deadline was December 31 st . The ta...
Sunday, 27 December 2020

黄牛の滝

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  The footage in this video is from today (YouTube link at the bottom of this post). In it I'm training at 黄牛の滝   ( AMEUSHI NO TAKI), a ...
Tuesday, 22 December 2020

騎馬立ち - Kiba-dachi (and Shiko-Dachi)

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  騎馬立ち  (Kiba-dachi – the ‘horse riding stance’) is a centralized stance with 50/50 weight distribution on both legs; furthermore, it works ...
Sunday, 20 December 2020

Plyometric Push Ups

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  I was just asked about jumping push-ups, which were included in my latest video:  https://youtu.be/07Ntsw6FZa0 .   My first comment is to ...
Thursday, 17 December 2020

直突き (Choku-zuki) basic training video

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