Thursday, 30 September 2021

New YOUTUBE upload: BASIC SHUTO and HAITO

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© André Bertel. Oita City, Japan (2021).  This is one of the initial basic stationary drills for the practice of open handed uchiwaza. In th...
Wednesday, 29 September 2021

Variations of kihon for advanced karateka: A brief example of hips and shoulders

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Today I’d like to use two major joints/regions of the body to elucidate the essential ‘advanced variations’ in karate as bujutsu. Today, a b...
Tuesday, 21 September 2021

Very disappointed, but will push forward!

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Two days ago my HP laptop suddenly just died and several new projects were lost which, of course, was very disappointing. What’s most distur...
Tuesday, 14 September 2021

浪返し (Nami-Gaeshi): A much stronger, more effective, and healthier way.

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  浪返し なみがえし Asai Tetsuhiko Sensei executing hidari ashi hidari nami-gaeshi (Tekki Shodan Kata). (NAMI-GAESHI)   Nami-gaeshi literally tr...
Saturday, 11 September 2021

SIMPLIFIED IMPACT POWER SCIENCE FOR THE PERCUSSIVE TECHNIQUES OF KARATE

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SIMPLIFIED IMPACT POWER SCIENCE FOR THE PERCUSSIVE TECHNIQUES OF KARATE   When discussing the science behind the percussive blows of Sho...
Tuesday, 7 September 2021

THROW YOURSELF!

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I was recently asked to talk about why there are jumps in the Shotokan kata, which pre-Shotokan just weren't there. Now before I answer ...
Friday, 3 September 2021

HICK'S LAW FOR KARATEKA/BUDOKA

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青柳 (SEIRYU) Kata   Some karate instructors love to cite Hick’s Law. I will address this today firstly (and briefly) by explaining it; second...
Wednesday, 1 September 2021

First set of 40 over

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Yesterday I celebrated 40 years of practicing Karate-Do. In this regard, I need to thank so many people for their amazing support. Literally...
Sunday, 29 August 2021

Revisiting the 10 Precepts of Itosu Anko Sensei

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  Today I thought I’d share writings from Anko Itosu Sensei. In particular I wanted to highlight his ’10 PRECEPTS’. There’s a lot of knowled...
Friday, 27 August 2021

The ENBU experience with Asai Tetsuhiko Sensei

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  I was asked about ENBU with Asai Sensei, so i'll answer that today. When doing enbu (demonstrations) with Asai Tetsuhiko Sensei I lear...