Friday, 29 October 2021

Behavior in movement means 'application' in karate.

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  In this photo you can see that I'm executing a jodan mae-geri kekomi with tsumasaki. This can be directed to the face, in particular t...
Thursday, 21 October 2021

前屈立ち

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By request from one of my deshi I was asked to write an article on stationary zenkutsu-dachi. I thought that I'd keep it really simple a...
Tuesday, 19 October 2021

CORRECT 三戦立 (SANCHIN DACHI)

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三戦立                                                                    SANCHIN-DACHI Sanchin-dachi is a particularly important tachikata i...
Sunday, 17 October 2021

Another new YouTube video and new video links (for the last 12 months)

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 This video is from my self-training at Nyu Jinja, here in Oita City, two days ago. It's not special just, just general training. In say...
Tuesday, 12 October 2021

New YouTube Video: Positve Energy 1 (Daily Self-Practice here in Oita Japan)

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  Below is a short video just posted on my YouTube channel. It’s nothing special as it just depicts regular daily training. That being said,...
Tuesday, 5 October 2021

前腕胸前水平構

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The 前腕胸前水平構 (‘Zenwan mune mae suihei kamae’) is included in six of the standard Shotokan kata for a total of nine times. Half of these kata ...
Sunday, 3 October 2021

From the most simple KIHON to KARATE-DO

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  The most important kihon is not the ‘laced up’ grading syllabus type renzokuwaza, which is mostly just for the masses; rather, it is the s...
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...