Wednesday, 31 August 2022

TERRY

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 This post is dedicated to my big brother Terry, who suddenly passed away this previous week.                                      © Andre B...
Tuesday, 23 August 2022

End of Summer 'Kihon Challenge Training'

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 To wrap up the summer, here in Japan, I decided to really push myself. At 26 years old I lost an informal squat competition with Kagawa Mas...
Monday, 22 August 2022

Shotokan Karate has the most envied lineage of all karate styles

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  Shotokan Karate has the most envied lineage of all karate styles. Firstly, includes the most famous karate master of all time, Funakoshi G...
Thursday, 18 August 2022

三本連突 (Sanbon ren-zuki)

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Today I’m going to provide a few notes on 三本連突 (Sanbon ren-zuki): 'Triple combination thrust'. I  could have wrote a lot more but d...
Wednesday, 17 August 2022

Today's training

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 Today my training regime comprised of Kihon and Kata only; namely, the five core chudan uke-waza: Chudan soto uke, Chudan uchi-uke, Shuto c...
Monday, 8 August 2022

Supplementary outdoor training

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Movement two of Heian Shodan: Migi chudan oi-zuki (Migi zenkutsu-dachi). In addition to daily dojo training, in the warmer months I regularl...
Wednesday, 3 August 2022

How to join IKS

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  Many people have requested IKS (International Karate Shotokan) membership from around Japan and across the world. Of course, we cannot jus...
Monday, 1 August 2022

What is 基本 (Kihon)?

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基本 (Kihon) is a noun which means ‘basis’/‘basic’, ‘standard’ and ‘foundation’. When speaking about 基本技 (kihonwaza) I personally prefer usi...
Saturday, 30 July 2022

空手と気 (Karate to ki)

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As many know I am a big reader and especially enjoy academic articles pertaining to the various fields of physics, physiology, biomechanics ...
Friday, 29 July 2022

心技体 (Shin Gi Tai)

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  心技体 (Shi Gi Tai) is an extremely important concept in Karate-Do and, indeed, life in general. In karate, 心 (Shin) is one’s mentality and...