Wednesday, 30 November 2022

ANDRE BERTEL - PORTUGAL SEMINAR 2023

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© André Bertel. Oita City, Japan (2022).
Saturday, 19 November 2022

Review of YouTube Videos (Uploaded over the last 12 months)

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Today I have posted direct YouTube links for all the publicly uploaded videos in the last 12 months (on my official channel).   What mot...
Tuesday, 15 November 2022

Renshusei from New Zealand: Troy Gutry (Part II)

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Day Two : Continuing from Day One, but in back in Oita City, the theme of ‘natural energy for effortless karate’ remained.  All 24 actions o...
Monday, 14 November 2022

Renshusei from New Zealand: Troy Gutry (Part I)

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Manjuji (Central Oita City, Japan). Troy Gutry (3rd Dan) from New Zealand came to Oita to visit and train. Traveling with his friend Jarod, ...
Sunday, 13 November 2022

New YouTube Video 'Short' by Oliver Schomburg Sensei

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 Here is a direct link to another excellent YouTube video filmed and compiled by Oliver Schomburg (do subscribe to his channel, as it is abs...
Wednesday, 9 November 2022

The 15 Stances of 'Dynamic Karate'

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  I was asked to make commentary on the 15 tackikata (stances) specified in Nakayama Masatoshi Sensei’s classic publication: ‘Dynamic Karate...
Monday, 7 November 2022

半月立 (Hangetsu-dachi): The original version

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Every so often I'm asked “What is the correct way to do Hangetsu-dachi?”  So, today I will address that Question; furthermore, I’ll shar...
Wednesday, 2 November 2022

YouTube Seminar Video: BAVARIA 2022 (Part 4)

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 At the bottom of this post here's some extra footage from the Bavaria, Germany Seminar (earlier this year). You can click on the YouTu...
Tuesday, 1 November 2022

The Okinawan Budo Karate inherited by traditional Shotokan-Ryu

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The Karate of Okinawa can be categorized in four distinct ‘ways of practice’: (1)  武道空手 (Budo Karate)—the traditional classical ‘way’; (2) ...
Sunday, 30 October 2022

Andre Bertel Karate-Do: TWO MILLION VISITORS!!!

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It was just confirmed to me that recently this site exceeded 2 MILLION VISITORS. I'm really surprised by this as the site has  only ever...