Sunday, 25 December 2022

KATA IN THE DNA

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Recently I did a special training session, which is typical for me in late December and early January.  The practice broadly focused on the...
Saturday, 24 December 2022

Tekki Sandan Performed Slowly (YOUTUBE VIDEO)

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  In this YOUTUBE VIDEO (direct link below) I am doing Tekki Sandan Kata slowly . This was during my warm-up, two days ago, on December 22n...
Thursday, 22 December 2022

Trainees from England: Sunil Das (and family)

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  Sunil Das (Sandan), his wife, and three sons recently came to Japan for renshusei training here in Oita.  Based in England, Sunil wanted t...
Wednesday, 14 December 2022

One is never too old to practice Karate-Do: YouTube Video

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  In this video I was told by Nakamura Masamitsu Shihan to slowly take Katayama San (who is well into his 80s) and Ogasawara San through SO...
Tuesday, 13 December 2022

Renshusei from Australia: Don Walker (Part Two): YouTube Video

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Below is a brief YouTube video from Don Sensei’s recent training here in Oita. As opposed to showing the ‘learning processes’ this video is...
Thursday, 8 December 2022

Renshusei from Australia: Don Walker (Part One)

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  Don Walker Sensei (Godan) from Western Australia came again to Oita for training.   In addition to some pictures, and possibly some vi...
Monday, 5 December 2022

Trainees from Central India (Part Two): YouTube Video

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  © André Bertel. Oita City, Japan (2022).
Saturday, 3 December 2022

Trainees from Central India (Part One)

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Tekki Nidan (Movement 24): Hidari uraken jodan uchi/Migi zenwan munemae suihei gamae. Mr. Sudhir Parab (from Mumbai, Bombay) and Mr. Kailas ...
Thursday, 1 December 2022

Daily post-dojo supplementary practices: For oneself and boosting other's skills as well

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Some images of my daily post-dojo supplementary practices. I do a daily review of dojo training each day in order refine skills.  I refer to...
Wednesday, 30 November 2022

ANDRE BERTEL - PORTUGAL SEMINAR 2023

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© André Bertel. Oita City, Japan (2022).