Wednesday, 18 January 2023

水手 from Asai Tetsuhiko Sensei

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  My final self-practice today in the dojo was dedicated to SUISHU (Mizu no te). Below are some images from the session. There was also a vi...
Wednesday, 11 January 2023

An insight into Asai Sensei's Kata

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 Today after my daily run I did some additional kata practice. I want to use this to highlight some key points about Asai Sensei's Kata ...
Tuesday, 10 January 2023

Any action without KIME is not true karate... But what really is KIME?

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  Nakayama Masatoshi Sensei famously emphasized that “...irrespective of how much something resembles karate, anything action without kime i...
Sunday, 1 January 2023

Kata training is outdated...

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Some people with very narrow perspectives dismiss the training and practice of kata. These people claim that in the 21st century “kata is ou...
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...