Friday, 24 February 2023

Official Freital 2023 Seminar Report and Photos

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  The following is a link to the Official Report of the 2023 International Seminar (in German) by Anja Blume . This includes numerous photos...
Thursday, 23 February 2023

水手 (Suishu performed slowly): Part 2 - Informal Video

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  This video of Suishu Kata was informally and suddenly filmed on the spot by my (now eight-year-old) daughter, Mia.  Notice I changed aspec...
Monday, 20 February 2023

水手 (Suishu): Part 1 - Brief Written Summary

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This post is for the attendees of my recent seminars in Freital, Germany, on February 4th and 5th, 2023. It outlines the unique version of 水...
Sunday, 19 February 2023

Freital, Germany Seminar: February 2023 (PART 4) - Bonus Footage

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    © André Bertel. Oita City, Japan (2023).
Saturday, 18 February 2023

Freital, Germany Seminar: February 2023 (PART 3)

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  Links to previous videos (Part ONE and TWO)   PART ONE: André Bertel's Karate-Do: Freital, Germany Seminar: February 2023 (PART 1)...
Thursday, 16 February 2023

Freital, Germany Seminar: February 2023 (PART 2)

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                                     RIP ASAI SENSEI © André Bertel. Oita City, Japan (2023).
Sunday, 12 February 2023

Freital, Germany Seminar: February 2023 (PART 1)

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Here is some footage for those who attended the Budo Shotokan Karate Seminar, in FREITAL, GERMANY 2023 (which was held on the weekend of Feb...
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...