Thursday, 18 July 2024

Some thoughts on Karate-Do (PART TWO)

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  One thing I do as an instructor, both here in Japan and teaching seminars abroad, is “teaching kihon specifically to improve kata and kumi...
Saturday, 13 July 2024

Trainee from Hungary: Levente Antal Szava (2nd Dan)

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Levente Antal Szava (Nidan) from Hungary recently came to study karate here in Oita City. During his training as a renshusei he expressed th...
Friday, 12 July 2024

Trainee from Norway: Christoffer (Shodan)

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Budo Karate - "Correct Kumite Maai" Practice.  Christoffer (Shodan) from Norway recently came to Oita for training. Travelling wit...
Monday, 1 July 2024

Freital Seminar: September 2024... A New Beginning

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The upcoming seminar in Freital (Germany), this September, will mark a new  beginning of technical courses where a lot of untaught knowledge...

Only set hips = Proper understanding of hips

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Ido-Kihon: Mae-geri keage Only by setting the hips, that is from the baseline practice of the various waza in 正面 (Shomen), can one properly ...
Thursday, 27 June 2024

青柳型 (Seiyu Kata) performed slowly on 'YouTube'

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  Here I am performing the kata 青柳 SEIRYU slowly during my warm-up at training yesterday (June 26th, 2024). Therefore, the point of this vid...
Saturday, 22 June 2024

Some thoughts on Karate-Do (PART ONE)

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One of the advantages of Karate is that it can be practiced anywhere, with or without a dogi, equipment and even a training partner. Further...
Saturday, 15 June 2024

Completion of waza is never the point of impact

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Daily self-training - Saturday, June 15th, 2024.  The near completion of a waza is the conclusion of the critical phase; that is, the end po...
Saturday, 8 June 2024

Variations from adaptability

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  I was asked “what is the Japanese terminology for the oi-zuki with intentionally high shoulder?” Tanaka Masahiko Sensei from the book ...
Friday, 7 June 2024

Asai Sensei would have been 89 years old today

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 Today Asai Tetsuhiko Sensei would have been 89 years old. After teaching, and before self-training, I reflected during a walk around the re...