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| Movement four of Enpi kata: hidari chudan kagi-zuki (kiba-dachi). |
While I am still strictly
adhering to the training programme I started in August the prime emphasis has been on “referencing
everything to Heian Shodan Kata”. In this way, whether doing kihon, other kata,
kumite or oyo (applications) my training is `H1-centric’.
This
training is highly technical pushing me to my limits; nonetheless, it is acutely
renewing my understanding. It goes without saying, Heian Shodan always does this to experienced karateka; that
is, it presents the ultimate challenge in karatedo: technically,
psychologically and, of course, on deeper levels.
I’ll always be a beginner of
karate-do in my heart and mind, and also in my training. In saying that and encouragingly, I am
far beyond where I was, since returning to Japan in August of last year, “…yet
I’m back at the very beginning”. My point here is that “Karate-Do is such a
wonderful art”: it pushes us to become whole via a constant cycle. As the title of this post states "Progressing in karate-do literally requires the full circle". In this regard and in this way, I only hope that one day I can
truly be a `good karateka’. Despite achieving this target, or not, I’ll continue pushing
toward this goal.
Kindest regards from the first day of
Japan’s autumn. Osu, André Bertel
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| Movement three of Heian Shodan kata: migi gedan-barai (zenkutsu-dachi hanmi). |
© André Bertel.
Aso-shi, Kumamoto. Japan (2014).
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