Thursday, 31 December 2009

Final practice for 2009

›
Today was my final karate keiko for 2009. The single session comprised of lot’s of ido - kihon up and down the dojo , the practice of seve...
Tuesday, 29 December 2009

NANAKOROBI YAOKI (Day 4)

›
Today was 'officially' the fourth and final day of kangeiko but not the final training of the year, which will be held on the 31st....
Monday, 28 December 2009

NANAKOROBI YAOKI (Day 3)

›
Today's kangeiko was completely dedicated to the five Junro kata , which I only just recently published an article on: http://andrebe...
Sunday, 27 December 2009

NANAKOROBI YAOKI (Day 2)

›
'Nanakorobi yaoki' literally translates as "stumbling seven times but recovering eight". A necessity in our lives, on all...
Saturday, 26 December 2009

NANAKOROBI YAOKI (Day 1)

›
December Kangeiko (special cold/winter training) started in the early hours of this morning... And the big question is "where has 2009...
Friday, 25 December 2009

Junro Kata

›
Whilst I'm still young, when I was even younger, in my teens, twenties, and even when I was 30 years old, Asai Shuseki Shihan told m...
Wednesday, 23 December 2009

Mizuho & me in JAF Magazine

›
I've back dated this post as I failed to publish it (so please disregard the date of publication). Anyway to make things clear for my ...
Tuesday, 22 December 2009

Frosty the Snow Man

›
On the way to Aya’s and Daisuke’s wedding (Aya is a student), we managed to get our car stuck in the snow, isolated in the Ajimu mountains....
Friday, 18 December 2009

Wankan

›
In Tokyo 1993, after passing my JKA ( Matsuno -group) yondan , Asai Sensei said to me at the after party "if Nakayama Sensei had ...
Tuesday, 15 December 2009

Junin toiro

›
The Japanese idiom ' Junin toiro ' literally translates "ten men, ten colours", and means "every individual is diff...