André Bertel's Karate-Do

This site is based on my daily practice of Shotokan Karate-Do here in Oita City, Japan. More than anything else, unlike the majority of other karate websites, this page is primarily dedicated to Budo Karate training itself; that is, Karate-Do as a vehicle for holistic development.

Tuesday, 30 November 2010

The Weapons of the Body

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The vast array of karada no buki (weapons of the body) make karate-do extremely unique as an unarmed system of self-defence. Here is a list ...
Saturday, 27 November 2010

Traditional Karate-Do Beach Training - Christchurch, New Zealand.

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This morning a small group of karateka from the Christchurch Shotokan Karate Club did practice at North Beach from 6am. The training was ini...
Tuesday, 23 November 2010

Site Video Links Updated

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Arriving home tonight from training, at the Christchurch Shotokan Karate Club, I found several emails requesting links to my previously upl...
Monday, 22 November 2010

More video footage from Italy

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Here is some footage kindly uploaded by Silvio Cannizzo Sensei from the seminars I taught in Italy earlier this year. This was the final pra...
Friday, 19 November 2010

Sinking the tanden

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My mind set in regards to stances, whether deep or shallow, is to sink my tanden into the ground. I also do this when ground fighting an...
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Andre Bertel
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Andre Bertel is a Nanadan (7th Degree Black Belt) and A Class International Instructor and Examiner in Shotokan Karate. He lives in central Oita City, Japan. As a personal student of the late Asai Tetsuhiko Sensei his organization, the 国際空手道松濤館 (INTERNATIONAL KARATE SHOTOKAN—IKS), aims to pass on budo/bujutsu karate in its purest form. He conducts a high-level instructors program, and elite athletes training camp, here in Oita City, which are both now world famous: due to the results achieved by participating renshusei/trainees. Andre Sensei has now trained for over 40 years and regularly in Japan since 1993. His daily self-training, firsthand learning from the very best instructors in the world, and overall experience is reflected on this blogsite. Welcome to Andre Bertel's Karate Do!
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