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.

Thursday, 27 December 2012

ANDRE BERTEL 2012 - KARATE SEMINAR VIDEOS

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2012 has been a very busy year for me internationally and within New Zealand. Here are the video links to the Karate-Do Seminars I have ta...

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Monday, 24 December 2012

My festive season karate training schedule

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I hope this post finds you well as 2012 rapidly comes to a conclusion. It has been a very busy year on all fronts for me: with my Asai-ha S...

Thursday, 20 December 2012

UK Seminar Report: By Michael Barr (4th Dan IJKA)

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Exercise for applying the body weight and drive of the support leg in keriwaza. Here’s another report on my seminars in the United King...

Thursday, 13 December 2012

Seminar Report: Palmerston North 2012

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Here is a video and some photos from my karate seminar in Palmerston North (the 9th – 11th of December). It was hosted by Morgan Dil...

Thursday, 6 December 2012

UK Course Report by Neil Jerome Sensei (KUGB 4th Dan)

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Neil Jerome Sensei (4th Dan), chief instructor of the Kenmei Shotokan Karate Club, has written a report on my seminars in United Kingdom....

Wednesday, 5 December 2012

Explanation about my seminars: Muchiken, oi-zuki & kime

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In this post I want to address three things that probably need some confirmation, based on some misunderstandings about Tetsuhiko Asai Sen...

Sunday, 2 December 2012

Christchurch Shotokan Karate beach training

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A small group of karateka from the Christchurch Shotokan Karate Club trained at North New Brighton beach this morning from 6am. Practi...

Christchurch Seminar: December 2012

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Martin Sensei from Rotorua & Peter from Wellington attended. Over the weekend I taught a seminar here in Christchurch. The focus w...

Saturday, 1 December 2012

Andre Bertel Karate Seminar - England 2012 (Video Two)

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Here is the second video from my seminars in Lancashire, England; also a link to `the correct version' of the Asai-ha Shotokan-ryu kata...

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Andre Bertel: Japan; 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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