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Shinseidokan dojo - 05-Jan-2014

t! When visitors to the Shinseidokan tell me they have been training for ten, fifteen, or even twenty years, I'm always sceptical; further discussion usually reveals their time in the dojo began with a couple of hours training two or three nights per week, but is now spent instructing others: in my mind this is not the same as years spent training in karate. Even if you do train in karate for a couple...

Richard Buller's Karate Blog - 04-Jan-2014

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Richard Buller's Karate Blog - 02-Jan-2014

I take an interest in my grandchildren’s career choices. Take Milly, for example. She manages her weight and training schedule with care. Her aim? To become a member of the SAS once she completes her classics and medical degrees at Nottingham University. At two, she has her alphabet in English and French, numbers and is […] ...

Kowakan - 02-Jan-2014

The late Shoreikan Goju-ryu founder, Seikichi Toguchi, published a series of guidelines in his second English language book for understanding the application of kata. Toguchi stated that these principles were...

Uk-karate.com Blog for Karate-Jutsu & Combat Study - 25-Jan-2012

The fundamental 5 elements of Combat. Ne-waza - Groundwork, grappling Nage-waza - Throwing techniques Atemi-waza - Vital point striking Shime-waza - Choking techniques Kansetsu-waza - Joint Locking Techniques...

The Dynamic Karate Blog - 25-Oct-2011

Shotokan, Wado Ryu, Kyokushin, Shito Ryu, Goju Ryu. Major Japanese Karate styles all share a common line back to Japan. What else do they have in common and which one is best?...

Blog - Shotokan Karate-Do - 20-Oct-2011

Higa Peechin   (1790–1870), often called Machuu Hijaa   is a semi-legendary martial artist in Okinawan history who was a direct influence on the development of karate and kobudo, especially with respect to bōjutsu. Pechin is social class of Ryūkyū Kingdom. A resident of the island of Hama Higa, he was perhaps a student of the Chinese emissaries Zhang Xue Li and later Wanshu , who would...

Blog - Shotokan Karate-Do - 18-Oct-2011

uan Fa in China from a Shaolin monk. He was thought to have resided (and possibly studied martial arts) in the Fukien province for much of his life. Around 1756, Kūsankū was sent to Okinawa as an ambassador of the Qing Dynasty . He resided in the village of Kanemura, near Naha City . During his stay in Okinawa, Kūsankū instructed Kanga Sakukawa. Sakugawa trained under Kūsankū for six years. After Kūsankū...

Blog - Shotokan Karate-Do - 14-Oct-2011

s descriptions of him. Funakoshi first met Asato when he was a schoolmate of Asato's son; he called Asato "one of Okinawa's greatest experts in the art of karate." According to Funakoshi, Asato's family belonged to the Tonochi class (hereditary town and village chiefs), and held authority in the village of Asato, halfway between Shuri and Naha , and he was not only a master of karate, but also skilled...

Blog - Shotokan Karate-Do - 12-Oct-2011

s earliest students. Egami met Funakoshi when he began studying at Waseda University. Egami helped to establish the university's karate club. Before that occasion he had already trained in judo, kendo, and aikido. Karate career With Funakoshi, his son Gigō Funakoshi, and Takeshi Shimoda , Egami traveled around Japan staging exhibitions to promote karate as a Japanese martial art . He was elected a...

Blog - Shotokan Karate-Do - 07-Oct-2011

s Shihan (senior assistant instructor) Takeshi Shimoda died, Gigo assumed his position within the Shotokan organization teaching in various universities. Gichin Funakoshi transformed karate from a purely self-defense fighting technique to a philosophical martial Dō (way of life), or gendai budo , but his son Gigō began to develop a karate technique that definitively separated Japanese karate-do from...

The Dynamic Karate Blog - 03-Oct-2011

I have traversed 31 years in Karate-do out of 35 years of my life. My early training has been in JKA Shotokan at YMCA Dojo, Kolkata, India, which was...

Blog - Shotokan Karate-Do - 26-Sep-2011

Shorei Ryu is a term which refers to the Naha-Te style of Okinawan karate. Shorei Ryu means "the style of inspiration". It is believed that the term Shorei is derived from the Shoreiji Temple in southern China. The teachings of this temple provided the basis for the Naha-Te style. The Shorei Ryu system was influenced in its early development by Shuri-Te. Kanryo Higashionna originally studied Shuri-Te...

Blog - Shotokan Karate-Do - 09-Sep-2011

s name was Gisu. After entering primary school he became close friends with the son of Ankō Asato, a karate and kendo master who would soon become his first karate teacher.   Funakoshi's family was stiffly opposed to the abolition of the Japanese topknot, and this meant he would be ineligible to pursue his goal of attending medical school, despite having passed the entrance examination. Being...

Blog - Shotokan Karate-Do - 01-Sep-2011

s karate training began at the age of nine in 1897 with Itarashiki, although he studied with Yasutsune Itosu for 18 years, until the latter's death in 1915. In 1907 Toyama was appointed "shihandai" (assistant master) to Itosu at the Okinawa Teacher's College, and he and Gichin Funakoshi, who later developed Shotokan karate, were the only two students to be granted the title of shihanshi. Some people...

Blog - Shotokan Karate-Do - 18-Aug-2011

Thinking About Starting Karate? Karate is for everyone! KARATE (meaning empty hand) is one of the foremost methods of self defense, with roots that can be traced back many hundreds of years to China,. Besides being a traditional method of defending oneself, it is also a very enjoyable way of getting fit. One of the greatest benefits gleaned from training in the traditional Japanese martial art’s...

Blog - Shotokan Karate-Do - 13-Aug-2011

Proper Care for a Karate Gi 1.   Wash Every Week :  You sweat in your karate gi each time it is worn. The bacteria remaining in the gi will need to be washed out to prevent odor and disintegration of seams. Your gi should be washed weekly, and if you sweat profusely - wash the gi after each time you wear it. 2.   Wash Instructions - Your gi is 100% cotton and will shrink....

Uk-karate.com Blog for Karate-Jutsu & Combat Study - 03-Jun-2011

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