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All Grades Course, Loughborough, 4th December 2011
Course with Sensei Daniel Lautier 7th Dan, Chief Instructor of JKA France and Ohta Sensei 7th Dan, Chief Instructor of JKA England Sensei Lautier advised our group of more than a hundred dan grades that we would be doing “just … Continue reading
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Tagged Daniel Lautier, JKA England course, Ohta Sensei, Sensei Lautier
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JKA Norway 25th Anniversary Gasshuku, 24-27th November 2011
In November, JKA Norway held a special 4-day Gasshuku in celebration of a successful 25 years. Larsen Sensei 7th Dan and Ohta Sensei 7th Dan were in attendance, as were a line-up of no less than 11 instructors from the … Continue reading
JKA Autumn International Course, 23rd-25th September 2011
This was JKA England’s second international course this year, with guest instructors Imamura Tomio 7th Dan and Izumiya Seizo 7th Dan from JKA’s Tokyo headquarters joining Ohta Yoshinobu Sensei 7th Dan. Izumiya Sensei led us through a session on how … Continue reading
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Tagged Gasshuku, Imamura Tomio, Izumiya Seizo, JKA England course, Ohta Yoshinobu
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Kata Course at Walton on Thames, 17 July 2011
The July course at Walton on Thames was billed simply as the “All Grades Course” and I was expecting the usual mix of kihon, kata and kumite. As it turned out, the training was 100% kata. Great – my favourite! … Continue reading
JKA Spring International Course, 29th April – 2nd May 2011
Course instructors: Tanaka Masahiko 8th Dan, Osaka Yoshiharu 8th Dan, Sawada Kazuhiro 8th Dan, Inokoshi Yusuke 3rd Dan, Ohta Yoshinobu 7th Dan Unlike previous international courses where we have studied several of the kata, the emphasis this time was more … Continue reading
Bath Course, Saturday 19th March 2011
Two hours of sensible driving brought us to Bath University for three hours training. As usual, Ohta Sensei led us through some very challenging basics, emphasising how the whole body moves with a technique and how this can best be … Continue reading
All Grades Course at Hatfield, 4th December 2010
Takushoku Daigaku Karate Club (or ‘Takudai’ for short) is renowned for the intensity and quality of its practice. This Japanese university club has produced numerous champions and JKA instructors. At the December course in Hatfield we were fortunate to have … Continue reading
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Tagged JKA England course, Richard Heselton, Takudai, Takushoku Daigaku, Tsuyama Katsunori
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All Grades Course at Walton on Thames, 24th October 2010
According to Wikipedia, Walton on Thames was used as the location for a number of Monty Python sketches filmed during the 1970s. I’d like to think that this might have included the “Self Defence Against Fresh Fruit” sketch, in which … Continue reading
JKA Summer International Course, 27th-29th August 2010
In karate, when we are trying to get things right, we often focus on trying to achieve a perfect final position. This is particularly the case in JKA karate, where there is particular emphasis on attaining correct form. But what … Continue reading
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Tagged Gasshuku, Imamura Tomio, JKA England course, Kawawada Minoru, Ohta Yoshinobu, Ueki Masaaki
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Gasshuku Czech Republic, July 2010
In July my friend Sarka and I attended the Czech JKA’s annual summer camp: ‘Gasshuku Czech Republic’. ‘Gasshuku’ 合宿 is a Japanese term meaning ‘a time of lodging together’. In karate, you can think of a gasshuku as a sort … Continue reading
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Tagged Czech Republic, Gasshuku, JKA Czech, Naka Tatsuya, Okuma Koichiro, Takahashi Yuko
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