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03/17/2010 05:48 PM
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Kagawa Sensei Inverkeithing Scotland
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 Above: Kagawa Sensei - 8th Dan JKS
Bex and I travelled North to the hombu dojo of JKS Scotland to train with Masao Kagawa Sensei 8th Dan JKS World technical director and JKF National coach. Many thanks to Sensei Paul & JKS Scotland for hosting the event and all the hard work that goes on behind the scenes.
Are we mad travelling 800Km for 1 & 3/4 hour training session?
I would say no.
I can't remember where I read it now, it may have been Bertel Sensei that stated if your Sensei is not training harder (wiser/longer) than yourself you may want to review who your Sensei should be. This was a direct reference to Asai Shihan, but as my own karate develops I think it is important that I don't stand still, but progress as fast as my aging frame will allow.
The Highlights of the 2 day trip, was the opportunity to talk to my wife Claire for a few hours, during the ten hour round trip drive. (All too often we are just passing in our own routines.)
The training - brillant! The 3 K's. Kihon - Gyaku Zuki & Geri, Kumite - stance changing, attack and counter drills & Kata - Meikyo Nidan. M2 is one of my favourite Kata and I even managed to sneak peak at Kagawa Sensei running Sensei Scott through M3. This helped to reinforce a kata that I am still working on.
As the Kyu class finished we bumped into Mia, who used to train at York before moving to Scotland. It was lovely to see her again, still training hard. Sensei Keith can be very proud of his Ex student, he gave her very strong foundations that have been recognised in the JKS.
I ended up being partnered with one of Mia's Sempai for most of the session and we did have a a bit of a chance to discuss her progress.
We were staying a little further North and the evening finished with a meal with Kagawa Sensei just round the corner from our Hotel. Bex and I also got a chance for a few words with Sensei Scott after our meal, hopefully he will be back in Yorkshire some time soon?
I genuinely thought after my grading I would take it easy for a while, no chance. I have been more motivated than ever to push myself on in my journey of Karate-do inspired by Shihan and Sensei from many varied organisations, my only focus, quality shotokan karate.
Shihan-Ne-Rei, Sensei-Ne-Rei, Otagai-Ne-Rei, Osu!
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03/16/2010 03:18 PM
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Training Workshop March 2010
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A few images of our training workshop that took place on Sunday 14th March 2010 at Killorglin Sports Complex. The workshop was attended by a large group composed of both children and adults of all grades.
A special thank you to all those who traveled from Glengariff and Bantry for the training.
Here are a few pictures [...]
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03/16/2010 04:38 AM
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Fitness tests for kids in school.
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Englands chief medical officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, has called for "routine fitness tests" for secondary school children in an attempt to fight childhood obesity and inactivity levels. Click here for the story.
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03/15/2010 03:24 PM
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Are you getting value for money?
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It has been a quiet day in work today. Only a couple of people booked in to coach, and I couldn't convince anyone else to play with me.
So I had to watch a group of young lads playing with the freeweights for 2 hours and must have done about 50 different exercises with the weights. They were having great fun, they never stopped doing something the whole time and they left slapping eachother on the back congratulating for a job well done.
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03/15/2010 02:04 PM
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World Championship Poland 2010
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All information regarding the FSKA World Championship in Poland in 2010 can be found on the official website at http://interior3.home.pl/karate/
Anybody from the club interested in travelling to Poland, please let Sensei Charles know.
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03/15/2010 08:33 AM
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Prevention is better than cure.
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In the news today, it mentions that "two key treatments do not halt diabetes in people with early signs of the disease". Click here to read the full story.
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03/14/2010 02:31 PM
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The Unified Field Theory of Karate Bunkai, Part II
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I love it when I'm right. Doesn't happen all that often, but it feels good.Here was my hypothesis: the kata of Shotokan karate, Wado-ryu, Shito-ryu, and Goju-ryu are all databases of self-defense techniques. They were not, in Okinawa, primarily spiritu...
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03/14/2010 05:37 AM
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Mawashi-geri
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I've never really seriously trained for/practiced sports karate, however when doing embu (demonstrations) I alter my techniques for safety. Likewise I did this in competition, for obvious reasons.______ Following this train of thought, in this post, I...
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03/13/2010 08:00 AM
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Keeping it simple brings real results
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A regular in the gym I work at came up to me asking for newer, more elaborate exercises, because the ones she is doing now "aren't working".
Now I'll be the first to admit that there is nothing wrong with doing new, funky exercises...but do them for the right reasons.
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03/13/2010 08:00 AM
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Keeping it simple brings real results
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A regular in the gym I work at came up to me asking for newer, more elaborate exercises, because the ones she is doing now "aren't working".
Now I'll be the first to admit that there is nothing wrong with doing new, funky exercises...but do them for the right reasons.
Related posts:- Keeping it simple brings real results
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