Keigo Abe Shihan teaching at the Christchurch Shotokan Karate Club (Day One)

Here is the first video of Keigo Abe Shihan (9th Dan) teaching at the Christchurch Shotokan Karate Club over the weekend (May 5th & 6th, 2012).

We would like to thank Abe Shihan very much for conducting the classes. Please look forward to video two where Abe Shihan taught Bassai Sho kata, Bunkai & Jiyu Kumite.

Some members from GKR come to experience traditional karate for the first time. And also two traditional karateka attended (Peter from Wellington and Leo Pintos - 2nd Dan, who is from Sydney).

I would especially like to thank Andre Bertel Shihan (6th Dan) for arranging this seminar.Goran Glucina Shihan (7th Dan), Matt Brew Sensei, Brendon Wells (1st Dan) and Peter Burtenshaw (1st Kyu)

Osu,
Lyall Stone
CHRISTCHURCH SHOTOKAN KARATE CLUB CHIEF INSTRUCTOR

Abe Shihan Seminar: Christchurch, New Zealand 2012

Andre Bertel Sensei (6 Dan) in coordination with Goran Glucina Shihan (7th Dan) has arranged seminar with Keigo Abe Shihan at the Christchurch IJKA Shotokan Karate Club. This is an open seminar.

The sessions will held on the 5th & 6th of May. Abe Shihan, now 9th Dan and chief in instructor of the Japan Shotokan Karate Association, was the former Director of Technique of our faction of the JKA (Asai/Matsuno JKA). Goran Shihan is a close personal student of Abe Shihan and Andre Sensei attended many of his classes in Japan - during his many training stints there throughout the 1990s.

Many thanks to Andre Sensei & Goran Shihan for organising this. If you want to attend, please email Andre Sensei at: andrebertelono@gmail.com The cut off day to register will be the 4th of May. THIS WILL BE AN EVENT NOT TO BE MISSED!

Osu, Lyall Stone

Christchurch IJKA Shotokan Karate Club Chief Instructor

Four pass the kyu examination

Congratulations to the four that passed the kyu-shinsa tonight. The karateka who passed and the respectives ranks they achieved were: Ryo Soto (KUKYU - 9th Kyu), Rachel Robinson (ROKUKYU - 6th Kyu), Garath Lloyd (YONKYU - 4th Kyu) and Anthony Ross (IKKYU) - 1st Kyu).

Again, well done to these four and best of luck for them all again, and the others who weren't up-graded next time.

The photos here of the four aforementioned examinees who passed, and the successful examinees with the grading panel (myself, Matt Brew Sensei & Andre Bertel Sensei).

OSU,
Lyall Stone
CHIEF INSTRUCTOR

Matt Brew Sensei (3rd Dan) back in New Zealand

Matt Brew Sensei (3rd Dan) has returned to the club after 12 years in Tokyo Japan where he trained. Matt's son Luke has also started practicing in the beginners class.

Below is a photo from the advanced class tonight in Christchurch and one of Matt Sensei and Andre Sensei training at the former dojo of Fuku -Shuseki-Shihan Mikio Yahara (in Tokyo).

Matt also experienced private lessons and morning training, with Andre Sensei, under Shuseki-Shihan Tetsuhiko Asai

WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE MATT SENSEI BACK. Welcome back Matt Sensei. OSS

Lyall Stone

Video of Andre Bertel Sensei's 2012 Seminars in Venice, Italy

Here is a video of our world-class international instructor, Andre Bertel Sensei (6 Dan)teaching in Venice Italy just last month. Andre Sensei's last seminars in Italy, in April of 2010, are also on Youtube. His next international seminar will be in Perth, Australia with the KUA (Karate Association of Australia). There is no doubt that he is doing a fantastic job promoting the karate of our late world chief instructor, Shuseki-Shihan Tetsuhiko Asai (10th Dan).

IJKA is working hard to do this worldwide, and together we will!

Oss, Lyall Stone
IJKA Christchurch Chief Instructor

Andre Bertel Shihan videos teaching in Germany 2012

Here are videos of our international instructor, Andre Bertel Shihan (6th Dan) teaching karate seminars in North Germany. Andre Shihan arrived back in New Zealand today and already returned to the dojo to practice, even with strong jetlag. Isn't that typical of him. He is truly an inspirational karateka and a treasure of our chief instructor Syuseki-Shihan Tetsuhiko Asai, who considered him like a son and trained him as his apprentice. Please enjoy these videos. Apparently there are more to come. Oss, Lyall.
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Lyall Stone
Chief Instructor IJKA New Zealand
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Here are the links to the first four videos:
1. Hamburg training: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrYH-izuBTU&feature=related
2. The spirit of martial arts karate-do! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsPt_rXwVos&feature=related
3. Some teaching of Asai-ryu kihon. Andre is literally a human weapon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6xkHHvxh_E&feature=related
4. A small private class: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K14aIbugXyc&feature=related

Jitte Kata

Instructors class was spent on Jitte or Jutte kata which means 10 hands. Master Asai taught us that Jitte is among the seven main Shotokan karate kata.

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The best example of Jitte is Imura Takenori Sensei. He was many times JKA champion with this kata. You can now find his performance online. The best is on Nakayama Sensei's videos (which are now on the you-tube).

More than movements is to understand the application. Andre Shihan and I always practice these, as taught by Asai Syuseki-shihan to us, in the JKA days.

Oss, Lyall

IJKA New Zealand