February 2019 archive

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Cover Star: Chris Thompson

One of the highest ranked Wado-ryu practitioners in the United Kingdom, Chris Thompson has trained with many of the first Wado-ryu instructors to come over to the UK. He is a familiar face, having written and featured in many Karate books. Below are some of the magazine covers to feature Thompson. June 1986 March 1991  June 1993  …

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Musings: Funakoshi’s 20 Precepts

The twenty precepts put forward by Gichin Funakoshi are a set of principles put forward by him for the improvement of his students. He believed that Karate should be about developing the character of the practitioner and not only about developing their  martial prowess. The precepts are intended as a guide referred to throughout the lifetime …

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This week in history (25 Feb – 3 Mar)

27 February On 27 February 1948 Terence (Terry) O’Neill, one of the best karate-ka ever produced in Britain, was born in Liverpool, England. O’Neill began his Karate training in 1963 when as a sixteen year old he lied about his age, on his application to join the British Karate Federation (BKF). Under Keinosuke Enoeda and the …

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