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On this day….(January 29)

Hironori Ōtsuka dies jan 29 1982

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On this day….(January 20)

On this day, 20 January 1938, a pioneer of Shotokan in Central England, Cyril Cummins was born. Cummins began his karate training in 1964  at the Kyu-Shin-Kan School of Judo Ltd, Located in Birmingham. His initial instructors were Jonny Brown, Tommy Ryan and Les Hart. They had learnt their karate mainly from Hidetaka Nishiyama‘s book, …

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On this day….(January 20)

Gōgen Yamaguchi born on Jan 20 1909.

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On this day….(December 30)

On this day, 30 December 1960, former SKIF European and World Champion, Aidan Trimble was born in Nottingham, England. He was a long time member of Hirokazu Kanazawa’s Shotokan Karate International Federation (SKIF), eventually leaving to form is own association, The Federation of Shotokan Karate. Until injury curtailed his competitive career in 1983, Trimble was a …

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Martial Arts News & Articles n.33

Welcome to another selection of posts and articles that have caught my eye. Please sit back and enjoy the current selection. All Over the Map? Krav Maga and Iain Abernethy’s Martial Map A post from Richard Bejtlich discussing the pro and cons of Iain Abernethy’s Martial Map. Read more Aragaki Seisan A post from Iain Abernethy …

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Steve Arneil

I look back to the way I trained.  Many of the things we did were plain stupid.  We didn’t know any better, you know if you could stretch your legs a certain way they were forced by someone helping you – there would be tear marks from stretching.  Nowadays there are proper ways of training …

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Martial Arts News & Articles n.32

Welcome to another selection of posts and articles that have caught my eye. Please sit back and enjoy the current selection. The Way of Kata – Part 1 This is the first in a series of articles, by authors Lawrence Kane and Kris Wilder, exploring the hidden meanings behind Karate kata. Read more The Way of …

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Martial Arts News & Articles n.31

Welcome to another selection of posts and articles that have caught my eye. Please sit back and enjoy the current selection. The Martial Arts Believers A post from Andrea Harkins, The Martial Arts Woman, discussing why martial arts can be for everyone. Read more History of Taikiken in Kyokushin Karate An article describing how the …

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Martial Arts News & Articles n.30

Welcome to another selection of posts and articles that have caught my eye. Please sit back and enjoy the current selection. The Master A nice little post describing what means to be called a master. Read more How To Relax in Karate Another brilliant post from Jesse Enkamp, describing the importance of relaxation in Karate. …

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Martial Arts News & Articles n.29

Welcome to another selection of posts and articles that have caught my eye. Please sit back and enjoy the current selection. The Beginner’s Guide To Kyokushin Karate A post providing a description of Kyokushin karate. Read more The Beginner’s Guide To Bunkai In this post Jesse Enkamp provides details on the importance of studying bunkai. …

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