The positioning of your knee is the key. From a standing position, you have to be able to chamber your knee as high as possible, and that’s what gives you the luxury of options in terms of where and how are you place the kick. If you bring your knee up high, you can kick …
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Aug 16 2020
Andy Hug
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August 16, 2020
Know yourself, keep yourself under control, understand yourself, steel yourself, place cleanse your mind and keep your body fit. Andy Hug Known as the “Blue-Eyed Samurai“, Swiss karateka Andy Hug was one of the most successful European Kyokushin fighters of his generation. Fighting at heavyweight, he was much smaller than many of the opponents he …
- 4 Countries Team Tournament, Ademir da Costa, Akira Masuda, Andy Hug, Dutch Kyokushin Open Championships, Hajime Kazumi, Ibusz Oyama Cup, K-1, Kazuyoshi Ishii, Kenji Midori, kyokushin, Masashi Kimoto, Michael Thompson, National Team Championships, Seidokaikan Karate, Shokei Matsui, Stefan Gopel, Sursee Cup, Swiss, Swiss Karate Federation, Swiss Open, Swiss Oyama Cup, Wohlen Karate School, World Tournament, Yasuhiro Kuwashima
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Aug 16 2020
Akira Masuda
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August 16, 2020
Our new mission is to affect “human communication” through the Way of Karate, by means of which we want to “understand” the differences embodied in the various disparate cultures, and, through that “understanding,” to grasp its universality. In addition, we want to make the Way of Karate useful in fermenting an ideology and a sense …
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May 18 2020
This week in history (18 May – 24 May)
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May 18, 2020
18 May On 18 May 1966, Wayne Otto, a multiple World Champion, was born in Hackney, London. Otto is one of the most successful fighters to come out of Britain. He has appeared in the Guinness Book of Records as having won the most Karate championship medals for a male competitor. Nicknamed the “Black Shark” …
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