JKS – Finding Karate

Jun 15 2022

Matt Price

Filed under Competition, General, JKA, KUGB, Kumite, Principles, Shotokan, Traditional, Training
June 15, 2022

I see Karate not as a sport but as an art. Therefore kata and kumite are both needed to become an all-round practitioner of the art. That isn’t to say I have anything against people who view karate as a sport. Matt Price As a competitor, Matt Price was known for his very strong kumite. …

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Oct 10 2021

Akihito Isaka

Filed under Competition, General, JKA, Shotokan, Traditional, Training
October 10, 2021

You must always think about how you build up the level of your kihon and how to achieve a higher level of kihon. Akihito Isaka Like many graduates of the JKA Instructors Course, Akihito Isaka is known for his exceptional technique. He is also known for stressing the importance of slow-motion training as a way …

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Dec 29 2020

Kiyoshi Yamazaki

Filed under Budo, General, Traditional
December 29, 2020

The instructor’s main objective in class is to correct the students, not to train himself. He should allocate time for his own personal training and development. Kiyoshi Yamazaki A student of one of the greatest Karate Masters of the 20th century, Yasuhiro Konishi, Kiyoshi Yamazaki has endeavoured to pass on many of his master’s lessons. …

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Sep 17 2020

Norman Robinson

Filed under General, Shotokan
September 17, 2020

A legend of South African Shotokan Karate, Norman Robinson, alongside Stan Schmidt, was responsible for introducing Shotokan into South Africa. Known as a ferocious fighter, JKA great, Masahiko Tanaka, once referred to him as ‘a monster‘. Norman Robinson was born on 17 September 1936 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was the youngest of eight children …

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Aug 15 2020

Masao Kagawa

Filed under General, JKA, Kata, Kumite, Shotokan
August 15, 2020

Of course, there are heavier kata and there are lighter kata and for my body type, the heavier kata are more natural. But it is important to not only do what you are good at. In fact, it is more important to practice what you are not good at in order to create balance in …

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Aug 09 2020

Tetsuhiko Asai

Filed under General, JKA, Shotokan, Traditional
August 9, 2020

In the past not everybody could do Karate in the standard way, particularly after the war, there was a closed-off mentality, a physical hardness in karate, aiming primarily to build spirit, rather than effective martial arts technique. Many people in Shotokan had, and still have, closed minds thinking this is the only way to do …