First Sunday class at Barnet in 2014 was fantastic. Three solid hours of training with three or four minor stops for 2-3 min explanations. Kihon covered and applied within randori kumite. Sanchin, Tensho covered in detail; followed by geikisai 1, … Continue reading
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It has been a while since our last training blog and, although summer time is always more relaxing, by no means we haven’t been training for that long. Last Friday training was a good session indeed. After our normal warm-up … Continue reading
Last week we had three very good classes exploring new drills. As usual, we started the class with an intense warm-up / workout. Although karate classes must be focused in, precisely, karate, I believe body conditioning is an essential part … Continue reading
Congratulations to Westley Horner on his orange belt, which he passed with flying colours after a very good and hard training/grading session tonight: started with hard warm out, we covered basic kihon, kihon ido, drills and geikisai ichi numerous times. … Continue reading
Awesome session tonight covering fundamental seiwakai kihon. We always start the class with a good quality warm-up. Punishing and conditioning the body. Good fitness is a must! Learning how to punch from the toes all the way up to the … Continue reading
Another fantastic class last night with a reduced, but committed group of karateka. We started with a good 20-25min Goju-Ryu warm up. It is my opinion that warming up is becoming less popular in a number of dojos and, I … Continue reading
This past weekend I went to the JKF Goju-Kai London Seminar and had the honour to be taught by a wide range of superb karate-ka masters: Shigenori Sato (8th Dan Hanshi), Tatsuo Takegawa (7th Dan Kyoshi), Seiichi Fujiwara (8th Dan … Continue reading
After a number of months following a German Volume Training. I’ve changed the routine today. Following – and pushed by – Emma’s (Personal Trainer at Riveverbourne Club) high intense workout routine. I was a broken man by the end of … Continue reading
