The martial arts are based upon understanding, hard work and a total comprehension of skills. Power training and the use of force are easy, but total comprehension of all of the skills of martial arts is very difficult to achieve. … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Seiwakai
Wonderful footage on the origins of Seiwakai and the very special person and karateka Tasaki Hanshi was. Tasaki Hanshi left us five years ago, on the 30th January 2011. Respect to a remarkable man. With thanks to Misha Muller. Share on … Continue reading
Karate Jutsu Gakkai translates as Academy of Karate Methodology. SKA is an active karate academy affiliated to Tasaki’s Seiwakai organisation, chaired by Fujiwara Sensei and, outside Japan, by Shihan Leo Lipinski. SKA prides itself to be an inquisitive and forward … Continue reading
SKA is back on the 4th January 2016. We train Mondays @ 8:15pm – 10pm and Thursdays @ 8:30pm – 10pm at Riverbourne Leisure Centre, Chertsey. Surrey Karate Academy is affiliated to Seiwakai which is an association within the … Continue reading
“I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves. It is futile to argue as to which single leaf, which design of branches or which attractive flower … Continue reading
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
Good news regarding our members and their recent gradings. After focused training, hard work and determination we have: Westley Horner passed his Red Belt Brad Candy passed his Purple Belt on the 16th October 2013 Mark Woollard passed his JKF … Continue reading
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
Very good session last night. After completing 20 min of intense warmup (or mini workout) we trained and studied sanchin and tensho katas spending over an hour analysing the moves and performing at different levels of intensity. Working drills in … 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
