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Morning Training Session - 8 Jan

Formal dojo training at the Kengokai Dojo doesn’t start again until 21 January. In the meantime, we will have the odd informal session in a park, just to keep the mind and body working.

Today a couple of us met at 7.30am at North Sydney Oval and we did a very light kata session. We focused on Naihanchin in its various flavours, working through Naihanchin no Sho, and correcting several fine points of this form. We then started on the larger Naihanchin no Kata form that is the signature of Shorinjiryu Karate. In so doing, we discussed a little the linkages between the various forms of Naihanchin.

Happy New Year - Kengokai 2008

Akemashite omedeto gozaimasu – happy New Year.

The Kengokai Dojo of Shorinjiryu Kenyukai Watanabe Ha Karate Australia will resume traning on Monday 21 January 2008 at Fairland Hall in Hunters Hill. Training will be Monday and Thursday evenings from 7.00pm to 8.30pm.

A special, informal training session will be held tomorrow morning, Friday 4 January at 8.00am at North Sydney Oval.

I hope that 2008 is a wonderful year for you, packed full of great training opportunities.

Training Thursday 13 September

Following on the focus from last Monday’s sesssion, our session tonight started with basics in the form of Renzoku Waza (combination techniques).

We then ran through a number of tanshiki kumite drills (single attack and counter drills), where the counter technqiues consisted of an evasion and bridging technique, followed by a single counter. These counters included tsuki waza (punches), keri waza (kicks), uchi waza (strikes), kansetsu waza (joint locks) and shime waza (choking techniques).

The evasions were to the various angles, usually working a 45 degree angle.

In some cases the counters were based on the principles of omote waza (obvious techniques), ura waza (reverse technique) and in one case also sutemi waza (sacrifice technique).

Training Monday 10 September

This session started with a review of many basic techniques put into various combinations (renzoku waza).

We then spent most of the session working on tanshiki kumite (single attack and counter) sequences. We covered 8 sequences that included defences based on punches (tsuki waza), kicks (keri waza), strikes (uchi waza) and joint locks (kansetsu waza).

Training 9/8/07

Tonight’s session focussed a little (!) on the concept of awareness, its importance in self defence, and its practice in kata and kumite training.

We then put this into practice by working on respective kata – Happiken, and for a couple of people, Nijushiho.

Awareness is one of the most critical martial skills. With some luck, it will keep you from having to use your technical training.

The Applied Karate Show Episode 012 - Mario McKenna Sensei

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In this episode of The Applied Karate Show we start the show with a bit of a round up some news in the world of karate, including

The deafening silences of The Applied Karate Show (I promise to be more regular)
Shorinjiryu Karate Australia becoming a part of the Shorinjiryu Kenyukai Watanabe Ha World Federation
The new series on the History Channel – The Human Weapon

I also discuss the introduction of my new regular karate and related arts newsletter and blog, The Essential Karate News. Sign up now for regular information on karate, kobudo, kettlebells and related aspects. Its free, and I will do my best to make it informative.

In the main feature of Episode 12 our guest is Mario McKenna Sensei.

A karate and kobudo instructor now resident in Vancouver, Canada, Mario is the only western exponent of the little known branch of Naha-te known as Tou’on-ryu Karate, founded by Juhatsu Kyoda, the senior most student of Naha-te under Kanryo Higashionna, and a fellow student of the famous Chojun Miyagi of Goju-ryu. Having lived in Japan for many years, Mario sensei is a well versed practitioner of Gojuryu and Tou’on-ryu karate and Ryukyu Kobudo. A psychologist by training (with a Masters degree in Sports Psychology), Mario clearly works to balance both the academic and physical aspects of our art, in the tradition of Bun Bu Ryo Do. Please join in as we discuss

Starting out in Gohakukai Karate in Canada
Moving to Amami Ohshima in Japan’s south, and taking up Ryukyu Kobudo under a direct student of Shinken Taira
Moving to Kyushu, where he continued his studies of Ryukyu Kobudo (under Katsumi Murakami sensei, a direct student of Motokatsu Inoue), and taking up Tou’on Ryu Karate
The differences between Tou’on-ryu and Goju-ryu
The value of weapons practice for karateka (something that Mario sensei says shouldn’t be considered in the first 2 years of training – listen why to find out)
The concept of Bun Bu Ryo Do

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Training Monday 6 August

Tonight’s session was focused on a grading test for 2 of our members. Congratulations to Joanna and Adrian on their promotions to 6th Kyu (Orange Belt). Very well deserved.

After this, we started to look at the next kata in the syllabus, Nijushiho.

Training Monday 30 July 2007

Last nights session saw work on bojutsu, with an emphasis on moving the bo (6 foot cudgel) through the hands to be an effective weapon. We then looked at the bo kata Gorin no Bo.

We finished with work on individual kata.

Training Thursday 26 July

This session started with an exercise in developing greater situational awareness, incorporated into the warmups and basics. Those that were there expressed an interest in the approach, and for those that weren’t, well you’ll just have to wait until its done again.

The class split then, with one pair working on Renshu Kumite Ni, exploring both the migi and hidari (right and left) execution of this yakusoku kumite. Again, this is an exercise in developing mental agility as much as it was for physical training. Although judging by the sweaty foreheads, the latter goal was also met.

The other part of the class spent some detail time on basics.

We grouped at the end to explore an exercise in qi gung (kiko in Japanese), a partner drill that works on developing open handed attacks coordinated with breathing and the “give and take” of working with the partner.

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