Article by Shidoshi Adam Vile The key to good sticky hands lies in the following four concepts: Match (adhere); Listen; Understand; Neutralize. There is a certain similarity between good sticky hands and good communication. In order to communicate with sensitivity, we may first match the representation systems or physical movements of the person with whom[…]
Cascades Leisure Centre from 7.00pm to 8.30pm These training sessions cover a number of martial disciplines which can be incorporated into your main art, karate training, escrima stick and knife, sticky hands training and application to forms are all studied. each week the theme of the training will be different but all-encompassing adding to the[…]
10am to 1pm This course will focus on the Stick forms and Knife forms with applications coupled with the concepts and principles of the art. The course will also cover the knife and stick syllabus with a breakdown on each of the sections and how it ties into the empty hand arts. This will give[…]
10.00am to 1.00pm. Istead Rise Community Centre, Worcester Close, Istead Rise Gravesend Kent, DA13 9LB. There will be a number of different Martial Arts on the day, Karate, Tai Chi (Chinese art), Escrima (stick), Jujitsu (throwing techniques of Karate), Boxing combinations and the Wing Chun form, the Chinese connection to karate. Other training will cover[…]
Stick and Knife course 11am to 1.30pm Istead Rise Community Centre Worcester Close Gravesend DA13 9LB Forms Application Concepts Principles Course fee £15 Eskrima stick training has at its core 12 strikes 28 disarms and footwork drills, this system will also include knife training. The free hard can be used to punch, to grab, to[…]
Article by Emanuel Giordano Funakoshi sensei modified the Naihanchi kata over time. If we compared, in fact, the kata present in the various books of him, we could notice numerous differences, in particular related to the position used. The first publication of Funakoshi sensei where Naihanchi kata appear is Ryukyu Kenpo Karate (1922). All three[…]
Article by Manuel Vignola Naihanchi is one of the most famous kata of Okinawan Karate, considered from the beginning of 1900 onwards the basis of the styles of Shuri and Tomari (the most famous admirers and scholars of this kata were Anko Itosu and Choki Motobu, who founded practically on this unique kata all its[…]
June 2022, date to be arranged, three days, Friday to Sunday. Three days of intensive training with grading on the Sunday after the training sessions, and chance to meet and train with our Norwegian instructors and their students. If this is something of interest to you please see club instructor or message me direct for[…]
Association T Shirt is now back in stock, all sizes in stock. Please see club instructor or message me directly to order.
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