Discover some insight into the traditional karate karate lessons today of the “Kampfsportschule Aarau” in Switzerland. Those trainings consists, Kihon, Kumite and Kata with Bunkai. Self defense situations are also trained in separate courses especially optimized for women. You are invited to visit the official website of www.karateschule.ch
Sensei Takahashi Yuko gives some interesting inside views of her personal development. She was a successful sports karate-ka and has now discovered the traditional view of a long life and very mindful karate way.
A brief explanation from Shihan Hirokazu Kanazawa(1931) about “mushin” in relation of the meaning with the empty mind. This short interview was made around 2007.
Note: please watch the extraordinary tsukis with the special relaxed twist of the fist around the 30 seconds in the video. You normally don’t see this technique by karatekas.
As a great martial artist, Bruce Lee always inspired other people. His words of wisdom will make you think, and you’ll find he used precision in the way he phrases his ideas.
Here is a short-list of some of Bruce Lee’s most popular quotes:
“Absorb what is useful, Discard what is not, Add what is uniquely your own.”
“Choose the positive. You have choice, you are master of your attitude, choose the positive, the constructive. Optimism is a faith that leads to success.”
“Don’t fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.”
“Empty your mind; be formless, shapeless – like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”
“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”
“It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.”
“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.”
“To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.”
“What is” is more important than ‘what should be.’ Too many people are looking at ‘what is’ from a position of thinking ‘what should be’.”
“When one has reached maturity in the art, one will have a formless form. It is like ice dissolving in water. When one has no form, one can be all forms; when one has no style, he can fit in with any style.”
If you would like to read more from Bruce Lee, continue here.
(船越 義珍 Funakoshi Gichin, November 10, 1868 – April 26, 1957) is the founder of Shotokan Karate-Do, perhaps the most widely known style of karate, and is attributed as being the “father of modern karate”. Continue reading…
(摩文仁 賢和 Mabuni Kenwa, 14 November 1889 – 23 May 1952) was one of the first karateka to teach karate on mainland Japan and is credited as developing the style known as Shitō-ryū. Continue reading…
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Master Kanazawa speaks for his Art (Excerpted from 4 different interviews)
Hirokazu Kanazawa is a world-renowned Japanese master of Shotokan karate. He is the Chief instructor and President of the Shotokan Karate-Do International Federation, an organisation he founded after he left the Japan Karate Association. Wikipedia
“The most important points of my teaching are breathing, movement and timing. But breathing is first…. the first thing we do in this world is to breathe and, you know, even today, 90% of people do not know how to breathe correctly. If the breathing is wrong, your body will go wring – your mind will be wrong also – there is a very strong connection. You control your spirit with your breathing and we should always be thinking and trying to learn more about this most vital aspect – it is the very core of life. Continue reading Interview with Shihan Kanazawa→
Kuroda Tetsuzan, sensei of the Shinbukan Kuroda Dojo, is the Soke (leader/Head) of several ancient Samurai military disciplines. He is known for his “Disappearing” or “Hidden Movements”.
As a great martial artist, Bruce Lee always inspired other people. His words of wisdom will make you think, and you’ll find he used precision in the way he phrases his ideas.
“The most important points of my teaching are breathing, movement and timing. But breathing is first…. the first thing we do in this world is to breathe and, you know, even today, 90% of people do not know how to breathe correctly. If the breathing is wrong, your body will go wring – your mind will be wrong also – there is a very strong connection. You control your spirit with your breathing and we should always be thinking and trying to learn more about this most vital aspect – it is the very core of life. Continue reading Interview with Shihan Kanazawa