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The more I watch these, the more I appreciate the pure skill and beauty of the kata - loved it shep Shep - HYR have some branches in Europe. They seem to host visit at least every other year from the instructors . Inoue - he is taking the falls in your clips and the current headmaster - is visiting...

Some film here from the Swiss Wadokai seminar which was held in August this year:

Kihon gumite 8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=_W0ZN8Lg3mo

Kihon gumite 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HDTifSDIvQ

Ben

Thankyou for the clarification Ben, makes more sense of the situation to know that. I can't afford such a book at this time, I am saving up for a reprinted version of Ōtsuka Hironori's original Wado Ryu book. Is there a particular book of Clive Layton's with valuable historical information with in ...

As with many who change from one style to another Ben it (Mochizuki's wado) wasn't wado enough for Suzuki so the parting of the ways was only a matter of time. Dan grading was always an issue but in those days no one understood how sophisticated it was and many still don't, so I think it was necess...

I thought that Mochizuki Minoru founded and taught Yoseikan Karate and Aikido, and that it was his son Mochizuki Hiroo whom created Yoseikan Budo in the 1970s. I only state this as I was under the impression Vernon Bell, whom introduced Karate to Britain, was a practitioner of Yoseikan Karate and a...

[ Mochizuki Hiroo was in the UK briefly but teaching Yoseikan budo which was his father's (Minoru Mochizuki) development. There was a period when Hiroo Mochizuki was "teaching" under the wado banner but it was not the wado ryu we know from Suzuki's time. oneya I think the Yoseikan budo ca...

I think he is the same Yoshioka who went to teach in Italy in late 1960's to support Mr Toyama who was teaching there. In the background to the left it looks like Mochizuki (white hair, hakama and sword) watching. He was another karate / wado pioneer and actually the first person to teach Wado in th...

Try this list of suppliers: http://www.jka.or.jp/english/links/links_main.html You will have to splash out though as the exchange rate is not so favourable just now. Shobu supply the official wadokai dogi too which are very comfortable..up to a point. They also treat them so they stay whiter for lon...

Last weekend, the Kanto area had their university karate championships at the Nippon Budokan. I went along to watch and was really very impressed. I rarely watch any competition karate as my impression is it is really not a good advert to do karate. This event was really something else though. I arr...

Sure,someone doesn’t agree with us,his argument cant shoot down so let just lie called him stupid and troll... That will fix everything... Acer, It isn't the premise which is at issue, it is the endless repetition across threads. Several people have supported your view that hook punch training is a...