All Wado Karate Forum

Shameless plug for forthcoming seminar in Manchester next weekend - there are about half a dozen places available on the Sunday if anyone is still interested in coming along. http://www.wadokai-manchester.org/Wadokai_Seminar_2011.html If you cant make it to this event then there are several other op...

New dvd's coming out (or possibly released already) from Takamasa Arakawa and Kuniaki Sakagami (separately I should add). There are details of the Arakawa dvd's on the blog pages: http://japankarateintern.blogspot.com/2011/02/quiet-on-set-watching-shiramizu-dvd.html The Sakagami dvd's can be obtaine...

The sanbon and ohyo kumite seem to be quite widely trained in Europe in all but the Wadoryu Renmei influenced groups. Teruo Kono also used the ohyo kumite so those countries which he had responsibility for Wado also took them on - I am not sure if he used the sanbon kumite or not. Jiro Otsuka made a...

Hi Ben, I know your question was not directed at me but I have recently started training Ryukyu Kobujutsu Hozon Shinko Kai and on Saturday completed my first graduation. The first weapon we train with is the bo and there are three elements very similar to Wado. The first is basics (kamae, uke, seme...

Questions for Steve Delaney.. Pleased we now have you on the forum, if you don't mind I thought I would take the opportunity to ask a question or two. You mentioned in the thread on AKF about difference in approach between Tenjinshinyo ryu and Yagyu shingan ryu (specifically in relation to the techn...