Friday, November 8, 2013
2013 Japan Training at Naka Shihan Dojo. Oss
Black Samurai
4:13:00 PM
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Advanced Samurai Swordsmanship
Black Samurai
7:20:00 PM
Advanced
Samurai Swordsmanship
Rise
to the next level of sword mastery with this three-DVD set! In Advanced Samurai
Swordsmanship,Japanese sword master Masayuki Shimabukuro and his senior
student, Carl E. Long, delve deeper into the elegance of body-and-weapon
movement that defines personal mastery of the legendary samurai sword.
This three-disc martial arts collection
includes the following:
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Expert
development of footwork, agility and body movement
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Mastery drills
for timing, blocking and drawing
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Deep-level
practice of kata (forms) and two-man sparring
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Precision-cutting
demonstrations
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On-screen
glossary of samurai swordsmanship terminology
Masayuki
Shimabukuro is an eighth-dan in muso jikiden eishin-ryu iaijutsu and a Black
Belt Hall of Fame member (2006 Weapons Instructor of the Year). He has received
official appointment by the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai as the organization’s
international representative for iaidoand battodo.
Carl
E. Long is the vice chairman and director for the Jikishin-Kai International,
overseeing certification of its North American, South American and European
instructors. He is a five-time recipient of the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai’s
yushu-sho, one of the highest awards granted for the performance of iaido.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Andre Bertel's Karate-Do (To confirm the rumour)
Black Samurai
11:10:00 PM
To confirm the rumour that has spread around the world, it is true that I have recently joined the JAPAN KARATE ASSOCIATION (JKA).
This occurred via the assistance of Naka Tatsuya Shihan.
At the beginning of October I officially began training under Nakamura Masamitsu Shihan in Central Kumamoto, which has been fantastic.
Supplementing this practice I’ve been self-training in Namino and Aso-shi. In these practices I will continue to work on everything I have learned over the past 32 years of Karate-Do, but will now move forward.
Overall, I’d like to offer my appreciation to Naka Shihan, Nakamura Shihan and JKA for their immense support. - André
Source: Andre Bertel's Karate-Do
Monday, October 28, 2013
NEW PUBLICATION: KARATE DO BOOK
Black Samurai
3:56:00 PM
NEW PUBLICATION: KARATE DO BOOK: “COMPLETE KARATE-KATA METHODOLOGY”
Sensei Luke Perry, Sensei Antoine Etcheverry of France, Sensei Thierry Lint of Belgium, Sensei Marcus Gutzmer of Germany, Sensei Daniel Acuña of Lima, Peru and Sensei Hernán Beltrán Silva (Chief Instructor of S.K.I.F. Chile), they have got a book and and his opinion is very favorable.
“An extensive and valuable source of reference... there are many insights that will inspire me within its pages.”
Richard Amos Sensei, Chief Instructor of World Traditional Karate Organization (New York)
This work constitutes a practical manual in encyclopedic format which will greatly facilitate the preparation of your classes.
This work is comprised of a tome of 500, A-4 pages. It has some 4,300 colour diagrams and is published in Spanish and English. It deals with work which takes the Heian kata as its starting point and which has a specific methodology and concrete objectives which it uses to create a training method. Furthermore, it is well presented and printed on high-quality paper.
I would be very grateful if you could spread the word about this book amongst your own contacts. I firmly believe that it will be a reference work regarding methodological development, presentation, the exposition of its contents and also regarding the idea of final synthesis (intuitive Karate) which is completely innovative.
The book has been endorsed by the Spanish Karate Federation, The Comunidad Valenciana Karate Federation and has a foreword by Master Antonio Olivo Seba, 8th Dan and International Coach. What is more, several traditional karate associations have already obtained the book since they consider it to be of great interest.
Dimensions: 11,65 x 8,26 x 1,06 inches (A-4)
Weight: 2,3 Kg .
Number of pages: 500
Colour: CMYK
A PUBLICITY PDF CAN BE SEEN AT
The book is distributed by me, because I’m the author and publisher.
HOW TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE BOOK IN SOUTH AFRICA
Making the payment through by bank transfer to my account or by Western Union.
Please let me know which form of payment you prefer.
Price For South Africa
Price of the book: 62,50 €
Shipping: 35,50 €
Total to pay: 98 €
If you decide to purchase the book, if it is possible, and once you have the book in your hands, I would like to hear from you to know your opinion.
I am at your disposal, and grateful for your attention. With kind regards. Osss!
José Ramón Álvarez Ruiz-Huidobro
CN. 7th Dan F.E.K., 3rd Dan Shotokan Ryu Kase Ha
El Entrego, Asturias, Spain
Phone: 0034-985-66-35-39
Mobile Phone: 0034-608-247-242
I’d like to take this opportunity to inform you that I am currently being asked to give seminars on the subject of this book since, in this way, better performance can be obtained from the theories and work it expounds.
Sunday, October 6, 2013
EDWARD MTSHALI SENSEI
Black Samurai
2:09:00 PM
EDWARD MTSHALI SENSEI
Born 26/04/1948, Sensei Ed has 65 years old. He has been training karate for 47 years and has had to overcome many challenges in his life. His first instructor was Samuel Maimane who was a blue belt. They were training shotokan karate. The only reason he knew it was shotokan was that the book they were using was Sensei Nishiyama’s book and it said it was shotokan. Sensei Ed also has 15 years of judo training under his belt but has never done any gradings. It was very difficult in those days for black people to acquire knowledge and find Sensei’s to train and grade them.
In Sensei Edwards own words “Achievements are not given; you have to work hard to get them. So whatever I achieved I worked hard for them. It means to me there are no shortcuts in life; more specifically if you want quality”. His first grading for yellow belt was a valuable life lesson – he did not make it! “It was so painful to experience failing a grading but that motivated me and it was the first time and the last”.In 1975 he entered a full contact tournament in Durban which he had read about in the newspaper. He became the Kyokushinkai champ that day. Sensei Ed was awarded national colours five times – the first black person to achieve this - and the first time was against a British team in 1977. There were four teams (Indian, Coloured, Black and Springbok). From these teams a SA Invitational team was selected – Sensei Ed was the only black karate-ka to be selected. In 1978 he was part of the official Springbok team which competed against Germany and the USA (the team included Billy Blanks). It was at this time that he started training under Sensei Stan alongside the legendary Geyer brothers. In 1979 he was again in the SA team that travelled to the USA. At this competition he was awarded a special trophy for the most outstanding competitor.
At the Shotocup in Australia in 2006 Sensei Ed became the first black person to be graded to the level of 7th dan by an all Japanese panel from JKA/WF headquarters. He is the only black person in the whole of Africa to achieve this level in JKA. Sensei Ed now he’s in charge of the JKA/WF Southern African Region (26 countries).
Message from Sensei Edward: “Karate-ka must avail themselves of what they want so that they can be helped by their instructors. When you are unhappy ask your Sensei for help. What’s on the inside cannot be seen like karate technique so you need to share it to get help. This is also applicable to injuries. If you don’t have enough time to get to the dojo, you must spend time at home practising Heian katas. These are very important and prepare you for more advanced katas.”
A member of SA JKA’s Governing Body and a highly respected man and karate-ka. We salute you Sensei Edward and are proud to have you as part of our “JKA/WF Sub Sahara Region Family”.
Monday, September 30, 2013
Black Samurai
3:07:00 PM
Keinosuke Enoeda
(The Tiger of Shotokan Karate)
Keinosuke
Enoeda (榎枝 慶之輔 Enoeda Keinosuke), 4 July 1935 – 29 March 2003) was a
Japanese master of Shotokan karate. He was a former Chief Instructor of the Karate
Union of Great Britain. Enoeda was ranked 8th dan in Shotokan karate, and was
widely renowned as a formidable karateka (practitioner of karate). Following
his death, Enoeda was posthumously awarded the rank of 9th dan.
Enoeda
was born on 4 July 1935 on the island of Kyushu, Japan. As a youth, he trained
in kendo and judo, and played baseball. By the age of 16, Enoeda had reached
the rank of 2nd dan in judo. He entered Takushoku University and, being
impressed by a karate demonstration there, began studying that martial art.
After
graduating from university, Enoeda studied at the Japan Karate Association
(JKA) honbu dojo (headquarters training hall) in Tokyo under Masatoshi
Nakayama, then the JKA's Chief Instructor. He also trained in kumite under the
direction of Taiji Kase. In 1961, he fought a notable tournament match against
Keigo Abe, winning by decision after six extensions. He won the JKA All Japan
Championship in 1963 against another well known karateka, Hiroshi Shirai.
During this period, Enoeda acquired the nickname Tora ("Tiger" in
Japanese), after Nakayama had described his fighting.
United Kingdom:
On
20 April 1965, following the JKA's policy of sending instructors abroad to
introduce karate to the rest of the world, Enoeda travelled to England with JKA
instructors Shirai, Kanazawa, and Kase. He began teaching in Liverpool. One of
Enoeda's British students in the late 1960s was karate scholar Harry Cook.
Enoeda
and his wife, Reiko (married in 1969), settled in Kingston, Surrey. In 1973,
Enoeda led a demonstration of karate on live television for the BBC.[10] Part
of the Open Door series it was the first British TV programme entirely about
karate. The demonstration included kihon (basic techniques), kata (patterns),
Enoeda sparring multiple opponents, Enoeda against Tomita with a large blade,
and Dave Hazard breaking a piece of Japanese hardwood.
While
Chief Instructor of the KUGB, Enoeda was assisted by: Sadashige Kato (from c.
1966–1973), Shiro Asano (from 1968–1974), Hideo Tomita (from 1973–1978), Masao
Kawasoe (from 1974–1982), and Yoshinobu Ohta (from 1982–2003). In 1985, Enoeda
was ranked 8th dan.
Later life:
Enoeda
wrote several books on karate, including: Shotokan: Advanced kata (1983, in at
least two volumes), Shotokan Karate (1996), Shotokan Karate: 10th Kyu to 6th
Kyu (1996), Shotokan Karate: 5th Kyu to Black Belt (1996), Karate: Defence
& attack (1996, co-authored), and Shotokan Karate: Free Fighting Techniques
(1999, co-authored).
Enoeda
used to promote his dojo with "Dynamic Karate" posters on the London
Underground. He continued teaching karate, at the Marshall Street Baths near
Carnaby Street in London, until his death on 29 March 2003. Shortly after his
death, the JKA awarded the rank of 9th dan to him. Enoeda left behind his wife,
Reiko, and children Daisuke and Maya.
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Discover how one sword can become 10,000 swords.
Black Samurai
1:44:00 PM
Discover
how one sword can become 10,000 swords.
The
legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi encouraged his students to have great
hidden power. In Samurai Swordsmanship: The Batto, Kenjutsu and Tameshigiri of
Eishin-Ryu, expert practitioner Masayuki Shimabukuro and senior student Carl E.
Long also encourage readers to discover hidden martial depths through the
meaningful practice of the Japanese sword.
Samurai
Swordsmanship demonstrates and explains the history, construction and rituals
of the 400-year-old art of battojutsu. It is filled with detailed picture
sequences that illustrate the art’s most fundamental principles and techniques.
Samurai Swordsmanship includes the
following topics:
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Tameshigiri, or
test cutting
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Batto waza, or
sword-drawing forms
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Uniform care
·
Sword etiquette
·
Kumitachi, or
paired drills
·
The philosophy
behind the practice
Written
as a companion book to Shimabukuro and Long’s best-selling three-part DVD
series of the same name, Samurai Swordsmanship will help longtime practitioners
and new students master an ancient art that continues to define the motivations
and methods of the modern-day warrior.
Masayuki
Shimabukuro is an Eighth Dan in Muso Jikiden Eishin-Ryu Iaijutsu and a Black
Belt Hall of Fame Weapons Instructor of the Year (2006). He is recognized by
the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai as 21st Soshihan in the lineage of the Masaoka line
of Eishin-Ryu. Shimabukuro also received official appointment by the Dai Nippon
Butoku Kai as the School’s International representative for Iaido and Battodo.
Carl
E. Long is the vice chairman and director for the Jikishin-Kai International
and is responsible for the certification of its instructors in North America,
South America and Europe. Long is a five-time recipient of the Dai Nippon
Butoku Kai’s yushu-sho, one of the highest awards granted for the performance
of iaido.
Item Details
Pages/Runtime: 256 Pages
ISBN: 9780897501996
Author: Masayuki Shimabukuro & Carl Long
Keywords: samurai, swords, weapons, masayuki shimabukuro,
eishin-ryu, japanese, iaido, swordsmanship, batto, kata, traditional
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
JKA/WF Instructor Qualification Syste
Black Samurai
7:18:00 PM
At JKA/WF headquarters, all instructors are specially trained and licensed to teach. Each of them
must train extensively and complete the JKA/WF’s unique specialist instructor
training program before receiving certification to fulfill the various
functions they are responsible for within the JKA/WF.
The JKA/WF offers three basic kinds of qualifications: authorized Instructor
qualifications (for teaching karate); authorized Judge qualifications (for
judging and refereeing at tournaments); and authorized Examiner qualifications
(for testing and evaluating Dan, instructors and other types of
qualification). Typically, it is only those who are already qualified instructors
who are eligible for the other two types. In Japan, there are currently
individuals who hold all three of these qualifications.
For each type of official qualification, there are four classes: D through
A. Each subsequent class authorizes the instructor to carry out an
increasingly broad spectrum of activities appropriate to the individual’s
experience with Instructors and Judges outside Japan also carrying out their
activites according to the rules for their country. Class A is the highest
rank offered in the JKA/WF.
To advance from one class to the next, the instructor must fulfill the
certification requirements and successfully complete the formal testing
procedure. Testing cannot take place until a minimum of three months after
the candidate has attained the Dan and completed the other
qualifications required for that class.
Testing for these various classes of qualification are carried out by
authorized and certified Examiners specified by the Chief Instructor orby the
Technical Committee. Overseas Examiners who have been given special
Examiner’s authorization by JKA/WF headquarters carry out their duties in their
country based upon the authority given to them.
Generally, qualifications are renewed every three years, and require a
training session before the renewal can be validated.
These details are summarized in the following charts:
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Friday, March 15, 2013
The Keeper of Karate's Highest Traditiona
Black Samurai
2:02:00 PM