A film has arrived from Heinz de Chelard sensei in Hamilton Victoria.
Surprisingly, John McIntosh sensei, who has come back from deadly leg injury, is having kumite with some of his students. Please keep up good training, Hamilton mates.
Every single word has proper pronunciation and meaning. Using correct word is one part of training or understanding history of karate. When you are not sure, do not guess, let's check website or ask someone even if you are a high rank sensei. Remember, children copy your behavior and they should not use strange words in future. Be humbleand never create own terminology..
This is spelled 'Age uke' but never be pronounced 'ei-dʒ-yu-ki'
I visited the Japan festival and watched ladies kendo demonstration. This one hit kills the opponent if this was a real sword. Our traditional karate techniques must be the same idea.
All the techniques in Karate were created for killing the opponent with only one blow. This is called "Ichi-geki Hissatsu", the same meaning as "Ippon". Thinking of this, ni-hon (2 blows) or san-bon (3 blows) does not make sense. The player was killed twice or three times? They should be changed to ni-ten (2 points) or san-ten (3 points).. Anyway this is the WKF rule. But at least karate-ka should know the genuine meaning, don't you think so?
"Respect seniors, not yourself" Please call sensei/sempai to instructors/seniors (No matter if you are close friends and NOT in front of people), but never put title yourself... [Bad example] Gentleman, Howard will be off tomorrow. Sensei Koji 2nd dan