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Kick Ass SueC - Journey to Blackbelt

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Life in and out the dojo with a student karateka

• Added on: Apr 2nd, 2009
• Country: United Kingdom
• Language: English

• Author: Sue C
• Listed in: Sports
• Tags: martial arts karate competition kata kumite shukokai

Recent Posts

• Ikebana and Martial Arts - a shared philosophy

  Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 07:16 in articles, japanese ways

  Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arranging. Ikebana means arranged flower but is also known as Kado - the Way of flowers. Ikebana is a very ancient Japanese art that has its roots in Zen Buddhism.It started around the 6th century in Japan as a ...

• Martial Arts requires Application AND Beauty

  Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 11:08 in self defense, kata, bunkai, musings mutterings and moans, basic karate moves

  I have just read a blog post by Mario McKenna (Okinawa Karatedo and Kobudo) which was both inspiring and refreshing to read. It was titled Yo-no-Bi which, as Mario explained, means 'application' and 'beauty'. When applied to martial arts it means pr...

• When is a hip not a hip? - When it\'s a koshi!

  Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 12:06 in kihon, basic karate moves, karate conundrums and problems

  Every martial artist comes to understand the importance of 'hips' in the execution of punches, kicks and throws. It is drilled into us virtually every training session: 'rotate the hips!', or 'make your belt swing!'.However, when I 'rotate' my 'hips...

• Karate Party

  Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 11:48 in social events, british customs, martial arts clubs

  My karate club held an early Xmas party on Saturday in a small, local brewery. Yes, that's right, we had a p---up in a brewery! Adults only of course.This is the second year running we've held our xmas party at this venue. Lucky for us the brewery (...

• Does the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition apply to Martial Arts?

  Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 09:28 in teaching, articles, self defense, basic karate moves

  As a former Nurse Tutor I am interested in the ways in which people learn, particularly the way they learn skills. As an educationalist I was particularly impressed by the work of an American nurse researcher who studied skill acquisition amongst nur...

• Feeling the Pressure

  Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 11:47 in kobudo, syllabus, grading, tonfa, karate conundrums and problems, martial arts clubs

  I have two separate gradings coming up on the weekend of the 5th and 6th December. On the Saturday I am grading for 2nd kyu in karate and on the Sunday I am taking my level 1 grading at tonfa at my kobudo club. This will be my first karate grading w...

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