Yama Sui Shin Kai - Shotokan Karate Club

08/11/2017

FYI

13/09/2017

My kanji writing is very limited, however I used to practice this quite a bit. Oss!

Learn how to write KARATE (空手道 / The Way of the Empty Hand) in Japanese kanji from Jesse Enkamp ("The Karate Nerd") in his dojo. Visit http://www.karatebyjes...

12/09/2017

Arm conditioning has long been a part of our training. My Sensei regularly had us doing the exercises being demonstrated here by Morio Higaonna Sensei and Naka Sensei. Is that rare in Shotokan? Oss!

あなたの知らない空手がここにある。松濤館流の中達也が出会ったのは、和道流三代宗家の大塚博紀、沖縄剛柔流の重鎮 東恩納盛男。それは驚きと感動の連続だった。 本編180分に特典映像60分を加えた合計4時間のドキュメンタリーDVD、あなたも未知の空手を体験しよう。 【ご購入はこちら】 https://shop.toei...

05/09/2017

Love throws and love Jion. Oss!

https://youtu.be/ST1mPcBwebk

https://www.iainabernethy.co.uk/ This video looks at a leg scooping throw we can see in Jion kata; specifically the version of Chomo Hanashiro. Where this ve...

28/08/2017

A really nice takedown technique. Oss!

https://youtu.be/8HY7h_tcvgs

West Wind Dojo was established in Florida in 1976, and today is the Florida representative of the Nihon Shotokan Karate-do Federation. Our dojo is the functi...

18/08/2017

Flow drills are lots of fun. I particularly like Tekki flow drills. This one is from Tekki Sandan. Oss!

https://youtu.be/r_EUcSqdeh0

https://www.iainabernethy.co.uk/ This video shows a summary of an advanced two-person flow drill for the entirety of Tekki Sandan / Naihanchi Sandan. The dri...

15/08/2017

Great memories of mawashi uke being drilled with my Sensei. Learning new techniques wasn't (still isn't) something that came easy to me, but perseverance pays off and having someone to push me saying, "again, one more". Oss!

https://youtu.be/uryW_b9JYz0

This time we show you how to do MAWASHI UKE for KIHON, KATA and BUNKAI. Furthermore we explain the differences between SH*TO RYU and Shotokan. Music: Alan Wa...

09/08/2017

Kihon (basic) training is important in my opinion. Training the 3 K's (kihon, kata and kumite) regularly is very important. They are essential for developing a well-rounded karate-ka.

https://youtu.be/PwNorCMKdxQ

This video is just an out take. Irrespective, KIHON IS A MUST to develop effective self-protection skills.