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The readers will agree that perfect kime is what we dream of when we do the oi zuki or gyaku zuki. Bang boom! Look at Enoeda sensei’s zuki. Yes, this is Shotokan.
Indeed, the powerful punches and kicks are trademarks of Shotokan karate. When you look at Shitoryu kata, their performances look smooth and fluid but their techniques look “weak.” The Gojuryu kata have a lot of neko ashi dachi and sanchin dachi, and although their arm movements are circular, these movements, just like their stances, look short and do not have enough kime. (Note: I want to emphasize that I am in no way trying to bash any styles at all. I am simply comparing the general impressions of shotokan and other styles.) If the impressions above coincide with yours, then you want to ask, “OK, so what?” Hold your breath, here is a shocking statement: Kime (more precisely, encouraging it) is probably the most harmful action for most Shotokan practitioners while training, particularly for beginners.
I am aware of the graveness and controversial nature of my statement. However, I am convinced that all instructors and serious practitioners must be aware of and understand well this prevalent problem in Shotokan training. Despite the risk of being misunderstood, I dare to write this article as I believe this kn
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Great meeting with Shihan Yokota Ordinal Dan preschooler Charlie Wildish
&#;I have impenetrable previously about Shihan Kousaku Yokota, 8th Dan Shotokan Karate, and his book Shotokan Myths.
Note: For non-Japanese stylists, Shihan means a master muffled instructor, (above an strike Sensei).
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As probably you all know, on January 12, , the small Caribbean country of Haiti, was struck by an earthquake magnitude which reduced to rubble, among others, parts of its capital Port au Prince. Being the poorest country in all Latin America and one of the poorest in the world, it is easy to imagine the effect that a tragedy like this had on the country and its people. More than , deaths would be accounted for with a similar amount of wounded. The number of homeless people would reach the two million.
A work assignment took me there just three weeks after the quake. My country’s Embassy had been totally destroyed and a new building had to be found as soon as possible. I was to be part of the team to find new premises and make them operational, a task that would keep me in Haiti for thirteen months.
I remember boarding the small United Nations propeller that would take me from Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, to Port au Prince. As we approached the airport, I could already see the considerable damage on buildings and streets but nothing could have prepared me for the level of devastation I was about to witness first hand. The whole city looked like a war zone heavily bombarded with its infrastructures destroyed. The local parks had been turned into refugee camps