When you don't have a training partner so you use a rope to practice opening movement of "Kururunfa" kata, using it as an elbow press on opponents extended arm while droping your bodyweight by transfering to ''nekoashi dachi'' (cat stance) :)

Great insight into some possible applications of techniques from ''Suparinpei'' - the most advanced kata of Shito ryu & Goju ryu schools of karate.

This is probably the oldest (known) karate footage, dating to pre WW2 times in Naha, Okinawa. The man performing Tensho kata is supposed to be mr. Jiinan Shinzato, who was a top student of master Chojun Miyagi of Goju ryu before the war. Mr. Shinzato died during the battle of Okinawa in 1945.

Pretekli vikend je Slovenijo ponovno obiskal shihan Keiji Tomiyama, glavni instruktor svetovne Shito ryu karate do Kofukan organizacije. V izjemno cast nam je, da si je tudi tokrat vzel cas za obisk in trening v Laskem, kjer je nas dojo obiskal v ponedeljek, 24.4.

Pretekli vikend je v francoskem Parizu potekalo svetovno prvenstvo organizacije Kofukan international. Laščani na omenjenem tekmovanju sicer nismo sodelovali, se pa je tekmovanja udeležila močna slovenska delegacija, ki je zabeležila izjemne uspehe. Rezultate lahko preverite na spodnji poveazvi, vsem sodeluječim pa seveda globok poklon in čestitke!

Tradicionalni seminar s shihan K. Tomiyamo bo letos potekal med 21. in 23. aprilom. Vljudno vabljeni!

Legendarni sensei Chojiro Tani (1921-1998) je svoj dojo, kjer je poučeval karate, poimenoval ''Shukokai (修交会)'', kar bi v grobem pomenu lahko prevedli kot ''pot za vse'' oz. bolje rečeno, Shukokai dojo je bil namenjen vsem, ki so si želeli skupnega treninga, prijateljstva in sodelovanja. Tudi Laščani z veseljem sodelujemo z drugimi podobno mislečimi in tako se je razvilo tudi naše prijateljstvo z društvom Karatedo Jiriki iz Ljubljane. Zahvaljujemo se Bojana Rudovic Zvanut za povabilo v Ljubljano in seveda vabimo kontra v Laško :)

''Karate ni sente nashi'' (there is no first strike in karate) is one of the best known sayings not just in karate, but in martial arts in general. Here, you can find out what some of the legendary karate masters, such as Chojun Miyagi, Choki Motobu, Kenwa Mabuni and Gichin Funakoshi had to say about it.

Goju Ryu Karate

Some great insight into life of master Kyoda Juhatsu. Not as known as Chojun Miyagi or Kenwa Mabuni, he was actually the most senior student of Naha-te master Kanryo Higaonna. Later in his life, he founded a style called To'on ryu.

Makiwara Exercises for Skills and Variety