http://www.karyukaikarate.com en-gb karyukaikarate.com 2010-1-12T00:00:00Z karyukaikarate.com http://www.karyukaikarate.com/page9.htm#55949 KARYUKAI 2009 SUMMER GASSHKUJuliet Sironi 8 kyuThe 2009 Karyukai Karate Gasshku was held in Maryborough Victoria from Friday 11 to Sunday 13 December. The purpose of the Gasshku as explained by Natsuko Sensei was not to share the joy of karate together although there is a lot of joy bur rather to share the PAIN together and finish off our hard karate work for the year. Gasshku attendees were Natsuko SenseiRoger Sempai Jason Sempai Brian Tuan Jonathon Juliet Ian Linh Gillie and Aldo. Guest instructors were Shihan Peter Jackson and his sensei Shihan Allan Guymer both from the Gojyuryu style of karate.The gasshku was held in Sensei Peter Jacksons brand new dojo in Maryborough a two hour drive from Melbourne longer if you followed Google Maps directions. Karyukai were one of the first people to use Sensei Peters dojo There were many differences from the Karyukai dojo including soft mats so we could learn falls and throws punching bags and a makiwara and beds for visiting students. A big t... 2010-1-12T00:00:00Z http://www.karyukaikarate.com/page9.htm#50563 Due to an injury I could not fully participate the entire program of the 2009 Shotokan week. My student Juliet has kindly written a report on be half of Karyukai.SHOTOKAN WEEK 2009 REPORTJuliet Sironi 8kyuShotokan Week 2009 was held in Gladstone Queensland this year. Natsuko Sensei Jason Senpai Tuan and myself Juliet attended.Shotokan Week is held annually and is a wonderful opportunity to train in Shotokan style Karate and also participate in a competition. Training was held from Monday 28 Sep to Thursday 1 October gradings were held on the Friday and the competition ran Saturday and Sunday. The head of Shotokan Karate International Kancho Hirokazu Kanazawa and his first son Nobuaki Sensei also attended and this week was a unique chance to train with them.I am relatively new to Karate so I did not know what to expect. I started with a club in Canberra Tora Shotokan KarateDo mid 2008 as a white belt 10th kyu then joined Karyukai Karate in February 2009. I am now a yellow belt 8th k... 2009-10-14T00:00:00Z http://www.karyukaikarate.com/page9.htm#44643 From time to time I get inquiries from people who have taken sometime away from Karate to join a new club. The common curtsy is to bring a white belt as well as your ranking belt and ask the instructor which belt is to wear.Karyukai sets a simple rule for everyone regardless of your rank or background.If you have taken more than 6 months off from the training then you have to wear a white belt for 6 months. It takes such an enormous courage to drop your ego and pride to stand in the bottom of the class again. However you will win instant respect from others and you can take your own time to regain fitness and revise your knowledge again. The colour of your belt certainly should not matter if your karate ability is strong inside.Even within a same style each dojo has a slightly different standard and training system. It is safer if you are given sometime to adopt yourself.One of my students took 8 years off after training 1215years prior to his break. He visited one dojo and the instruc... 2009-7-10T00:00:00Z http://www.karyukaikarate.com/page9.htm#15376 Anothony Tuan and myself from Karyukai have attended the Shotokan week in Adelaide this year. We joined the Victorian team Sensei Memduh Sensei Gery Sensei Robert and Sensei Pablo and their family and students Rebecca and Robert. We have spent 46 hours of training daily from Monday 1 October to Thursday 4 October. Seniour gradings were held on Friday 5 October. I took my 3rd dan grading There were about 180 people and most people participated in the competition on the weekend. I heard that everyone did really well in the tournament Congratulations Unfortunately I could not see the competition as I assisted Kancho with his trip to Ayers Rock during the competition. Here I paste my personal email to my friends describing what it was like... Hello everyoneThe last update was little down one but this time I am totally jolly happyI just got my 3rd dan blackbelt in karate I passed my grading very well in front of my grandmaster here in Australia I am now not only a fully accredited ... 2007-10-11T00:00:00Z http://www.karyukaikarate.com/page9.htm#9211 What is KarateKarate is a Japanese martial art known to enhance general health strength agility flexibility selfdiscipline confidence focus and etiquette. It is originally developed in Okinawa a southern island of Japan. Karate originally meant Tang hand i.e. Chinese hand which was later changed to a homonym meaning empty hand in Japanese. It is known primarily as a striking art featuring punching kicking kneeelbow strikes and open handed techniques. However grappling joint manipulations locks restraintstraps throws and vital point striking also appear in Karate. A practicioner of Karate is called a Karateka. It is said that Okinawa people secretly developed Karate as a mean of weaponless fighting method when the mainland Japanese government forbit Okinawans to carry any weapons. Shotokan Karate was introduced to mainland Japan by Gichin Funakoshi in 1936.What is Karate good forThe practice of Karatedo Karate journey will transform you. You learn how to make each motion one of effe... 2007-3-12T00:00:00Z http://www.karyukaikarate.com/page9.htm#8619 I would like to express my deepest gratitude to our SKI president Sensei Lex McKinley for sending us the beautiful picture of Kancho Kanazawa. His picture is now framed and placed in our Shomen during our training. He is looking at us as a protector and guidance. Once again thank you very much for your thoughtful gift Oss Natsuko 2007-2-1T00:00:00Z http://www.karyukaikarate.com/page9.htm#7810 Thank you very much for everyone who came to the opening ceremony 36947225803828312365I would like to make a special thanks to the special guests Toshi Sakamoto and Wadaiko Rindo for their powerful and impressive peformance I always become quite tearful and emotional when I hear the deep sound of drum I had to hold back durign their performance so that I can go to to the demonstration. The hours of preparation they have put into for today is not just a few hours. The art form of music is the fruit of many years of dediction and love of it. Thank you so much for shareing your energy with everyone today.I also would like to thank Sensei Nars and his daughter Jessica 13. We began preparing todays demonstration as soon as the year started. They were the easiest people to work with Dispite the age differences we managed to bond together very quickly. I know Jessica since she was 7. Apparently her father took her to karate a... 2007-1-28T00:00:00Z