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Wed, 2013-09-04 20:13
I was recently interviewed by the Karate by Jesse website! It’s a superb website and I’m honoured to be included. It was fun chat with the likeminded and very personable Jesse and I hope you find our discussion on kata bunkai of interest:
"You see, when it comes to applying the techniques of Karate’s kata (bunkai), few people have the same passion, grit and experience as Iain Abernethy – UK’s leading proponent of practical Karate.
Having hustled on the bunkai corner for years, steadily converting regular Karate people into serial bunkai addicts through...
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Wed, 2013-08-28 13:20
Hi All,
Here is a little something that may be of interest the hardcore members of the website. For my own use, I set up a twitter feed that picks up the RRS feeds from this website via hootsuite. I then set up twitter to send me a text message when anything is put on that twitter feed.
What that essentially means is that, with no human intervention, I am notified via text message whenever a new forum thread (not post) is started. The same system also generates a message for every new article, video, podcast, news item etc. It does not generate a message for every forum post (way too...
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Thu, 2013-08-15 12:51
I’ve just set up the “Practical Karate Weekly”! This online “newspaper” is a weekly Summary of all that is happening in the practical karate world. Check it out!
FOLLOW THIS LINK: http://paper.li/iainabernethy/1376566131
There will be a new edition every Thursday evening (UK time) and you can subscribe via the above page. If you subscribe (it’s free!) you’ll be sent an email every time each new issue is published. My followers on twitter (@iainabernethy) will also be automatically sent a tweet too.
Please let everyone know about this new...
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Sat, 2013-07-13 09:16
Hi All,
Over the last few months I’ve added a few videos to this website on applications for Wanshu / Enpi. There is just under eighteen minutes of footage in all and I've put them all on this webpage for ease of viewing. I hope you find them intresting!
All the best,
Iain
The opening sequence
The “signature sequence” of the kata
The “shifting sequence”
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Wed, 2013-07-03 16:55
Congratulations to Tony and all at Karate Asylum (I love that name!) for achieving WCA Syllabus recognition! There syllabus is a great blend of the best of traditional karate combined with a holistic approach to the needs of modern self-protection. Tony can be contacted via: tonym@karateasylum.com
About Karate Asylum: Karate Asylum is a small private group based in the St. Louis area. We are committed to teaching students to learn to be safe and understand violence with the proper mindset. We accomplish this through a progressive and systematic curriculum that study traditional values of...
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