A little look back on our winter seminar with Cornelia Heinz, Jorge F. Garibaldi, Heero Miketta and Sascha Wagener in the Missing Link HQ in Dortmund. Training and sweat were part of the schedule - but the high class instructor team took the participants into deeper topics, including some theoretical aspects, the history of Karate and martial arts in general, and again and again: Fighting and bunkai.
Sensei Heero Miketta about Empowering the Student… and the Teacher Traditional karate, and many well-known martial arts, are built on checklists. Kihon, Kata, Kumite: three sacred pillars, three tick-boxes. Master the external performance, copy your teacher’s version, receive your grade. But where did these boxes come from? Kihon drills and kata sequences have grown more […]
Sensei Tony Bolton, Manchester, addresses a particularly difficult issue In recent years, UK police statistics have highlighted a concerning trend: as children transition from primary to secondary school, their risk of becoming either victims or perpetrators of antisocial behavior and criminal activities increases dramatically. While social media and rapid news circulation may amplify these concerns […]