BUNKAI JUTSU SEMINAR
30/08/2008 17:28 Filed in: Seminars
Samurai Karate hosts Iain Abernethy seminar
in St. Just.
Within a stone’s throw of Land’s End, the quiet
Cornish town of St. Just was the venue for an
Iain
Abernethey seminar.
Hosted by Sensei Kevin Cooke of Samurai Karate (Cornwall) the course kicked off at 10 a.m. with Shihan Whale, Sensei Blamey and Sempai Holmes representing Sandokai Karate. Sensei Woods also attended as a spectator.
Sensei Abernethy covered some of the history of kata, including Sensei Itosu’s “trademark” of leaving his opponents unconscious and “face down”, and then demonstrated just how Sensei Itosu utilised his kata to do this.
Close quarter work, ground work and joint locking was the flavour of the day, as well as getting the absolute maximum impact from your blows with minimum effort.
The final section of the seminar featured close quarter impact work which, Sensei Abernethy informed us, he had never taught on a seminar before ... so a bit of an exclusive! There were many hot and sweaty bodies by the end of the seminar at 3:30 p.m.
All in all, it was an interesting, challenging and informative course ... and a pleasure to refresh our acquaintance with a much respected karate instructor and martial arts author.
Hosted by Sensei Kevin Cooke of Samurai Karate (Cornwall) the course kicked off at 10 a.m. with Shihan Whale, Sensei Blamey and Sempai Holmes representing Sandokai Karate. Sensei Woods also attended as a spectator.
Sensei Abernethy covered some of the history of kata, including Sensei Itosu’s “trademark” of leaving his opponents unconscious and “face down”, and then demonstrated just how Sensei Itosu utilised his kata to do this.
Close quarter work, ground work and joint locking was the flavour of the day, as well as getting the absolute maximum impact from your blows with minimum effort.
The final section of the seminar featured close quarter impact work which, Sensei Abernethy informed us, he had never taught on a seminar before ... so a bit of an exclusive! There were many hot and sweaty bodies by the end of the seminar at 3:30 p.m.
All in all, it was an interesting, challenging and informative course ... and a pleasure to refresh our acquaintance with a much respected karate instructor and martial arts author.
