Bill Stewart - Kyokushin Karate Blog

Karateka, blogger and Chief Instructor of Texas Kyokushin Karate. Interests include Zen Buddhism, fitness, and health. Osu!

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Some conversations stay with us for a lifetime.

One of mine took place in Hawaii in 1995 with Shihan Bobby Lowe.

More than thirty years later, I still find myself thinking about what he said.

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What made Kyokushin distinctive was never the techniques themselves.

It was the culture of training built around them.

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Control your anger. If you have anger towards others, they control you."

— Miyamoto Musashi

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One of the ways to quickly assess the value of a training program.

@Cameron_Quinn had this dialed in back in the 1990’s with his Uchi Deshi program at his Brisbane Kyokushin dojos.

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Day two, footwork session with Sensei Garry O’Neill.

At one point the greatest pound for pound Kyokushin tournament fighter on the planet.

This was an incredible training session.

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This week @Cameron_Quinn stepped through grip fighting for strikers. Breaking strong grips is no joke.

Kyokushin founder Sosai Mas Oyama said ‘If you want to call yourself a martial artist you cannot be ignorant of the fundamentals of other fighting arts’.

That’s a goal of these live training sessions.

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In this week’s live session @Cameron_Quinn stepped through a wrestlers collar tie for strikers.

Kyokushin Karate founder Sosai Mas Oyama said ‘If you want to call yourself a martial artist you cannot be ignorant of the fundamentals of other fighting arts’.

That’s a goal of these live training sessions.

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Bunkai bits from the kata Pinan 3 on today’s live training session by @Cameron_Quinn.

Head & undertook control principles.

Many of the early karate masters were Judo black belts too.

Kyokushin founder Sosai Mas Oyama was a Judo 4th Dan.

Plenty of grappling can be found in kata.

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A great time and lots of lessons over the long weekend.

Friday, Saturday the annual Kyokushin training camp lead by Shihan @Cameron_Quinn . Also great to see @SeaDunny77 back in the gi teaching!

Sunday the annual black belt grading.

A tough emotional day for those who graded.

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This week @Cameron_Quinn stepped through a couple of shoulder lock & arm drag options.

Kyokushin founder Sosai Mas Oyama said ‘If you want to call yourself a martial artist you cannot be ignorant of the fundamentals of other fighting arts’.

That’s a goal of these live training sessions.

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I just bumped into Zahari Kyokushin World Chanpion at the SENSHI gym in Varna. #whatsnicdoing staying strong while traveling

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We now have cards to sign for the kids #whatsnicdoing #nicholaspettas #senshi #kwu getting ready to host the SENSHI 31 Gladiators tournament tonight.

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