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Gert Corfitzen Jürgensen

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Yoshitaka Funakoshi’s Shotokan

Yoshitaka "Gigo" Funakoshi was born in Okinawa in 1906. Already from childhood, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis, which was also the cause of his death in 1945. Yoshitaka began his ...

Take a breath

Many people make a big deal out of breathing, however, breathing is one of the first things you do when you are born! Breathe in, breathe out, that's as simple ...

Three levels of bunkai

Bunkai means "to break down", and thus describes the whole process that lies in breaking down and understanding the application of the techniques in a Kata; we simply peel a ...