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Gert Corfitzen Jürgensen

Hi, I’m Gert Corfitzen Jürgensen

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Jissen Karate

Interpretation of techniques (short version)

Most practitioners of Karate do not pay much attention to the whole technique. I think that is a fundamental mistake. Let us take Gedan-barai as an example; in most cases, ...

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 ...

Tsumasaki-geri

Tsumasaki-geri is a kick with the tip of the toes. Some would argue that this is the right way to kick (the old way of Okinawan kicking), compared to our ...