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Gert Corfitzen Jürgensen

Hi, I’m Gert Corfitzen Jürgensen

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Jissen Karate

The invisible bond – Giri

The invisible bond - The way of life! In Japan, they have a concept called Giri (duty, sense of duty, honor, decency, courtesy) Giri is an invisible thread, a bond ...

The Pinan/Heian Kata

Itosu Anko created the Pinan Kata for use in the Okinawan Elementary School around 1900. The creation of the Pinan Kata was to make the introduction to Karate easier for ...

Kiai, Kake-goe and Kime, Part 3, Kime

In the following, I will try to clarify what I understand by Kime. There have been a lot of different explanations for Kime over time. One explanation is that one's ...