Isshin - Concentration the Art

Ongoing thoughts on my martial studies and interests, which encompass almost everything.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

You Tube does not always tell the whole story

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When you are watching a kata performance on YouTube you are not really seeing everything that is being done before your eyes. That is one re...
Monday, February 19, 2024

Asai and the use of the leg to block kicks.

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An earlier post I had made about Asai, you might find interesting.   https://isshin-concentration.blogspot.com/2017/02/use-of-leg-to-block-k...

Asai shared fighting principles similar to those of Tristan Sutrisno

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  When Tristan Sutrisno , then in Indonesia, began learning a set of Tjimande drills as his first trainings. He practiced them every day for...

Maezato no Tekko - Ryukyu Kobudo Tesshinkan

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnQWoIGIlcM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHt3MNwoL6w&t=14s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r0RKyd529...
Sunday, February 18, 2024

A discussion from the Cyber Dojo - Hi Dan from P. McCarthy 9.18.05

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 I want to show you a conversation on an older YahooGroups discussion group called the CyberDojo, this conversation was from 2005. I joined ...
Friday, February 16, 2024

More from a clinic with John Kerker in 2008 in Chicopee at Clarence Whitley’s school.

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Some of these videos do not have sound.  Angling the body while striking and advancing,  then the 2-part finish              https://www.you...

The Bubishi Exposed

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  The drawing shown is just illustrative. It has been a long time since I have thought about the Bubishi , I find that over the decades I ha...
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I am a sudent of Tom Lewis and I teach youth at the local Boys and Girls Club (Adults and Youuth) for free these past 35 years. A sample of my students sho-dan kata performances can be found at http://www.youtube.com/user/BushiNoTeIsshinryu
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