May 25 2008
EKF Taikai, European Championship in kyudo 2008, is arranged in Stockholm, Sweden. I went there the first day and saw the teamcompetion.
I suppose the results will be shown here, at the webpage.
May 24 2008
Today we celebrated Buddha Birthday in Stockholm. Among the events there were shows of Shaolin Kung fu.
A monk from the Shaolin temple in Henan lives in Sweden since many years. His name is Shi Yongting and he teaches Shaolin in a kung fu club in Stockholm: Songshan Shaolingtemplets Chan Wu.
He and his students showed some Shaolin forms and some basic techniques. Here Shi Yongting himself shows a form:
Apr 10 2008
A place I want very much to visit one day is the Shaolin temple in the province of Henan in China. Swedish newspapers report today that the toilets there have been remaked.
Since I have been blogging quite a lot the last two years I have not been practising Martial Arts much at all. It is time to quite blogging and take up the important things again, the stuff that really last: the Martial Art practise.
I found some nice films from the Shaolin temple in Henan in YouTube.
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Jan 30 2008
Takao Momiyama, Japanese but he lives in Sweden since many, many years and is married with a Swedish woman and has two dauhters.
He has been in Japan and made his examinsations for 7 dan and Iaido and succeed.
Congratulations.
Aug 11 2007
Aug 08 2007
A wonderful kendofilm.
And the true philosophy behind Martial Arts.
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Jul 13 2007
JÅdÅ (æ–é“:ã˜ã‚‡ã†ã©ã†, JÅdÅ?), meaning “the way of the jÅ”, or jÅjutsu (æ–è¡“:ã˜ã‚‡ã†ã˜ã‚…ã¤, jÅjutsu?) is a Japanese martial art using short staves called jÅ.
The art is similar to bÅjutsu, and is strongly focused upon defense against the Japanese sword. The jÅ is a short staff, usually about 3 to 5 feet (0.9 to 1.5 m) long, about the average length of a walking stick.
However, the art was not used, as one might fancifully imagine, by travelers to ward off aggressive bandits or swordsmen. The martial art of jÅdÅ was the province of professional warriors.
Jodo seitei kata
Tachiotoshi is the first kata of the series “Gohon no Midare”, created by Shimizu Sensei. This kata is performed by Vicente and Addo at the Sei Ryu Kai Gasshuku May ‘06 lead by Nishioka Sensei.
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Jul 12 2007
Jul 05 2007
Wushu literally means “martial art”. It is a more precise term than the widely used term kung fu, which can mean either martial art or “skill”: a craftsperson or artisan could be said to have good “kung fu” in the way in which they carry out their craft; in the same way, a wushu practitioner can also be said to have good “kung fu” in their wushu practice.
In the broadest sense, the word wushu may refer to any martial art in the world, though in practice it often refers to the modern sport named “wushu” (see wushu (sport); also known as “modern wushu” or “contemporary wushu”), or the various styles of Chinese martial arts.
Wushu, also known as modern wushu or contemporary wushu, is both an exhibition and a full-contact sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts. It was created in the People’s Republic of China after 1949, in an attempt to nationalize the practice of traditional Chinese martial arts.
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Jun 29 2007
Bunkai (分解, Bunkai?), literally meaning “analysis” or “disassembly”, is a term used in Japanese martial arts referring to the application of the fighting techniques encoded in the moves of a “form” (kata).
In our karateclub we practise quite a lot Bunkai. Bunkai is the meaning of and understandig of a move. As for example: what is used to be called a blocking technique can in bunkai also be used as an attack. And also part of the block. For example the halfway through a block can be used as a block or an attack.
Some information about Bunkai from Wikipedia:
Bunkai is usually performed with a partner or a group of partners which execute predefined attacks, and the student performing the kata responds with defenses, counterattacks, or other actions, based on a part of the kata. This allows the student in the middle to understand what the movements in kata are meant to accomplish. It may also illustrate how to improve technique by adjusting distances, time moves properly, and adapt a technique depending on the size of an opponent. Some kata have another layer of application that is taught using an Oyo Bunkai.[citation needed] Different practitioners will learn or discover alternative applications, but the bunkai, like the kata, varies based on the style and the teacher.
A single kata may be broken into anywhere from a few to a few dozen applications, and the same sequence of kata moves may sometimes be interpreted in different ways resulting in several bunkai. Some martial arts require students to perform bunkai for promotion.
Bunkai can be obvious or elusive depending on the technique in question, the moves preceding and following it, and the individual practitioner. There are usually many stages of depth of comprehension of bunkai only reached through the passage of time. The terms toridai and himitsu are used to refer to techniques not readily seen to the casual observer and hidden techniques within kata.[citation needed] For example, in GÅjÅ«-ryÅ« karate, two-man kata training is used to reinforce bunkai and correct technique.[citation needed] If techniques in the kata are not performed correctly they will not be effective in two man training.
Here some videos with Bunkai:
Taiji Kase - Jion - Kata & Bunkai:
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