... My doctor told me that I should do only yoga and stop doing karate when it appeared that I have scoliosis. I did not stop, but integrated excercises my...
Hi to you all. May I ask please what the role of various Wado specific Kumite/Gumite plays within your clubs and personal experience? I'm specifically ...
... Hi Brian, I'd suggest reading this article by Reg Kear on Wadoworld: http://wadoworld.com/technical/ohyo/ohyo.html While it may not offer an answer to all...
Thank you Igor. Wado world has also been a great resource, and it was more than valuable to revisit this article. It's certainly put Ohyo Kumite in a better...
... Hi Brian, You ask a couple of really big questions. A long time ago the karate historian Brian Noble wrote in an article that perhaps the true 'kata' of...
Hi Brian, you mention the other side of the world, what is your location now.? Reg Kear. ... From: brian.lyall To: wadokarate@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday,...
Hi Reg, Kapiti, New Zealand. Although that's technically "across the ditch" to Australia ... As a side note - my club is a very small Wado Ryu club which is...
... Kai ... I don't get it. Why would you not interact with Robbie Smith? He is better than any Wado person I've ever met outside of Japan. He's better than...
Hi Brian, Â New Zealand is a small country like Israel, right. Why do you guys let politics get in the way? I am here in Israel alone for the JKF Wadokai. My...
Hi Brian, I would have to echo Bob's words here, why wouldn't you interact with Robbie Smith if you're searching for some answers on kihon kumite and ohyo...
Bob, As I'm sure you've experienced in your travels, there are some pretty decent Wado people around the world. I'm curious how you've arrived at your ranking...
... Hi John, My apologies. I reread what I wrote and I was not very clear. I meant to say that Robbie was the best non Japanese technician I've met outside...
Jeepers to all of you who replied people. There is a *particualr reason* I said "for no particular reason" in not interacting with another club - not the...
*sigh* ... alone for the JKF Wadokai. ... Suzuki sensei. ... good laugh and try to learn from eachother. ... themselves. Never affliated or interact with...
Hopefully, my earlier email will have made my feelings on all of this quite clear. However, additionally, I need to add this. I disdain joining online...
Hi Brian, I don't know that any of the replies were intentionally 'charging you' with any political motive or bias specifically but while that hoary old...
You're quite correct Reg - I apologise for sounding that way. I don't think anyone at all commented in a way which I could take offense at or read as anything...
Ah there's no damage done Brian and you're right. this medium often has shoal waters but hopefully, fortunately, we are all sailing in the same direction so...
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hi all, i have a question i hope someone could help me with.i have a second dan in shotokan karate.i was thinking about giving wado a go but i am unsure of how...
I hate to be negative, but a Nidan Shotokan practitioner has an almost impossible task to re-learn their movement. Wado is completely different in every...
Hi, I am going to say - GO FOR IT I have a fourth dan in Kyu Shin Ryu karate which is VERY different to Wado - but I have been learning Wado for a year and...
Hi Robert I don't think I have heard of Kyu Shin Ryu karate, can I ask what are its origins.? Is it VERY different from wado - meaning more towards Kyokushin...
Hi warzz28, Some of the regulars on this forum have more direct experience of Shotokan than I do. I think it's much more involved than just depth of stances...
Tyrone has a point. Once upon a time I made the transition from Teakwondo shodan level to Wado. It certainly wasn't easy. Then again, Wado never is. But I ...
Hi Reg (and All), The following is my understanding... I have been learning Kyu Shin Ryu Karate for the last 16 years or so, my primary instructor is the head...
Hi Robert, I remember, Kenshiro Abbe was a Judo instructor in the UK in the mid 50s and early 60s. He was not teaching karate though but, going from memory,...
Sorry Robert, my point (which I didn't get to) in my previous post is/was that Abbe's connection to any karate seemed to be from Mitsusuke Harada of Shotokai....
