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I’m orange

Yesterday I passed my examination for orange belt easily at my karate dojo. My Sensei told me that “If you continue training so hard, you’ll soon remove me from my post.” He also said that I did it with real kime, that’s really good. So I’m very happy with the results.
My exam consisted in some [...]

Heian Yondan

Today I started training my fourth kata: Heian Yondan.

My movements are far to be so good like Kanazawa’s one, indeed, but I think I do not more mistakes than other guys with a superior grade. I think the fact is that my subconscious has not forget all the work I did for my blue [...]

My obi has shrink after wash

My obi -karate belt- has shrink about 30 cms. after I washed it. I’ve used the same temperature told by the manufacturer (Decathlon), but its unusable now. My sensei told me that I shouldn’t wash the obi, not just because it may shrink, but because “spiritual things”. Well, I’m a pure rationalist, so I do [...]

Karate

When I was younger -about 15 years ago- I learnt Jiu Jitsu, I reached second kiu (blue belt) and was preparing my exam for first kiu (brown) being 19 years old, when I must left the city that was my home for fifteen years. In our destination, the nearest dojo to continue with my classes [...]