Unlike other martial arts (as judo, aikido or kendo), karate-do can be practiced in perfect loneliness.
Of course, for us karate is something pleasant, and pleasant things should be done (at least) in couple, thus today we talk about Uke!
Who’s that?! A Japanese grand-master?? Or a character from some anime?
Continue reading How-to (not to) nuke a ukeA week has passed since Acqua&Vento seminar, and we’d like to make some cold reasoning.
Satisfaction was high, both from the technical side and the people side; the feedback we got from attendants generously paid back all the efforts for the organization.
A bit of chronicle…
Continue reading Acqua&Vento (4/3)… aftermathWith elderl—ahem!, maturity, you find out that one of the crucial points of karate-do is the beauty of imperfection. When you’re taught a technique, it is shown the same for anyone. But when you truly understand it, make it yours, it enhances with personal details and hues, which make it, formally, imperfect.
Yet its beauty is there, in the niceties which keep it one of a kind; like as an artisanal product, always different.
Continue reading Perfect & ImperfectionsIt really happened, I swear. A guy asked once: «I know all of the karate styles, but this DO style… dunno. Never heard of it. Did you invent this karate-DO?»
Well, we‘d wish!
Continue reading How do you dō?Since New Year has begun and we want to welcome it, I choose the salute as the topic of this post. Of course salute in martial arts: this is a karate-do website. It’d be weird to find something else, like as an article about the 100 most healthy recipes, wouldn’t it?
Ok, the starting point is a good place for a confession…
Continue reading Hello, saluteIn martial arts, especially in karate-do, time is fundamental. A bit like in fencing, if you think about it: touch before your opponent touches you.
(I’m afraid this post is… quite oversize! So I chose to split it in many parts. Please be patient and… enjoy!)
Continue reading Pace (and Peace!)Here it is a little interview we collected from our heroes Max and Roby, who crossed the Alps and challenged the Swiss snow to partecipate the Takudai 2018 Seminar in Munich, Germany.
Today, October 10th 1988, a Monday, under the guidance of young sensei Roberto Colombo, the Desio Karate-do Club Kanku-dai begins its activities, in the presence of two men and a woman, steady in their hearts and sound in their spirits. A new adventure unfolds, destined to last over time!
There it is. It all started thirty years ago. It’s a very long time, full of facts worth to be told, to be remembered for who was there and who weren’t. But not today; today we’ll talk about something else…
Continue reading Logos and λόγος
When man has made his words shining, and when he’s not alone among the others, then he could be appointed as sensei and, need not to teach nor assert it, the others will respect him.
No paper can state who is sensei: he’ll be raised and honoured by the ones who’ll respect him.
And the man will never quit from being a sensei, because the only way to abandon is to discredit himself in the eyes of those who elected him.
When your teacher lectures you, thank him twice: first, because he’s passing on his knowledge; second, because he believes in your abilities to understand.
