I was teaching the Poland seminar on Saturday and Sunday, May 7 &8.
This is an annual seminar that was regularly taught by Sensei Nishiyama till his passing at 2008, and now I teach it annually.
Stara Wiez is an amazing place, a karate village in the midst of beautiful forest and mountains, a place that can only be born out of burning passion to karate, and all my appreciation for Vodek and the Polish traditional karate for bringing a dream to reality.
In hangetsu we stressed using the breath and maximizing muscle action, and than in Tekki sandan, we demonstrated how same principles are used in smaller action space, where muscle action becomes more important, connection, sequencing, and tranfer of energy through the kinetic chain are crucial to making big power in smaller action space.
Than in kumite we went through Oji waza (response timing) and Shikake waza (set up and strategy).
At the end of the first day the final tournament of the Polish league was held, and the level was great, real fun to watch how this athletes are getting better every year.
The top 2 men and women will participate in the World Cup in June.
Avi, I can only imagine the tremendous energy and vitality, that was present during that training! Sounds like something that needs to be experienced, next year.
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Will be great if you could join, you will love the spirit and the people, we have a week camp in Poland in August.
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