The german language and now a lot this keeps me and could help us to maybe to entrap the slaves you want to their story lines are fighting and reliable information for margaret. That people will hold on for g w on facebook and twitter. To date and in touch. Weekly to put out a book that. Claim. The olympics yeah. Its a dream come true for heretic around the world as the sport is finally recognizing the olympic discipline at the summer games in tokyo even if the status is only provisional japans favorite q shimizu is in 2 minds over the issue. Of course thats a shame but at the same time it gives me all the more motivation to do everything i can to ensure the sport gets the attention it needs so that karate can eventually become a regular discipline. Kind of thing is already a global sport well kind of take federation a load has over 10000000 members in 192 countries and interestingly most of our main true traditional kind of get only a small fraction followed the strictly regulated competitive variety. But confused to find yourself not so much anymore now we train to defend ourselves and through the training become better people. Its crunch time in cooma new tokyo where the last major japanese tournament before the olympics is taking place. Among the contenders here she muses japans reigning queen of cotton she became interested in kind of take at the age of 9 and just 3 years later had already earned a black belt now 26 shes a 3 time World Champion and has topped the Japanese League in 7 successive the aides. I think in. Competitive karate there are 2 categories and take both have their own appeal and id love to see more people getting the chance to experience the 2 disciplines live. Is the carrot equivalent of shadow boxing against an imaginary opponent dejected is to follow a prearranged choreography as perfectly as possible. For the 2020 games of the scoring system for kata 1st had to be adapted at the request of the International Olympic committee instead of a straight vote by 5 judges now a panel of referees would points for technique lettuces at a competitive events can choose which one of 102. 00 permitted katas they want to perform. But its a fascinating thing about qatar is that despite the fixed form i still have a huge amount of room for personal expression. Were going to unlike most other sports a kata comes with a heritage that has been passed on over generations from master to master. It in the cockpit. But as everyone has different even though a kata has fixed routines it can always be interpreted individually making its performance unique. Then theres the evolution of a car over time the longer you practice a kata the greater the depth and meaning you give it as you got it the point is not to check a list of a point that. Accompanies you for your entire life and thats great. The 2nd category is called in in full sparring against an adversary i feel lympics will be contested in 3 instead of the usual 5 weight divisions safety is paramount and how to control the impact on the torso is permitted but contact with the punnets head must be limited to at most a skin touch the challenge involves keeping your own. Movement under complete control while reacting with maximum technical prowess and commitment. To. Video replays for judges were introduced 5 years ago for positive evaluations the innovation was widely welcomed. At 1st sight kind of team might seem similar to take one day and i would stop list olympic discipline but there is one crucial difference. With competitive taekwondo you only use your legs cleat with karate you employ your hands to a cake or a punch to the head earns 3 points into the torso 2 with one point for a push. As far livelier than kata and has a far wider range of techniques what makes it particularly exciting is the unpredictability of the sequence of strikes and the technique of each individual fighter. The most important element is using each technique with maximum control to ensure that the attack is pulled back at the shortest possible distance from the opponent so without actually touching them listen i mean. In the heart of japans main island home shoot here in the tranquil surroundings of bamboo forests or rice fields is the Karate School of shame you university. He meets a man who has been instrumental in the development of professional karate for decades. So yeah my sensei is 80 is young and the Vice President of the countries cannot say association 54 years ago he founded the local dojo which has since produced a series of world class. Fortunately we have a major problem with the rules for competitive karate. The one area to the next where all repeatedly nonuniform changes in the Japanese Federation as well as in the world karate federation. Its very confusing for africans taking part in a variety of competitions a lot of the spectators who are not experts in the sport often unable to understand the new rules. But there. Is still a traditional japanese martial art in my eyes that a new generation tends to see it in sporting terms there are plenty of contests in awards to be won i try to unite to be traditional arts with a spirit of competition and that includes the greeting everything in karate every Training Session every fight begins and ends respect and civility. The history of cats is one of migration a range of cultural influences from persia the indian subcontinent and china came together centuries ago on the island of okinawa. Under the rule of the ric you people everything connected up with the culture and the local martial art to take deep roots with a lasting legacy. You know island alone is the home of over 400 marines to give the modern world with a traditional teaching and its venerable old masters. This is dr ted so you know come hunchy what i got on it with the guy thing now hes written a number of books about traditional cannot say and also open the worlds 1st kind of to museum his home based on his grandfathers collection of memorabilia. Korean in fact the this is a known chuckle. When i teach the old martial arts with weapons like that you know so i and. And children. And it actually means empty hand that is no weapons. Everyone talks about kind of head this and that but i doubt most people even know what it means. Of course its a martial art for self defense but when we look at the 1st character we see the simple for language what they have conflicts should have such be resolved by an eye to eye conversation with your opposite number. All so much trying to skeleton the muscles and the breathing alternately the circulation to meditation is also a factor that knowledge from Natural Healing all of that belongs to cutting that. Holston. Cola pay was told. To cut at that and be happy. To take a hit or shoot just since a students purchase late into the evening. He didnt use them and even if youre competing in a tournament a real opponents or to many crossly is above all a confrontation with yourself and without fundamental faith in your own ability is any fights will be over all too quickly. That they need to have a strong imagination where do you want to go what do you want to achieve this confrontation with your own self is the 1st toughest and most important fight of all. The. Hollow. Old. You know me not only i hope things wont develop like they did judo at the olympics there are no more japanese referee sat the moment i mean mostly your. Are from a goalie or kind of them or i precut it will not meet the same fate when you hear only thats what happens when everyones only focused on winning the meaning so if okinawas cut out teka do not prevail at the olympics it certainly doesnt mean that traditional kind of test redundant this must be clear to everyone otherwise our roots may be permanently damaged. Ok. There is always some risk so when you get bigger but its ok its a part of the point is to. Make your roots deeper and deeper more the tree grows more your flowers more you become a heavier and larger more the tree needs larger roots so well be here to protect the. October 25th is kind of in japan and the big event on okinawa it commemorates the meeting of the great masters in 1936 when the mass lot was officially named and its future as a competitive sport was decided erick the japanese are simply and beautiful see. If the japanese will also be favorites at their home a lympics in tokyo. A centuries old heritage is difficult for other nations to catch up. I learned the secret behind the strength of the japanese is that they pay close attention to every detail during the training and always give 100 percent. As a sign in order to the qualify for the olympics you had to compete in the premier league every month but although the total number of participants in the premier league is limited there is no limit on the number of current take up from one country depending on their score. In the case of the Olympic Games it was decided from the outset that only 10 people per nation would be allowed so just getting there is already a challenge home to me that in the competition level will be very high and not comparable to the premier league. One everyday im becoming more aware that the olympics are getting closer and closer we are the very 1st car i take will be taking this new road. That of. The we have nothing and nobody for orientation all we can do instead. And prepare as well as possible for the event listen because youre going to want to the other thing is of course theres huge pressure from the High Expectations so i think ill do as best as i can step by step with a little. Bundle up it gets pretty cold here europes largest Ice Sculpture festival. The artists hammer and song and. Youll be amazed at these creations. Readying themselves close. Calls out for some fun in the sun. Mcauliffe clearly explodes germanys ill go if you can. 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