Ilex

I love this kata, by back-up for competitions, great flow incorporating style spped and technique. beautiful when performed correctly

My instructor is a self-employed full time instructor, who employs me to teach full time. It was his offer of a job that got me into teaching.

Hi there i am a member of sensei yahara's organisation KWF, and have trained with him many times. i have visited and trained with him in his dojo in japan for the last three years and believe to have a good understanding of his hip idea. in KWF karate, there are only two hip posistions, hanmi and gyaku hanmi. when making hanmi one must turn their hips as far as humanly posible. softening the back leg allows more 'give'. when, for example, making oi-zuki one does not simply keep the hips square, they must push as far as posible into gyaku hanmi. https://www.kwf.jp video archive dojo training will show you exactly what he is after. demonstrated by shihan yahara himself.

This is interesting. I also believe karate to be a way of life and in KWF we focus on one finishing blow. I believe that it important to test these skills and competition is a healthy way to test yourself, and aid progression. It is all very well preactising the moves, but if you cannot make these work then you surely are not progressing? If you can fight and win against all in dojo fine, but then where do you go? Competition allows you to assess yourself against others outside of the dojo.

I also use hirota for both gi and belt. excellent quality.

Hi there I'm from Glasgow, Scotland and I've been doing karate for 12 years. I am a member of the Karate no Michi world federation (KWF), and train around 5 classes a week. I'm a 3rd dan black belt. I am a full time Karate Instructor and a a regular competitor at all levels. I travel to Japan every year to train in the hombu dojo. Hi to you all! Ilex