Sensei Eddie Bethea's 2014 Visit

[Wastelander]

I've found that most people who have been involved with karate in the US for a while have come across, or at least heard of, my Sensei's Sensei--Eddie Bethea, Kyoshi, Hachidan (8th Degree Black Belt) of the Shorin-Ryu Shorinkan. Every year, around this time, he flies down from Indiana to attend the annual Cal-South Shorinkan Camp. When he does, he stays with my Sensei, and teaches a few classes at our dojo. He is a kind, fun man with a lot of knowledge, and if you ever get the chance to take a class with him, I highly recommend it! This year, I recorded the class he taught for our teen and adult students, and I put together this little montage of what he had us working on--if nothing else, you get to see him throw me a couple times

During the class, Sensei Bethea had us work on a technique from his Naihanchi Shodan yakusoku kumite (promise sparring) drill. He took a moment to explain how and why he developed them, and I was able to upload that video, as well. The camera was rather far away from him, so it is difficult to hear in places, but I added Closed Captions to the video to get around that issue. I thought it was an interesting little discussion.

[bushido_man96]

Thanks for sharing these with us. Looks like it was a fun day of training, and its always a blessing to get to hear the experiences and knowledge of such great Martial Artists.

[sensei8]

Thanks for sharing these with us. Looks like it was a fun day of training, and its always a blessing to get to hear the experiences and knowledge of such great Martial Artists.

Ditto!!