After the Kanagawa Prefecture tournament of the Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Renmei held 5 days ago, the next event is the 2nd Four-Dojo exchange competition hosted by me at the end of this month.
In this competition, there will be four divisions: Kumite, Kata, tug-of-war and sumo division.
I hope children to know the joy of touching their own traditions and culture and interacting with each other.
The Kanagawa Prefecture tournament of the Wado-ryu Karatedo Federation was held on June 9. 16 students from my dojo participated. Their result is, ・Gold medal on over 40 years old Men’s Kumite division (without Black Belt) ・Gold medal on 12 years old Girl’s Kumite division ・Silver medal on over 40 years old Black Belt Women’s Kata division ・Silver medal on 8 years old Girl’s Kata division ・Bronze medal on 10 years old Girl’s Kata division ・Bronze medal on 9 years old Boy’s Kata division ・Bronze medal on 8 years old Boy’s Kata division ・Fighting spirit award on 13〜15 years old Boy’s Kata division ・Fighting spirit award on 12 years old Boy’s Kata division ・Fighting spirit award on 7 years old Boy’s Kata & Kumite division I’m proud of my students regardless of whether they won or not. Because they had aim, made an effort, and challenged.
The Kanagawa Prefecture tournament of Wado-ryu Karate-Do Renmei will be held in 7 days. My students participating in this tournament gathered and trained every Sunday early in the morning for a month. No one knows the outcome of the match, but I want to praise the children’s efforts.I believe they can do their best.
Yesterday, the first typhoon of the year came to Tokyo and was hit by strong winds and strong rain. It was such a weather, but I wanted my students to experience a tug-of-war, so I headed to two dojos with an umbrella in one hand and a 7kg training rope in the other. They learned about the differences in how to stand, posture, and center of gravity in the Step Punch Stance, Four Legs Stance, Side Cat Stance, and Tobikomi Nagashi Stance. They also learned how to grip their fingers, tighten theri armpits, extend their arms, and pull their arms, which they learned were connected to Tsuki techniques. I’m happy because the children enjoyed exercising and practiced seriously. On the road to Dojo, my whole body was covered with rain and mud, but I thought it was right to bring a rope. Because I connected my hearts with my students with a rope. It’s sunny today ! My kimono and Do-Gi are washed and beautiful ♪
身体の内側のどこを使って腕と脚を操作するのか知り研究する運動 An exercise to learn and study which parts of the body are used to operate the arms and legs
手にあるのは紙風船です。 What we are holding is a paper balloon.
腕や手や指は使い慣れているのですぐに力が入り紙風船を潰してしまいます。 Since your arms, hands, and fingers are used to using them, you can easily use the force to crush the paper balloon.
腕や手や指は使い慣れているのですぐに力が入り紙風船を潰してしまいます。 Since your arms, hands, and fingers are used to using them, you can easily use the force to crush the paper balloon.
一つひとつの動作を繋げて連続して行います。 最後まで紙風船を潰さないか試してみます。 Connect each movement and perform them in succession. We will try to see if we don’t crush the paper balloon until the end.
子供たちは「全然力んでる感じはなかったのに、紙風船が潰れてるから驚いた。無意識に力んでいるんだね」と互いに何かを気付いた様子でした。 The children seemed to have noticed something in each other, saying, “I didn’t feel like I was straining at all, but the paper balloon was crushed. I guess I was unconsciously straining.”
対面稽古でも同様に力まずに行えるか試してみます。 We will try to see if we can do the same effortlessly during face-to-face practice.
特に自由組手では力まずに柔軟に動きたいです。 Especially in free kumite, we want to move flexibly without using too much strain.
When children’s pure hearts, curiosity, and creativity are added to their efforts to apply and research what they have learned in karate, new discoveries are born.
