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We’d like to congratulate Neil O’Connor who was promoted to black belt (Shodan) by the Japan Karate Association (JKA) in Tokyo, Japan.
頑張ってください!!
Gambatte Kudasai!!
Added 3rd March 2009:
Click here to read Neil’s TRAINING AT THE JKA HONBU DOJO, TOKYO (PART 2).
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Neil O’Connor trained at our Taman Merdeka group in 2008. He is currently… to our collective envy… training at the Japan Karate Association (JKA) Honbu Dojo in Tokyo, Japan. Neil was training with the Karate Union Of Great Britain (KUGB) and JKA in England. Neil has written a great essay on his experience in training with some of the world’s best Shotokan instructors at the JKA on the Shotokanway website, one of the best online resources for shotokan practitioners.
Click here to read Neil’s TRAINING AT THE JKA HONBU DOJO, TOKYO (PART 1) : INTRODUCTION, EXPECTATIONS AND FIRST MONTHS TRAINING.
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The 2009 edition of the Scientific Congress on Martial Arts and Combat Sports (SCMACS) will take place on 16th and 17th May 2009, in Viseu (Portugal). The organizing committee of this event fully believes that this initiative will provide a valuable opportunity to promote, enlarge and strengthen the scientific community gathered around martial arts and combat sports.
The central issue of this Congress is the interpretation (explanation and comprehension) of motricity in institutionalised human combat at the contextual levels of Martial Arts (MA), Combat Sports (CS) and Personal Defence (PD), and in relation to objectives usually associated to human educational development (health, education and well-being).
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