Category Archives: Martial Arts

Funakoshi Blue Belt Status Achieved!

By Craig Lotter | Published: Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Last Friday has come and gone and apart from the joyous occasion of seeing my child blob in its full black and white ultrasound glory, the other highlight to come out of the day was my successful grading for blue belt under the Funakoshi style.

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Coming Up, From Green to Blue

By Craig Lotter | Published: Saturday, May 15, 2010

Eish, I didn't realise that my next grading is literally lurking around the corner. This time around I'll be pushing for my blue belt under the Funakoshi style and by the sounds of it, the amount of people grading out of my class appears to be pretty small - so I'm quite motivated to do as well as possible come the big day.

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Basic Japanese Karate Terminology

By Craig Lotter | Published: Friday, March 12, 2010

Training with Japanese terminology is proving invaluable in allowing for people from different nationalities and cultures to train with one another, without suffering from any major translation problems.

Posted in Martial Arts | Tagged funakoshi, japanese, karate, techniques, terminology, translation |

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Japanese Terminology: Black Belt Dans

By Craig Lotter | Published: Friday, March 5, 2010

However, not all black belts are necessarily equal and as such, there exists a ranking system for them as well, just as there does for the various colour belts that made up your journey to that coveted black.

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