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Berliner Karate Verband e. V.Branch Office Priesterweg 4 10829 Berlin Tel. +49 (0)30 7814027Consultant of Wado ryu: Christina Gutz

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Special Wado SeminarBeneath the surface, a deeper look at Wado ryu and Shindo Yoshin ryu

Toby Threadgill (USA)Menkyo Kaiden, Takamura ha Shindo Yoshin ryu

Robbie Smith (New Zealand)7 th Dan JKF Wado-Kai

February 22 February 23, 2014In Berlin


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Special Wado SeminarBeneath the surface, a deeper look at Wado ryu and Shindo Yoshin ryu

Toby Threadgill (USA)Menkyo Kaiden, Takamura ha Shindo Yoshin ryu

Robbie Smith (New Zealand)7 th Dan JKF Wado-Kai

February 22 February 23, 2014In Berlin

Promoter Berliner Karate Verband e. V., Consultant of Wado ryu: Christina Gutz Organizer Berliner Karate Verband e. V. and Wadokai Deutschland Sohonbu e. V.

Information: Christina Gutz, Tel. +49 (0)30 6937316,Mail to [email protected]: www.berliner-karate-verband.de

Location Sports hall OSZ Handel 1, Wrangelstrae 98/Zeughofstrae,10997 Berlin-KreuzbergU-Bahnhof Grlitzer BahnhofEntry sports hall: Zeughofstrae

Participants Wado ryu practitioners and all interested persons in martial arts.

Date and Time 22/2/2014 and 10:00 am

06:00 pm23/2/2014 Seminar schedule: page 4

Fee Whole seminar : 80 , day only: 50 .Reduction for children up to 16 years, youth, students, unemployed person:total fee minus 10 off.

The organizers disclaim any liability.
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Toby Threadgill (USA) and Robbie Smith (New Zealand)Special Wado Seminar in Berlin

Beneath the surface, a deeper look at Wado ryu and Shindo Yoshin ryu

Introduction

The classical schools of the Japanese samurai were dominated by the study of swordsmanship, which represented the

highest embodiment of strategy (heiho). Through centuries of combat, the tactics of conflict were polished and studiedto a high degree. Eventually the Japanese schools of swordsmanship adopted similar teaching methods and these meth-ods spread to virtually all the schools of classical Japanese budo. The most important training method embraced bythese schools were kata, prearranged contests between two individuals that instructed students in the theories andprinciples of combat. After the end of the Warring States Era in 1602, Japan entered a period of extended peace. Duringthis time the theories and principles of combat were maintained through kata study. Shindo Yoshin ryu jujutsu was cre-ated during this period of intense dedication to kata as it was believed to be the premier tool for transmitting combatknowledge.

In the early 20th century an accomplished student of Shindo Yoshin ryu named Hironori Ohtsuka observed a demonstra-tion of Okinawan Karate and immediately recognized its potential as a legitimate form of martial study. However, as aman trained in Classical Japanese budo, Ohtsuka recognized the practical disadvantage of engaging only in solo katatraining. In Ohtsuka's experience the dynamic interaction between paired adversaries offered direct access to combatprinciples simply unavailable in solo practice. In 1934 Hironori Ohtsuka created Wado ryu, his own representation ofkarate, one that embraced not only the solo kata of Okinawan Karate but paired forms based on those of his belovedclassical Japanese budo, particularly Shindo Yoshin ryu jujutsu. It was the adoption of these paired forms, the KumiteGata, Kihon Kumite, Idori, Tantodori and Shinken Shirahadori, that makes Ohtsukas art unique among all Japanesestyles of Karate.

Saturday: Atemi, Kuzushi, Tsukuri & Kake Atemi, Kuzushi, Tsukuri & Kake comprise the foundation of all Japanese paired kata. Without the study and implementa-tion of each of these principles, victory is rarely achieved. These combat concepts, which originated in Japaneseswordsmanship and jujutsu were included in the various Wado paired forms. Robbie Smith will utilize drills and pairedforms, including the Wado Kumite gata to explore these concepts while Toby Threadgill will take participants on a jour-ney back to Wado ryus roots in Shindo Yoshin ryu. In this way participants can examine the original context and impl e-mentation of these combat principles, and appreciate their unique implementa tion in Ohtsukas Wado ryu.

Sunday: Sente - Initiative and attack in Japanese budo It is said that without sente there is no Japanese budo. In the karate world this goes against the old Okinawan karatemaxim Karate ni sente nas hi (In karate there is no first attack). A characteristic of Wado ryus roots in classical Jap a-nese budo is its study and refinement of attacking tactics over defensive tactics. In this session Robbie Smith will utilizethe Wado Kumite gata and unique drills of his own creation that will convey how the concepts of initiative were founda-tional in Ohtsukas expression of budo. Hironori Ohtsuka fr equently demonstrated the Kumite gata at budo exhibitions asthey represented the clearest expression of Wado ryu principles and its connection to classical Shindo Yoshin ryu. TobyThreadgill will again travel back historically to the samurais implementation of these combat tactics in Japaneseswordsmanship and jujutsu. In this way the participants can better appreciate how Wado ryu is descended directly fromclassical Japanese budo. Wado ryu is essentially a classical budo created by a 20 th century meijin (martial genius) whoselife existed at the crossroads between feudal Japan and the modern era.


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Toby Threadgill (USA) and Robbie Smith (New Zealand)Special Wado Seminar in Berlin

Beneath the surface, a deeper look at Wado ryu and Shindo Yoshin ryu

Seminar Schedule

At the beginning of every training session a training of both groups together is offered. In their training sessions Toby Threadgill and Robbie Smith will demonstrate the connection between the

Wado ryu and the Shindo Yoshin ryu. On both days Toby Threadgill and Robbie Smith will give a lecture on the subject:

Saturday: Atemi, Kuzushi, Tsukuri & Kake - The foundation of classical Japanese budo and how theseprinciples influenced the partner training in Wado ryu.Sunday: Go no Sen, Sen no Sen and Sen Sen no Sen - The defining concepts of attack and initiative inJapanese budo.

Saturday22/2/2014

Groups

Time

10:00 am 12:00 am One group: Threadgill and Smithlecture and training01:00 pm 03:00 pm

Up to 1 st DanKyuThreadgill Smith

03:30 pm 06:00 pm

Up to 1 st DanKyu Smith Threadgill

Sunday23/2/201410:00 am 12:00 am

One group: Threadgill and Smithlecture and training

01:00 pm 03:00 pm

Up to 1 st DanKyuThreadgill Smith

03:30 pm 06:00 pm

Up to 1 st DanKyuSmith Threadgill

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