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*30 th August* Open seminar with Sensei Chris Denwood .(Chief Instructor of the Eikoku Satori Karate-Do Kyokai and a Senior Instructor with the British Karate-Do Chojinkai.) A couple of years ago Olly and Emma travelled up to Cumbria to attend a charity seminar in aid of cancer research. The seminar was recommended to them by one of the new students at the college, and turned out to be well worth the two hour drive through the wilds of Cumbria. They both enjoyed it so much, they recommended we try and bring the organiser of the seminar, Chris Denwood, one of the most enthusiastic and well versed instructors we've come across, down here to run a session at the college. Some two years on, we've finally got around to it. In the meantime, Chris has been making a quite a name for himself, becoming a regular contributor to the UK’s leading martial arts magazines ‘Combat’ and ‘Traditional Karate’, with his articles gaining very positive reviews. The seminar starts at eleven o'clock and is open to all styles and arts, the following running order being as follows; Morning session (11am to 1pm): The 3 technical stages of kata analysis “Every part of every movement in every kata holds a valuable lesson in the development of pragmatic combat for self-protection and more. Each of these lessons need to be learned, then understood and then expanded positively with the open questioning attitude of ‘what if’? Only then can we experience the traditional forms fully and come to enjoy a shining glimpse of the true potential they hold.”
Commonly regarded as the ‘heart of karate’, the traditional forms are full of lessons on how to express your body and mind to significantly improve not only your self-protection skills, but also the way in which you control your own self and sub sequentially, live your own life. The analysis of kata can be broken down into the three stages of omote, henka and ura. When properly understood, these allow you to practice kata in the way in which it was originally intended and quickly validate the historic truth that just a single form can represent a complete fighting system! Afternoon session (2pm to 4pm): The fundamentals of tactile awareness “Your two closest friends in self-protection are ‘distance’ and ‘time’. The more you can maximize these, the safer you’ll be. Unfortunately, the harsh fact is that ‘distance’ and ‘time’ are also huge luxuries that are seldom enjoyed out on the street!”
Almost every aspect of karate was designed around gaining competence at close-range. Out of all of our five physical senses, touch awareness is the only one that can support sufficient reaction time within these hazardous combat distances inside of arms length. Hence, it stands to reason that tactile reaction drills are a very useful component to traditional karate training and thus should not be ignored. In order to experience the beauty of karate fully, we must first come to accept and fully understand those pragmatic ranges to which the art was originally designed to cater for. Costs are; - £15 for I.A.B.C. members, £20 for non-members, if paid for in advance, £20 for I.A.B.C. members, £25 for non-members, payable on the day. Includes buffet lunch. A valid Martial arts licence and insurance will be required. The venue will be the Sports Complex and places can be booked via Ian Cottam on (01524) 849695, or by contacting any of the instructors via email. Click here to download an A4 flyer for the seminar.
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