ENG: The training year 2022 has ended on December 15th. To be precise it ended on December 6th with our last real training. 2022 was a very emotional year for me. Healthwise I had some really tenacious injuries and on the emotional side I lost my mother who lost her
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ENG: This is *not* a tutorial channel, this is *not* a simulation of a real fight, this is *not* the correct version. Why do I have to say this? So that there is no wrong impression and to clarify to some comments about the techniques not working „on the street“.
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ENG: 2018 Noda, Japan. I was about to enter my first training session and was puzzled. I was happy to at least meet one person I knew and who trained with me (eternal gratitude: Florian Nikl). During the break in Nagato Sensei’s class I got to know Stefan Jährling who
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ENG: I was thinking of writing a long blog, but all I feel is gratitude towards the people who recommended me. Will this change anything? I don’t know. Most of all does it matter? It is surely a personal milestone and also a new obligation to study and train more.
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ENG: Third session of our training year and we continued working on Takagi Yoshin Ryu. We concentrate on working on a specific kata for a longer period instead of working on many to „cover“ the school, which will never happen. To the end it is one life = ony ryu
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ENG: After a short(er) break compared to 2021 we could have a first training of the year with people attending. Last year Hatsu Geiko I recorded the session for this dojo’s members with no one allowed to attend. The more I was happy that all (boostered) members could join yesterday’s
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ENG: Today is December 22nd, 2021. Yesterday we had our last training of the year. Of course these past twelve months were lived under the shadows of Big-C, but I take the positive things with me: When we could train, we trained very well. I am thankful for having great
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ENG: School break in Hamburg. I have this little kunoichi in the making who wanted to train again. This Ninja-Princess‘ wish is my command. Today we had a little fun in the dojo. Of course I took care that she executed the movements correctly, but most of all it was
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ENG:This week, we covered a combination of movements, leading to a two punch scenario with omote gyaku, a controlling juji dori and bringing uke down. Before we ended there, we broke the whole thing down to the single movements and put them together at the end. It was a great
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ENG „Yesterday there were so many things, I was never shown.Suddenly this time I found, I’m on the streets and I’m all alone“ (Guns n‘ Roses, „Yesterdays“) Luckily I was never alone, I was on my own for quite a while but always had the right people to guide and
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