January 13, 2014
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Have you ever been in the situation to teach kids in Okinawa Kobudo but missing proper weapons? I have. The worst thing that happens to a sensei of a beautiful martial art like Okinawa Kobudo is not to have proper tools to enable the students
January 12, 2014
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Shihan Jhonny Bernaschewice will be teaching in Bila Tserkva (Kiev, Ukraine) in March 2014. See the attached file for further information. If you have any questions feel free to contact Igor Sidorchuk via jujutsu-fudo@bigmir.net.
January 5, 2014
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Impressions of our last days on Okinawa, what an experience!
January 5, 2014
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So much to write and so little time to do so!
We had some amazing last days. Due to many training sessions this post will only be in note form. I am sorry for this!
- went to Naha and visited Heiwadori Market
- got wet through and
December 15, 2013
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Sunday is usually known as day to rest and relax. Not so for us here on Okinawa. Our training with Yamashiro Sensei started at 9:00 am and ended at 5 pm. Puh, yes, indeed a very long day but it went by in a rush.
December 15, 2013
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Here we are again with some impressions from Itoman. The last few days have been amazing.
Yesterday we started our training with Hamamoto Sensei in Naha. We had 2 hours of training spending half of the time working on knees. Jhonny san is used to this.
December 13, 2013
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The last 2 days were very exciting. I met Hamamoto Sensei for the first time at the Budokan in Naha. He is such a lovely person and a very patient teacher. We started our training with the first 12 Kata of Hachiman Ryu, a lot
December 10, 2013
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After a turbulent journey we finally made it to Okinawa. We were awaited by Yamashiro Sensei and Nakayama san (our translator) at the airport in Naha. First of all we went to Matayoshi Shinpo's grave and afterwards to our Minshuku. Tired as hell we fell
December 8, 2013
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Even hurricane "Xaver" could not stop Shihan Jhonny Bernaschewice and Shihan Kathrin Siggelkow from getting to Frankfurt Airport in order to catch their flight to Okinawa. We started with a busride from Schwerin to Hamburg where the elements outside gave us a rough ride. With
September 1, 2013
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We had the pleasure to have Kancho Hans Roos from Budo Hans Roos (Oud Beijerland - The Netherlands) and his students at the Hombo Dojo. The weekend 24th/25th August 2013 was dedicated to Matayoshi Kobudo. A set of different weapons (Bo, Sai, Tunkwa, Nunchaku) were