November 14th - Natural Sunday

We had a good turn out for today's Sunday session.  A mix of both kids, beginners and advanced levels. Many I am sure are practicing for the December 5th tournament and also the next grading towards the end of December. We saw a lot of improvement today especially for new joiners Minagawa-san and Takao-san. Both very athletic and seem very natural especially when  sparring.  Yes, it does take time but when you are enjoying karate it all seems to come together faster and more naturally. It's wonderful to see students fully indulged in Mugen Karate, to see it change their lives and become something more than just a sport to them.

 

 

Mugen Karate Tournament

December 5th will be the next Mugen Karate Tournament in the Tsukishima Sports Plaza. The event will be held from 1:15 to 5pm. Kids will compete individually (by their age group and size) while adults will compete in teams decided by Yamaguchi-sensei. Entry fee is 5000 yen and applications will close on November 20th so please make sure to apply when you next visit a Mugen branch. Promised to be another fun and safe event for all!


Tsukishima Sports Plaza is located in Chuo Ward, Tsukishima 1-9-2. Approximately one minute walk from Yurakucho Station, exit 7 (Yurakucho Line or Oedo Line) -> Map

November 11 - Fighters Club #6

Fighters Club tonight was focused on sparing - and only that! We all did 25 rounds of around 50 -53 seconds of sparing non stop. Then we spent the last 30 minutes doing match sparing. Hard work indeed but Yamaguchi-sensei lead us through a very physical yet safe practice session, it was excellent and much needed. At the end we also had time to work on a few low kick techniques and that was interesting. Aki-san and Miocchi yet again trying to see how much it hurts by kicking each others thighs. I think it was more painful to watch!

Wayne.

Mugen Karate Tournament

December 5th will be the next Mugen Karate Tournament in the Tsukishima Sports Plaza. The event will be held from 1:15 to 5pm. Kids will compete individually (by their age group and size) while adults will compete in teams decided by Yamaguchi-sensei. Entry fee is 5000 yen and applications will close on November 20th so please make sure to apply when you next visit a Mugen branch. Promised to be another fun and safe event for all!


Tsukishima Sports Plaza is located in Chuo Ward, Tsukishima 1-9-2. Approximately one minute walk from Yurakucho Station, exit 7 (Yurakucho Line or Oedo Line) -> Map

November 7 - Techy Sunday

Another great Sunday practice. This time more focus was placed on technique. Another great thing about Mugen Karate is that you always learn new things. Even if you think you are good at one technique there is always room for improvement.

 

 

Coming soon - The Mugen Interschool Tournament

December 5th will be the next Mugen Karate Tournament in the Tsukishima Sports Plaza. The event will be held from 1:15 to 5pm. Kids will compete individually (by their age group and size) while adults will compete in teams decided by Yamaguchi-sensei. Entry fee is 5000 yen and applications will close on November 20th so please make sure to apply when you next visit a Mugen branch. Promised to be another fun and safe event for all!

Tsukishima Sports Plaza is located in Chuo Ward, Tsukishima 1-9-2. Approximately one minute walk from Yurakucho Station, exit 7 (Yurakucho Line or Oedo Line) -> Map


Wayne.

November 5 - T.G.I.F "Super Kids"

Today's Friday's kids class was so much fun to watch. All the kids were practicing hard to get their photo taken so today I will post as many I can for all to see.

Actions speak louder than words so I will just leave it up to you to look at what I managed to capture.

Big thank you to all kids for giving me the chance to shoot some nice pictures.

Wayne.

                                          

                               

November 4 - Fighters Club #5 (The Hammer Punch)

Tonight was Fighter's Club #5 and it was yet another special session.The usual warm up kihon was in place as with the drills but after that we were straight into sparing. Yamaguchi-sensei lined himself up with Yoko-san, Hane-san, Teimo-san to fight 10 rounds with each of us. That was extremely exhausting even for people who could rest between rounds. After 10 rounds we had the regular match sparing and it was very noticeable tonight how everyone has improved.

Tonight the lime light is on Aki-san who came up with a new style punching technique which I am going to call "The Hammer Punch". It's like a chop with closed fist so when performed it looks like you are using a hammer. Some of us including myself volunteered to feel how painful it was. To be hit on the arm after class had finished was a bad idea! Great effort by Aki-san though for thinking of something new and applying it.


Though Fighters Club was intense and we were all pushed hard, there were no injuries. Many stayed back just to talk, laugh, give/take advice. Mugen Karate I can say is truly a place of good spirits and comradery.

Wayne.

Welcome to the Mugenryu Karate International Blog.

Mugenryu Karate was created by Sensei Takeshi Yamaguchi  about 8 years ago and has since opened many practices in Tokyo area.

His teaching style is very effective in helping students of all walks of life become stronger both physically and mentally.

This blog is dedicated to the practice of Mugenryu Karate for both international and Japanese readers.

I hope you enjoy the coverage and photo’s that I will try to provide.

Let the journey begin.

Wayne