Annual WKKJO Clinics occur every July during 2 separate: two day clinics (Jiujitsu and Self Defense; Karate and Kobudo).
Come and Enjoy the Collaboration and Teachings of the WKKJO!
We have some notable Budo-Ka (Practitioners and Instructors) teaching and attending on dates in 2021.
Updates to follow!
“Punching, striking and kicking are not the only methods in karate. Throwing techniques and submission holds are included. All of these techniques should be studied in basic kata”
“My old way of karate was not accepted by everyone. Maybe my training methods were too hard or severe. Whatever it was, it was the way I learned and taught. It was only later, when the Americans came, that I changed my ways …”
“Kata must be practiced diligently, but you must not be constrained by them. You must withdraw from kata to produce forms with no limits, or else it becomes useless.”
“A kata is not fixed or immovable. Like water, it is ever changing and fits itself to the shape of the vessel containing it.” (this is an emphasis in our training at seminars)
“Do not fall into the trap of thinking that just because a kata begins to the left, that the opponent is attacking from the left” (another good one on the meaning of direction in kata)
“In the past, roughly three years were required to learn a single kata, and usually even an expert of considerable skill would only know three, or at the most, five kata”
“There are many kinds of postures in karate. While learning these postures should not be totally ignored, we must be careful not to overlook that they are just forms or templates. It is the function of their application which needs to be mastered”
"Regardless of how many kata you know, if your training is inadequate, they will be useless”
“Nothing is more harmful to the world than a martial art that is not effective in actual self defense”