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Budo Journeyman

Tim Shaw
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• Wado karate, Budo and general martial arts, both technical and theoretical.

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Wado in international WKF kata competitions – Part 2.

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Kata judge.

When I became a kata judge myself, I gained an insight into how difficult it could be.

In the Wado I was involved in, it seemed that we largely pushed aside what was written as the judging criteria for kata...

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Wado in international WKF kata competitions – Part 1.

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Apparently, some Shotokan people feel really aggrieved as to why they are considered third string when it comes down to kata choices in competition at international level.

From a Wado perspective, I have two words… ‘Boo Hoo’...

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Why Wado Karate doesn’t do itself any favours; Part 2

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In our search for easy answers we tend to lean into a kind of logic that bypasses the complexities, because it makes for a great soundbite.

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Monoliths and Monocultures.

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Are monolithic and monocultural karate organisations such a good idea?

Listening to an interview recently with a senior UK Shotokan instructor, he described the first Shotokan organisation from the 1970’s onwards in Britain...

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Examples of sayings that are (and are not) useful to Budo people.

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Often things can be boiled down to very direct descriptions that just cut to the very heart of things. Other times they come from Online slop, or just made-up rubbish.

Starting with the positive.

J. F. Roxburgh nails it...

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    As a martial arts and Budo enthusiast. I am a senior instructor (7th Dan) in Wado karate, based in the UK. My karate training has been a continual journey since I first stepped into a Wado Dojo way back in 1974.

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