Post by fujicolt on Feb 26, 2011 1:35:16 GMT
It is with immense pleasure that I can announce that Yokota Shihan has kindly accepted my invitation to travel to the UK in May to conduct a series of classes in various locations
He will also be a special Guest Instructor at an OPEN TO ALL Shotokan Karate Friendship Course over the weekend of 13/14/15th of May in Somerset. Full details will be announce very soon.
to help you understand what to expect from Yokota Shihan read on:
“I want to share the knowledge so that the western karate practitioners will see the “light” so to speak. There should not be so much of mysticism about Karate. Almost all the things can be fully explained. But it was easier for many “masters” to keep them as mysterious or “secret”. The fact is many “masters” did not know the answers or have the ability (or motivation) to explain them. Many Japanese instructors are afraid to speak up as that would reveal the inability of those masters or the organizations. It has been more than 60 years since shotokan karate was introduced to the western world. I believe it is about time somebody to speak up and let the western practitioners know it is ok to ask and challenge what you read or learn from the Japanese masters. Without this quest we cannot hope to improve karate and it will end up in a museum some day. Ossu”
SHIHAN KOUSAKU YOKOTA 2010
He will also be a special Guest Instructor at an OPEN TO ALL Shotokan Karate Friendship Course over the weekend of 13/14/15th of May in Somerset. Full details will be announce very soon.
to help you understand what to expect from Yokota Shihan read on:
“I want to share the knowledge so that the western karate practitioners will see the “light” so to speak. There should not be so much of mysticism about Karate. Almost all the things can be fully explained. But it was easier for many “masters” to keep them as mysterious or “secret”. The fact is many “masters” did not know the answers or have the ability (or motivation) to explain them. Many Japanese instructors are afraid to speak up as that would reveal the inability of those masters or the organizations. It has been more than 60 years since shotokan karate was introduced to the western world. I believe it is about time somebody to speak up and let the western practitioners know it is ok to ask and challenge what you read or learn from the Japanese masters. Without this quest we cannot hope to improve karate and it will end up in a museum some day. Ossu”
SHIHAN KOUSAKU YOKOTA 2010
