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 Article origin: Russia |
Micke Forsman |
| From 6th to 9th of May 2010 there happened a significant event in the Russian world of martial arts. Our country was visited by the famous Grand Master of Karate from Sweden - Kancho David Cook (9th Dan) - the author of the famous book "The Power of Karate”, the founder of Ashihara International-Karate style in Europe, the author of unique techniques of martial arts, and the founder of his own st... |
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| Article origin: Russia |
Micke Forsman |
| My name is Max and I will tell about TSG winter camp that was organized by Shihan Ivan nearby Moscow in January 2010. This camp was dedicated to development of grappling skills. Despite the fact that grappling is an element of the TSG Mixed Martial Art system, many had come from Kyokushin, Ashihara and Senshin Karate to learn more about it...... |
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| Article origin: Russia |
Lars Utter |
| This year’s journey to the annual Russian Summer Camp started very early on a Thursday morning. Kancho David C Cook and I headed towards Arlanda airport to meet up with the other assistant instructor Shihan Mikael Forsman who had already arrived at the airport from the north of Sweden earlier that morning. It is not very often we get to meet all three of us so when I saw Shihan Mikael at the airpo... |
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 Article origin: Sweden |
Micke Forsman |
| Soke Ruiz asked for Soke Cook´s 8th Dan belt and after that he took up the new 9th Dan belt! It was a beautiful Obi with red colour on one side and black and red on the other side with golden kanji! Soke Ruiz used a Tsuba from a Katana to tie the new belt on Soke Cook! I must say that the Obi looked perfect on Soke Cook and that it is the correct belt for a Grandmaster to wear!... |
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| Article origin: Russia |
Micke Forsman |
| As usual the of participants camp was very good with a lot who were eager to learn the finer details of the techniques and improve their art in Budo! This is very satisfying for us who teach at the camp. There are many positive things about the good Russian sportsmen and the camp.... |
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| Article origin: Sweden |
David C. Cook |
I have the great pleasure of announcing that the Tsu Shin Gen Budo Association Secretary Sensei Micke Forsman has been promoted to 5th Dan and now has the title Shihan.
Shihan Micke is a perfect example of what it takes to reach such a high grade in the TSG Association.
Shihan Micke is an excellent instructor; he has produced numerous Black Belts in his Piteå Dojo. ... |
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| Article origin: Sweden |
Micke Forsman |
| In the middle of March a mail arrived to the Tsu Shin Gen headquarters with an invitation to a Knockdown championship in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates! The invitation was under the patronage of H.H. Sheik Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan´s – Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research. The invitation was very special and got our attention because it was Kancho Waleed who was organizin... |
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| Article origin: Russia |
Ivan Titenkov |
| The Moscow area, Monino, March 30th 2008, at the Sports Hall of the Military Air Academy named after Jury Gagarin. The spring morning sun has lit up the big sports hall of the Academy where for the fourth year young and beginning sportsmen from clubs and the federations teaching various systems of Fighting have gathered. On this day all of them are united and equal in this open tournament organize... |
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| Article origin: Sweden |
Micke Forsman |
| The competition was for standing fighting only with light contact and the duration of the matches was a 2-minute round with one referee and two corner judges. The children were between the ages of 8 to 12 years old and there were both girls and boys. They seemed to have a lot of fun ... |
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| Article origin: Russia |
David C. Cook |
| Once again it was time to meet up with my friends Shihans Dave Jonkers and Semmy Schilt. This time it was in Moscow at the invitation of Shihan Titenkov 6th Dan. It was 14 years since the four of us were together in Moscow and we were there to hold a seminar. Actually as it turned out Shihan Semmy did all the teaching. Although he is best known as a fighter, he is also a very good teacher with a l... |
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| Article origin: Russia |
Ivan Titenkov |
Moscow was visited by 3 time K-1 World Champion, King of Pancrase, and the winner of numerous International Tournaments of Ashihara Karate - Shihan Semmy Schilt, 6th Dan Tsu Shin Gen.
Together with him were his personal trainer and our old friend Shihan Dave Jonkers 7th Dan, and also the president of the Tsu Shin Gen International Organization Soke David Cook 9th Dan
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| Article origin: Russia |
David C. Cook |
| The Winter Camp in Russia is becoming a pleasant way of getting started with the training after Christmas and New Year. This year the date of the camp was 18th to 21st of January and as usual it took place at the sports Centre and Boarding House near the town of Pushkino.... |
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| Article origin: Sweden |
David C. Cook |
| The day after I arrived home from Moscow I flew to Amsterdam Airport to join up with Shihan Dai Dave Jonkers and Shihan Semmy Schilt for the long flight to South Korea for the Last 16 Tournament.... |
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| Article origin: Sweden |
David C. Cook |
| The IBK was holding its first World Championships. It was in 1996 that Shihan Dave and I were asked by Kaicho Bluming to affiliate our AIKO with his Kyokushin Budokai to form the original IBK. I have not been involved in the IBK for the last few years and Shihan Dave thought that I should get more involved and that this would be a good opportunity to do so. . .... |
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| Article origin: Russia |
Micke Forsman |
| Usually the International Russian Budo Camp is in August, but this time it took place in late September! The view that greeted us at the holiday camp Salute in the Pushkinsky area was beautiful autumn weather with big colourful leaves sailing down from the trees! In the area there were a lot of young happy children running around playing games. They seemed very happy and the surroundings together ... |
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| Article origin: Russia |
David C. Cook |
| At the celebration of Moscow’s 860 year Jubilee as a city the Tsu Shin Gen Russia was invited to participate in a Budo festival. The display took place in the Chistoprudny Bulvar Street in the centre of Moscow and was organized by Sergey Kosorotov from Moscow Kodokan.... |
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| Article origin: Sweden |
David C. Cook |
| This Seminar was held in the capital city of Stockholm at the TSG Stockholm’s Dojo! The location of the Dojo is in the centre of the city at St Eriksgatan 50. The TSG club shares the Dojo with a Kung Fu club and the decorations in the Dojo are inspired by traditional Chinese Martial Arts. This made the atmosphere different to what we are just to, because the most of us have a strict Japanese backg... |
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| Article origin: Sweden |
David C. Cook |
| It was a great honor that Shihan-Dai Dave and Shihan Semmy from team Golden Glory accepted an invitation to come to Sweden for a seminar! It was Soke Cook’s twenty year long friendship with Shihan-Dai and Shihan Semmy that made it possible! It was not easy for Soke to arrange a seminar, due to the full schedule Shihan-Dai Dave and Shihan Semmy have in the K-1 competition!... |
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| Article origin: Russia |
David C. Cook |
| On the 18th - 22nd of February 2007, the All Russia Open Winter Camp took place in Pushkinsky area, Moscow region at the sports complex Zeleny Gorodok. Shihan Ivan and Sensei German were the instructors that were representing Tsu Shin Gen at the camp. One of the other instructors at the camp was Jury Egorov from St.-Petersburg (6 Dan International Association Ashihara Karate). Also attending was Y... |
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| Article origin: Russia |
David C. Cook |
| On the 11th of February 2007, the third All Russia Open Tournament took place in Moscow at the sports complex Red October. The main event was the tournament with Ashihara International rules, open for all Ashihara sportsmen in Russia in the age between 16 up to 20 years old. The competitors showed high quality and uncompromised determination in their fighting and several of them went away with fin... |
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| Article origin: Russia |
David C. Cook |
| On the 14th of October, Shihan Ivan and Sensei German were invited by Sergey Kosorotov to hold an open Tsu Shin Gen seminar at the Kodokan Dojo in Moscow. Attending at the seminar were several sportsmen from Ashihara and Kyokushin Karate. Shihan Ivan and Sensei German showed the basic and technical aspects of Tsu Shin Gen for the participants who really liked the standing fight combined with grapp... |
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| Article origin: Russia |
David C. Cook |
| We arrived in Moscow on the 26th of August and we were driven directly to Minina; which is the military base where we held the Tsu Shin Gen Instructors Course earlier this spring. This time we only stayed for one night and the next morning we drove to the Pushkinsky area to the settlement Zeleny Gorodok where we were accommodated at the boarding house Salute. We have held a Summer Camp there once ... |
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| Article origin: Sweden |
David C. Cook |
| On Wednesday June 28th eager students, including many Black Belts, gathered in the Swedish city of Norrköping. Participants from all the Tsu Shin Gen Dojos in Sweden were there. We were also honoured by the presence of Shihan Ivan Titenkov 5th Dan and Sensei German Stasenko 3rd Dan from Russia. Mr “Peter” from Nautilus Gym had arranged superb facilities for the camp with a big Dojo and living quar... |
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| Article origin: Sweden |
David C. Cook |
| It was great meeting my old friends Shihan Dave Jonkers and Sem Schilt at the Amsterdam Airport. I had not met them for a few years and I was very happy to see that time and success has not changed them. They were accompanied by Sem's Manager Bas Boon and his sparring partner Jelle Waringa. Jelle is a real tough guy, whereas most fighters “only” have to face Sem for 3 rounds Jelle does this all th... |
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| Article origin: Russia |
David C. Cook |
| It was an early afternoon on the 20th of March, Soke David C Cook and two of his Sensei’s arrived at Moscow’s International airport. They had been invited to hold a TSG Instructors course for several Dojos from regions all over Russia. The regions represented were Samara, Moscow, Moscow Region, Kamensk–Uralsky and Lipetsk. The person who arranged this event in Russia was Shihan Ivan Titenkov 6th D... |
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2010-05-06