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On
the weekend of the 28th and 29th May 2004 we were fortunate enough
to have a course by Shihan David Pickthal of the BKK. Shihan
Pickthal holds the rank of Godan and is one of the few genuine
all rounders in Kyokushin. He has won titles in Kata, Clicker and
Knockdown during his career and is the BKK Knockdown coach.
The course was held in Mullingar. The friday night session was
for seniors only and was held in Sensei Kens dojo. The course
covered many areas and Shihan introduced us to some new methods
of stretching over the weekend. The course continued on Saturday
morning and we were joined by juniors and seniosr from dojos all
acroos Ireland. After a short break for lunch we moved to a GAA
hall outside of Mullingar to accomodate the larger numbers.
Shihan covered more stretching, Kihon in many different stances
and of course clicker and knockdown. We ended the session with
general sparring and then it was back to Dublin for a relaxing
night out. The general impresssion from participants was that
they felt they learned a lot of new things and would like to see
Shihan return for another course at some point in the future.
Click here to see some
pictures.
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