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Above:
Dolf Lundgren of “Rocky IV”,
Hollywood fame goes beyond acting after
working out in South Africa with the Early
Birds “You’ve got one helluva
back kick,” Derrick Geyer (7th Dan)
told Dolf. “Yeah, but I need to
get faster with my punches,” he
replied. Dolf is basically a Kyokushin
man, but practices kick boxing when touring
the world. |
Above Reunion
- 35 years later in Kurohime, Japan. Famous
author, ecologist, adventurer and karate-ka
C.W. Nicol meets with his “1963”
friends. Nick asked each of us to demonstrate
the progress made in our chosen art.
L to R: Host, Ikeda (Kendo 8th Dan), Stan
Schmidt, C.W. “Nick” Nicol
and Shunsuke Seto. |
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Left:
Johan Roets (7th Dan) and Stan Schmidt share
tech-niques and ideas with professional
ballerinas way back in the 1970’s. |
Right:
Roberto Sant’Anna (5th Dan karate)
from Sao Paula, Brazil with two students.
“I am also a student of Brazilian
Ju Jitsu and I integrate some of those
grappling techni-ques in my karate teach-ing,”
Sant’Anna said.
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Right:
Ken Wittstock (7th Dan) busy dealing with
a gun attack. “As martial artists
it is our responsibility to our students
to research and study so that we can teach
our students practical techniques relevant
to the threats society may confront them
with. In South Africa’s case we
cannot ignore the threat of handguns.”
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Left:
Ed Dorey (7th Dan) practising Escrima (Phillipine
fighting art) techniques in the South African
bush. Since retiring from teaching karate,
Ed now trains and studies various weapons;
Jo, Bo, Nunchaku, Escrima and knife fighting.
Knife fighting and throwing is his special
passion. We had traditionally learnt “don’t
try to block a knife.” But after training
with Eddie, I see that nothing is impossible.
He studies the AMOK system and tells me
his teachers skills at blocking and countering
knife attacks are utterly unbelievable. |
Below:
T. Chinen - Goju Ryu Master – in Stan
Schmidt’s back yard, impressing upon
him the significance of Okinawan conditioning
drills. In this case, chishi – a weighted
implement designed to strengthen the grip,
wrist, forearm and shoulder areas. Arnold
de Beer, South Africa’s 7th Dan Goju
expert is a firm adherent and has developed
some unique conditioning drills, which relate
to enhancing one’s karate skills.
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