Global College Of The Openhand



		The Spirit

The Spirit of Friendship

Above: Gary Player (left) famous golfer, and M. Tanaka (centre), twice karate world champion, share the similarities of golf and karate, and particularly the importance of fitness – which is Gary’s stock in trade.

The Spirit of Exuberance
Above: When you achieve a height that seemed impossible – keep persisting and leap to the next level.

A Warrior helps others out of a mess.
A Worrier blames others for the mess he is in.

The Spirit of Seed - Time & Harvest
Right: Mark Robinson says “Practice applicable techniques on a regular basis. For example, first establish your base and get into the right position. Only then execute your tactic.”

The Spirit of Forgiveness
Right: Nelson Mandela came out of the darkness smiling like a Warrior of Peace.

Fighting Spirit
Above right: Tanaka explodes – in a
demonstration of skill and fighting spirit.

The Spirit of Recognition Left: Stan Schmidt presents Randall Hassell – karate master and author – with a recognition award. “We need to bring shotokan together.”	The Spirit of the Student Below: Master Nakayama shows Stan the way. “The greatest Masters are forever students,” he said.
The Spirit of Fighting Below: The deadly Isidonkana (stick or club) fighting. The aim is to mark the opponent, drawing blood – but with a pure heart, NOT an ugly heart.

The Spirit of Liberation
Left: Stan Schmidt and Johnny Clegg with a Zulu war captain. Johnny says that body movements of the Giya (dance) speak of liberation – enforcing your presence on fellow men. “The Japanese kata’s are in my opinion more constrained while the Zulu giya are big, wild movements – getting out of yourself. My life is a DANCE!”