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Karate-Do Seminars
In recent years our most popular seminars have been centered around Takeshin Aiki-ju-jutsu. Because Shihan Annesi hosts BUSHIDO-KAI's ANNUAL AIKI FESTIVAL every Spring, his name has become associated with quality Aiki, however Shihan Annesi also has an extensive background in karate and is familiar with many Japanese, Okinawan and Korean styles.
Popular seminar topics in Karate:
Introduction to TAKESHIN KARATE-DO
A systematic revelation of the Takeshin kyu curriculum - how it develops from a conceptual base, through the levels of skill into higher principles.
Teaching Karate Freestyle
A systematic approach to developing skill in non-tournament sparring. Especially good for students who have no well-developed sparring style or whose style has become ineffective in dojo sparring. Shihan Annesi offers both a tactical and strategic approach as well as revealing little tricks of the trade. Some tactics may have to be adjusted to various tournament rules.
Kata Escapes from Holding Attack
There are many escapes from typical attack situations, however the detail in which Shihan Annesi covers these and the lack of strength required for a subtle escape is often amazing. Once you study subtle escapes, even rougher ones, more direct escapes will be enhanced. Each one comes from a traditional karate kata.
Hidden Throws and Locks of Karate-do
One of our most popular karate seminars! Before Seiyu Oyata, before George Dillman, Shihan Annesi was working out the various hidden throws and locks for himself. With his Aiki background, he sees many subtleties in kata that many practitioners may overlook.
The Principles of Karate
A new approach to understanding karate from basic principles studied in depth. For example, SPEED is broken up into Motion Speed, Reaction Speed, Initiation Speed, and De Facto Speed, POWER is subdivided into Strength, Mass Displacement, Acceleration, Relaxation, and Penetration. Other topics include STABILITY, MOVEMENT, MENTAL INTENT.
Comparative Karate
Shihan Annesi compares various technical methods of performing standard karate waza and discusses their strong and weak points. Each has its value, but one must understand the situation in which each is applicable before one can defend oneself using these waza.
Cracking the Kata Code: How Does a Kata Mean?
One of our most popular karate seminars! There are so many levels of meaning to kata, students who thought that this training method was out of date have been converted! If kata are like a work of literature, this seminar is the Cliff Notes! How to look at kata to get self-defense applications galore.