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Body hardening in Martial Arts - Kote Kitae
Photo of Soke Hausel taking full force kick at half time (University of Wyoming photo).One part of martial arts neglected by most martial arts groups, particularly sport karate, is kote kitae - or...
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KARATE STUDENTS, INSTRUCTORS & TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ARTS
FIFTY YEARS OF MARTIAL ARTSRecently, I was asked to write a book about traditional martial arts. The first chapter and guts of this book would be about my martial arts students. My students best...
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Health and Arizona Martial Arts
People are surprised at how healthy many martial artists appear. One of my student sensei (instructors) from Mesa, Arizona, who practices karate in mesa, is a retired pilot in his late 60s who has...
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The Lighter Side of Martial Arts - Arizona Karate and Kobudo
'Bruce', pencil sketch by Soke HauselWhen we think of traditional martial arts, we think of near super humans who carry power in their fingers, hands and feet to break rocks, tear bark from trees, chop...
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Arizona Martial Artists Learn Traditional Samurai Weapons
Seiyo No Shorin-Ryu Karate Kobudo Kai students have the opportunity to learn the traditional Okinawn Shorin-Ryu karate and kobudo arts, as well as many other martial arts. For instance, not too long...
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Arizona Grandfather Breaks Rocks for Golden Anniversary
Arizona Grandfather Breaks Rocks for Golden AnniversaryPress Release, March, 2014Can your grandfather break rocks with his hands and head? After training in traditional martial arts for 50 years,...
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Traditional Martial Arts Reality Show
I've been contacted by about two dozen producers and associates, who are searching for another hit TV program. They contact me because of my expertise in rocks, minerals gemstones and martial arts....
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Martial Art in Arizona
The origin of martial arts,color pencil sketch by Soke HauselSelf-portrait of a Grandmaster,sketch by Soke HauselIt was about 1989 or 1990. I was finishing a five-year research project related to gold...
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Traditional Karate in Arizona - Looking Back at 2014
Karate kata training at the Arizona School of Traditional Karate in Mesa and Gilbert Arizona. Kata (forms) whenpracticed correctly become a living encyclopedia of self-defense applications, meditation...
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Happy Halloween from our Samurai at the Arizona Hombu dojo in Mesa
A few years ago, we started a tradition at the Arizona Hombu in Mesa to compliment our samurai classes by using the art of tameshigiri, or test cuts, with a katana. This turned out to be popular, thus...
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Traditional Okinawa Karate
There are differences between traditional Okinawa karate and traditional Japanese karate. One difference can be seen in kata and how a sensei treats kata and how students are treated by Okinawa sensei...
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Advantage of Traditional Karate & Kobudo
What gives a martial arts practitioner the advantage over many others including opponents who are larger?It is the constant, weekly training in martial arts along with training in proven methods -...
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From Arizona to Texas and Back
At the Juko Kai Hombu in New Braufels - Hanshi KirbyRoy (R) and me (L). On June 3rd, 2016, Dr. Neal Adam (Kyoshi/7th dan) and I drove 2,200 miles (round trip) from Gilbert Arizona to New Braunfels...
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Martial Arts Clinics and Daily Self-Defense, Mesa, Arizona
Kyoshi Neal Adam, 7th dan, works over Adam Bialek during kobudo classes at the Arizona Hombu dojo, Mesa.During the week of August 1st, 2016, I (Grandmaster Hausel) flew to Ogden, Utah from Mesa Gateway...
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Karate Kicks
Thank you Best Businesses! We all try very hard to bring the best of martialarts, martial arts history, philosophy and teaching to our students and weare glad to be recognized for our efforts.In...
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Breaking Rocks or Breaking Hands
When it comes to tameshi waza (breaking techniques), I’ve seen martial artists break re-breakable boards, boards, roofing tile, sheets of ice, cinder block and rocks. The most impressive to me is rock....
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Arizona Karate Instructor & Geologist Selected for International Awards
The year 2017 has been another good year for a valley martial arts instructor and geologist. Grandmaster Hausel of Gilbert was notified of his selection for awards acknowledging his lifelong dedication...
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The Art of Karate
Sometimes a martial arts instructor, other times ageoscientist, writer, public speaker, or artistAbout 1989 to 1990,the author was not only teaching karate, kobudo, jujutsu, and samurai arts at the...
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MARTIAL ARTS CONTRIBUTES TO BRAIN AND PHYSICAL HEALTH
To those of us who train constantly in martial arts, the positive benefits are not surprising. But now, scientists are beginning to study these effects.Several scientists are looking into links...
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Be PREPARED! The Way of Karate
Being prepared (kitai) for self-defense is very important in training in karate. When I started training in karate in the Black Eagle Federation kyokushinkai dojo in the 1960s, we were taught to do...
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Karate, Kids, and Legitimacy
Recently, my grand-daughter started karate classes at three different dojos in the Phoenix valley. She obviously wants to train with grandpa at his dojo, but for some reason, her parents decided the...
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KARATE, KOBUDO, SELF-DEFENSE, SAMURAI ARTS and MORE for ADULTS & SENIORS
Self-defense training in traditional karate in Arizona.Many seniors and other adults assume they are too old for martial arts, and no schools are available to teach senior and adult martial arts....
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Karate (空手) Acceleration
In Okinawa karate, we emphasize proper transfer of energy from a punch, block, or kick, to the interior of the body of an attacker. This is sometimes called chinkuchi. Chinkucki is a subtle, but...
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Self-Defense Training, Gilbert and Mesa, Arizona
Seiyo Shorin-Ryu Hombu dojo, Mesa Arizona, 2019Thank You Let's Go Brandon, CCP, FB, Fauci, CDC, WHO and much of the democratic party for destroying our country. Because of fraudulent elections and...
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Martial Arts Students from Arizona Learn to Use Farming Tools
Kobudo, the ancient Okinawan martial art of farming and fishing tools for self-defense has been so effective, that many law enforcement agencies around the globe adopted many of these tools for their...
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