ITTSUKAN DOJO: 2011

12/31/2011

Happy new Year 2012

8/06/2011

Japanese Language Translation Services

Ever wondered what your rank certificate really says? Have a note, letter, or article that you wished you knew more about. Wonder what the kanji on that gift your students gave you says, or the kanji on that photograph?

Ittsukan Okinawa Isshinryu Karatedo Kobudo is now offering Japanese language translation to English for martial arts related documents.

All translation is done by experienced native speakers of both English and Japanese. Ensuring that the translation is true to the original content and reliably accurate. Also, great care is taken that the finished translation is worded naturally and faithful to the cultural context of the target language.

5/01/2011

Isshin-ryu: Carrying on the Tradition of Okinawa’s “One Heart Way”

Isshin-ryu: Carrying on the Tradition of Okinawa’s
“One Heart Way”
Black Belt
September 1982
By Jim Coleman

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4/30/2011

Angi Uezu Isshin Ryu’s Quiet Master

Angi Uezu
Isshin Ryu’s Quiet Master
Official Karate

February 1975

By Joseph Jennings

The Uniqueness of Isshin-ryu Karate

The Uniqueness of Isshin-ryu Karate
IKF Presents Masters & Styles

July 1995

By John Bishop

3/30/2011

The Legend of Isshin-ryu's Tatsuo Shimabuku

The Legend of Isshin-ryu's Tatsuo Shimabuku
Okinawa's Crazy Man
Black Belt

March 1986

By Arsenio J. Advincula

The Mysteries of Isshin-ryu Karate

The Mysteries of Isshin-ryu Karate
Shimabuku's One Heart Way
Black Belt

April 1986

By Arsenio J. Advincula

And hey....another Bruce Lee cover.

3/01/2011

Advincula Seminar 1987

Advincula Seminar in Calgary Alberta Canada January 1987
Black Belt
July 1987

What's so interesting about this?

This was the first time Advincula Sensei conducted a seminar in Canada. The previous articles are what prompted Gary Martin of Calgary to visit him in California and then to bring Sensei in for a seminar. This was the first time I had ever met him and have been a student of his ever since.

The article mentions some problems at the airport. We suspect someone from a Canadian Isshinryu group called Immigration to be on the look out for him and that he may be working in Canada illegally.

He wasn't.

Luckily the only weapons he was carrying were baton for Escrima.

I believe this was also the seminar that Geoff Desmoulin, yes, that Geoff Desmoulin, one of the hosts of Deadliest Warriors and a student of mine and Gary Martin's, was promoted to Shodan.