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Australian Open 2013

Tony Pizza

Published on Sunday, 21 April 2013 07:02

Congrats to all who competed today at the Australian Open. Special Mentions go out to Evgeniya Podborodnikova who took Gold (Kumite Individual female Seniors -68) in a very tough fight. Also Sensei Taka's student Mao Munakata who took Silver (Kumite Individual female Seniors +68) also in a very hotly contested division. Sensei Ricky Rigor's students also performed exceptionally well and big congrats go out to Johanna, Jasmine, John Georgas, Michael!

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Power & Passion

Tony Pizza

Published on Tuesday, 24 July 2012 10:33

Presented with permission from Blitz magazine

Life was never easy for Yossi Litvin.

He's worked hard, lived hard and played hard just to survive. But at times when he feltas if life was dealing him cards from the bottom of the deck, there was always a constant that Yossi Litvin could rely on, could live for, could thrive on. Karate.

Tai sabaki

Tony Pizza

Published on Thursday, 26 April 2012 16:49

Tai sabaki (体捌き?) is a term from Japanese martial arts and which relates to 'whole body movement', or repositioning. It can be translated as body-management. It is a term used widely in kendo, jujutsu, aikido, judo, and karate. Tai sabaki is usually used to avoid an attack, such that the receiver of the attack ends up in an advantageous position and it is often wrongly referred to as evasion.