GALLERY — CASALE MONFERRATO, ITALY, OCTOBER 2010
Written by Melanie S. Petrak
From October 8th to 10th, 2010, Sensei Jimmy Mora (New York City, USA) taught a Gasshuku in Casale Monferrato, located near Milan, Italy. This event was hosted by our Shinjinbukai Affiliate in Italy, Sensei Luca Simonetti, exclusively for the European Shinjinbukan members. Below are some of the highlights of this weekend training camp:
Kami wo Tsuki Yaburu — Paper Cutting Tsuki
Chīshi Training
October 9th — An important training tool used in Okinawan Karate is the Chīshi, which is a small one-sided weight used to train the stabilizing muscles, breathing control, body alignment and balance. Mora Sensei demonstrated the use of Chīshi as the rest of us followed along.
Naifuanchi Sho Dan
Our training continued with Naifuanchi Sho Dan by looking at the Junjo (the sequence of the kata). In the pictures below, Sensei Mora checked the correct posture of each position, as he explained this form to Luca Simonetti.
Ti Machiwara
October 10th — We continued our training with Ti Machiwara and some of the applications of these techniques.
Kami wo Tsuki Yaburu — Paper Cutting Tsuki
In the Shinjinbukan School, one of the typical training methods is to practice speed tsuki to cut paper. There is no specific name for this, but one possible name could be Kami wo Tsuki Yaburu. In the photos below, we have several examples of Melanie Petrak "breaking paper".
Click to See Video: Kami wo Tsuki Yaburu by Melanie Petrak (QuickTime Format)
Portraits
Shinjinbukan Europe — Standing from Left to Right:
Jean-marie Perrier (France), Artis Pabriks (Latvia), Jimmy Mora (USA), Luca Simonetti (Italy),
Melanie Petrak (Germany) & Ludovic Soler (France).
Below: Jimmy Mora (USA) and Luca Simonetti
Tour of Casale Monferrato
During our Gasshuku, our host took us on a tour of Casale Monferrato, which is located in the province of Alessandria, in the Piemont region, located in the northwest of Italy. Casale Monferrato is situated between Turin and Milan.
And Melanie Petrak celebrated her birthday during the last night.
