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From: Zenos Christo 4thDan
Event Manager, IASK
I have been training with Sensei Adamou since 1989 and although
I have also trained with other instructors both previously and since,
in my view, Sensei Adamou's karate has always struck me as being
honest and straightforward. So much of karate seems to be either
deliberately cloaked in mystery and inaccessible or enveloped by
the instructor's own ego and politics.
I tried to pass on sensei's karate to my own students when I ran
a club in Enfield for a short while. It was therefore very encouraging
to see my students perform with the same honest and straightforward
karate for this special occasion. I for one am not a fan of demonstrations,
but I was very proud to see my students reflect the enthusiasm and
power of karate that makes it so magical and beautiful to watch.
The students performed just simple basics such as gedan-barai, sanbon
zuki, mae geri and keage followed by some basic pr-arranged sparring
(sanbon kumite I think). Each move was performed with such commitment,
enthusiasm and energy and when coupled with terrifying kiais, I
sat there and said to myself: "This is what karate is. Simple,
beautiful moves with devastating power. And all this from young
children....".
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