26th July – 8th August 2024Naha / Okinawa / Japan The European group gathered 21 members from Germany and Russia that had a busy schedule on the 12 days on their Okinawa stay. Already on the first day the group went for sightseeing: the kings palace Shurijo-Castle, the mausoleum of the king Tama-Udun, the stone … Read more
4th – 7th July 2024 // 44 participants from eight German federal states, three guests from Poland and of course Tamayose Hidemi Sensei (10th Dan) with his wife Masako-san from Okinawa traveled to Nordhausen in Thuringia to spend four days intensively learning the intricacies of the Ryūkyū Kobudō Tesshinkan. In addition to the content from … Read more
28th March – 9th April 2024 // Tomsk – Jurga – Kaliningrad Pelny Sensei’s annual seminars in Russia took place over Easter this year. After initial concerns due to the current tense political situation and the associated very difficult journey via Istanbul, he nevertheless accepted the invitation. He was greeted with warm hospitality on site. This … Read more
October, 12 – 14 2023 28 participants from eight dōjō (Semiluki, Voronezh region, Moscow, Moscow region, Orel / Livny, Sevastopol, Yurga, Nordhausen / GER) met in Semiluki near Voronezh for a joint training. The seminar was organized by Evgenii Kiselev Sensei. Frank Pelny Shihan traveled from Germany as the course leader and as the Shibu-Chō … Read more
54 participants from 5 nations (Algeria, Austria, Poland, Japan, Germany) completed 16 intensive training units in 4 days. Tamayose Hidemi Kaichô came all the way from Okinawa and impressed with his open and warm nature as well as many technical details in the training. Five Dan exams could be passed: * 5. Dan: Pierre Lorenz … Read more
On February 18th, despite carnival and the winter holidays, committed karateka met to get a taste of the old weapon art of Kobudo. Sebastian Edelmann could be won as a coach. Sebastian trains karate and kobudo since many years and last year he placed 3rd in the Sai Adult category at the World Tournament in … Read more
27 th -30 th October, 2022 in Kaliningrad (RUS) Despite Corona, the Ukraine war and various sanctions, Frank Pelny finally managed to travel to Russia again this year and to give Russian Tesshinkan practitioners the latest updates and to conduct exams. The organizer of the seminar was Pavel Dolgachev, a student of Frank Pelny and … Read more
1. – 9. August 2022 Okinawa Prefectural Budokan & Okinawa Karate Kaikan Naha / Okinawa / Japan First of all, this Okinawa trip has eclipsed everything that has been done so far in the last 20 years in terms of organizational effort. The travel preparations began in the long term at the end of October … Read more
47 participants from Germany, Austria and Greece met for the Europe Gasshuku, as usual with best “Okinawa weather”. The focus of this year’s training was on partner exercises. The techniques had to be executed at the right distance and with the right timing, with or against the partner. This brought new insights for most of … Read more
Despite Corona, the Europe Gasshuku 2021 was held from July 29th to August 1st. The Karate-Do-Kwai Nordhausen under the lead of Frank Pelny Shihan was the organizing club for the 10th time – a small anniversary. In addition to participants from all over Germany, Katherine Loukopoulos (8th Dan Matsubayashi-Ryû) from Greece and seven of her … Read more