KARATE GIARDINA

Kyushindo Karate is a very flexible style which uses all natural circular movements of all the body.

There aren’t any secrets in this self defence; the only way to be good in this discipline is to train in a regular and rational way.

Before starting a Karate lesson it is very important to do the warming up exercise and after that put in practise the techniques.

The key to learn this self defence is to work constantly with the Kata because in them you will find techniques of defence or attack with co-ordination, speed, and power.

With the regular training of the Kata the Karate students will reach a personal experience and feeling to understand the relation between Mind , Body and Spirit.

The main purpose of this discipline it’s not just to learn a self defence but to be a better person in the club and outside the club in every day life.

The discipline and the respect are important qualities which a person should have before they can put in to practise the technical side of karate.

It’s not possible to learn the practical and theory of karate in a short time, also with this discipline there is a beginning but not an end.

Some of the reasons that people would want to learn karate could be various: to learn a self defence, to keep fit, to socialise with other people.

For anybody who practises karate, through the years will improve the fitness and the technique making their personality stronger and build up their confidence.

Everybody has got a different height, weight, some could be rigid or flexible but with a regular practise of karate anybody will discover which technique is more appropriate and natural for their own body frame.

Before the 2nd World War karate was practise only as a martial art, but from the early 1950s it was introduced to the rest of the world as a self defence with a combination of Sport and Discipline.

G.S.Mayo French teacher in Kyushindo Judo, with the cooperation of Ray Wood ,will develop Kyushindo Karate in England.

Sensei Ricky was the second black belt to be made in the Bristol Club.

It’s very important to remember Chief G.S.Mayo got advice and help from the Japanese teacher Kenshiro Abbe Master and Judo champion, Aikido and Kendo.

In this style , the Kyushindo badge and the philosophy came from Chief Mayo and Master Kenshiro Abbe.

When Sensei Ricky Diego Giardina went back to Italy in 1977 he had permission from Chief Mayo to have the Kyushindo badge with the Dragon in front of the Sun.

The Sun represents a perfect circle and life.

The Blue represents the universe.

The Dragon represents flexability and power.

The meaninig of kyushindo could be: The way of martial arts spirit, the search for the perfect way, the search for the truth.

The purpose of all these qualitys means to bring everything together as one,physically,mentally and spiritually.