Kata-RX For Wellness Full Course
This course picks up where course # 1 - The Core Kata Course leaves off. If you did not enroll & complete that course you must do so first.
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Attention new students you MUST takes the first course, The "Core Kata Course" before purchasing this course. This course builds on the physical movements and internal concepts of that course.
This course is the penultimate result of my 48 years of exploring karate kata. NO karate experience is necessary - it is specifically geared for the NON-martial artist. Anyone, anytime, anyplace can perform it. For that reason I call it the "1 Day-1 Lifetime" Kata (Ichi-Nichi-Issho in Japanese).
Additionally, this course provides classes offering insight into the entheogenic use of medical cannabis. For those students that are legally prescribed medical cannabis the integration of kata and medical cannabis is explored as a ritualistic ceremony.
No experience, no special clothes, no outside equipment, nothing is needed. At all times the kata resides within you percolating. It simmers ready to come forth when you call upon it in times of physical or mental distress. It helps me get through the rigors of daily life, and I believe it will help you also.Sore? Tired? Depressed? Panic Attacks? Do the kata.
Course Curriculum
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StartGhost Hand Kata - Double Hand Version (4:13)
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StartLet's Practice Double Hand Ghost Hand Together! (Cape Cod, MA) (1:28)
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StartSanchin Kata Expansion (3 movements forward) (6:38)
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StartSanchin Kata Expansion (1st step back) (6:04)
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StartLet's Practice Together! 1 Day / 1 Lifetime Integration So Far (5:02)
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StartSanchin Kata Expansion (final movements) (9:20)
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StartLet's Practice Together! Full Sanchin Kata (1:07)
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Start1 Day / 1 Lifetime Kata Incorporating The Full Sanchin Kata (3:57)
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StartNenjuushin (Everyday Mind) (6:17)
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StartFun With Sanchin Kata (1:14)
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StartThe Ghost Hand Gaze (6:45)
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StartGhost Hand Perception (Single Hand Version) (13:11)
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StartModification Of Full Sanchin Kata (7:33)
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StartDaily Kata Templates (12:18)
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StartMedical Cannabis Considerations For the Kata Templates (2:40)
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StartSanchin Kata - Three States (no not Three Battles) (5:52)
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StartSanchin Kata - Use Of The Tongue
Your Instructor
Sensei John M. Szmitkowski has 48 years of training and practicing Okinawa-based Karate-Do. In 1971 he began his training at age 10 in the Palisades Park, NJ Dojo of Shihan Thomas DeFelice, Ku-Dan, (ninth degree black belt) in Goshin-Do Karate-Do. To date, since the dojo opened in 1965, only twenty-four people have attained a black belt rank in this demanding style of karate. Sensei John is presently ranked as a Nana-Dan, (seventh degree black belt).
Sensei John's understanding of kata, the ritual forms of karate is profound. He had undertaken a deep exploration of kata resulting in a ground-breaking method of teaching certain, some may say sacred kata, to non-martial artists to promote physical and mental (spiritual) well-being. Sensei John is unique in this endeavor. Worldwide there are few who have such a rare ability to convert these ready kata into a life enhancing experience.
Academically, Sensei's highest level of education is a Juris Doctorate degree from Seton Hall University School of Law (1989). Sensei is a retired criminal defense attorney who now devotes a substantial part of his day exploring and teaching his methods.
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My sincerest thanks to you for visiting this page.
These courses are the result of (as of now) my 48 year exploration of karate kata. The penultimate result being this meditative kata for wellness. My your path from hereon in be smooth.