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Karate expert puts new spin on technique for students
Sensei Kasuya from Japan with BOP Karate Association members (left to right) Christain Dunsmuir, 11, Kane Dunsmuir, 6, Aiden Bishop, 10 and Ben Isles, 10 during a martial arts demonstration at Otumoe
The presence of a top karate master and multiple world champion this week is putting a whole new spin on the discipline for its students in the Bay.
On his first visit to New Zealand, World Karate-Do Federation founder and chief instructor Sensei Kasuya will treat about 500 local karate devotees to his dynamic training techniques tonight at Otumoetai College.
Now 62 but easily passing for a superbly fit man in his forties, Sensei (teacher) Kasuya of Japan breaks the straight-line stepping of traditional kata routines by adding body spins - tying the moves closely to actual combat.
Arriving in Tauranga yesterday as guest of the BOP Karate Association - which became affiliated  to his worldwide federation last year - the shotokan expert is in the country to share his expanded techniques in this city, Hamilton and Auckland.
"My teaching method is totally different from other masters. A person might have been training 30 years but find the spinning technique a very difficult task," the eighth dan black belt says.
Read more in today's Bay of Plenty Times
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