Reid all about it:
Kyokushin legend returns
for kudo
Kyokushin instructor and
100-man-fight veteran Shihan
Judd Reid returned to his
home town of Melbourne
in May and will be giving
seminars around the country
throughout June. He will also
be one of several high-profile
martial artists attending the
National Kudo Seminar in
Eltham, Vic. On 17 June, which
will also feature a series of
single-match full-contact kudo
bouts after the workshop.
Hosted by Sempai Kiley
Baker, 3rd Dan, at Eltham
Martial Arts Academy and
captained by Kudo Australia
chief instructor (and Blitz
columnist) Paul Cale, the kudo
event will draw instructors and
fighters from across Australia.
UFC fighter and BJJ
Black-belt Brendan O’Reilly
will attend, along with Kudo
World Cup bronze medallist
Anton Zafir, national champ
Ian Bone and some ofAustralia’s most experienced
Kyokushin exponents.
Along with Reid, the likes
of Canberra’s Shihan Glen
Gibbons and Parkes’ Shihan
Darren Jordan are among
senior Kyokushin instructors
now bringing the sport of kudo
into their schools.
Kudo (originally Kudo Daido
Juku) is an exciting mixed
martial art from Japan, devised
by former top Kyokushin
fighter Jukucho Azuma
Takashi. Fast and full-contact,
it includes all bodily weapons
(including headbutts) as well
as throws and groundfighting,
but competitors wear full-face
helmets to minimise damage.
The seminar will cater to
all styles and skill levels, and
is expected to draw many
participants from both the
karate and BJJ/judo ranks.
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Following a highly successful 2016 seminar,
the World Budo Kan Association (WBKA) will
host the WBKA Kokusai Kaigi International
Congress again in 2017, with the event set for
28 October at Ingle Farm Recreation Centre in
Adelaide, SA.
The all-day seminar will feature renowned
martial arts instructors teaching multiplesessions covering aikido, Shorin-ryu karate,
Kojo-ryu karate, bunkai (katas applications),
kyusho-jutsu (pressure-point attacks), bojutsu
(staff combat), jojutsu (short staff) and more.
The seminar is open to martial artists of any
style and rank over the age of six.
Organiser Carl Withey, president of the
not-for-profit WBKA, said the event wouldbring together some of the best martial arts
masters ever to come to Adelaide.
“This is an outstanding opportunity to learn
directly under some of the world’s leading
exponents of the martial arts,” he said. “In
addition, we have for the general public live
demonstrations, origami and calligraphy.
There is something for everyone. It should be
a fantastic fun day for all.”
The seminar presenters at the event
will include:
đƫ Kazuo Hoshiyama Hanshi, 10th Dan, jujitsu
(Arizona, USA)
đƫ Garry O’Connor Hanshi, 10th Dan, Okinawa
Ryu karate
đƫ Carl Withey Kyoshi, 8th Dan, jujitsu and
aikido (Australia)
đƫ Angel Lemus Kyoshi, 7th Dan, kobudo
(Hawaii, USA)
đƫ Juerg Steiner Shihan, 6th Dan, aikido
(Switzerland)
For more information, email Carl Withey at
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