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Sensei Walter Bera PhD
Приєднався 16 гру 2011
My channel explores my life-long interests and ongoing pursuits in psychology, martial arts, philosophy, Zen Buddhism, and world travel. I am a Shotokan Karate Sensei, Kali/Jeet Kune Do and Japanese Soto Zen practitioner, University of Minnesota Ph.D., Narrative Therapy trainer, author, and teacher.
Training at Karate Krakow Dojo. Trening w Karate Kraków Dojo. Sensei Mielnik prepares for Nationals.
Magdalena Mielnik
2 DAN
A certified instructor and judge of the Polish Traditional Karate Association. She has been training karate since 2004, and since 2011 a member of the Polish National Team. With her hard work, she wins medals at the Polish, European and World Championships. A competitor of the Polish Traditional Karate League. The experience gained through the competitions is shared with the younger players of the Krakow KKT.
THE BIGGEST SPORTS SUCCESSES:
2nd place in kumite team. Polish Senior Championships, Opole 2018.
3rd place in en-bu near the Polish Senior Championships, Opole 2018.
3rd place in kumite os. Karate World Championships, Fudokan Romania 2017.
2nd place in kumite team. Club European Senior Championships Lublin 2017.
2nd place in kumite team. Polish Mazovia Cup, Pruszków 2017
3rd place in kumite team. Polish Senior Championships, Zamość 2017
1st place Polish Kumite Cup team. Mazovia Cup, Pruszków 2016
Magdalena Mielnik
2 DAN
Dyplomowany Instruktor i sędzia Polskiego Związku Karate Tradycyjnego. Trenuje karate od 2004 roku, od 2011 roku członkini Kadry Narodowej Polski. Swoją ciężką pracą zdobywa medale mistrzostw Polski, Europy i Świata. Zawodniczka Polskiej Ligi Karate Tradycyjnego. Doświadczeniem zdobytym poprzez nią chętnie dzieli się z młodszymi zawodnikami Krakowskiego KKT.
NAJWIĘKSZE SUKCESY SPORTOWE:
II miejsce w kumite druż. Mistrzostwa Polski Seniorów, Opole 2018r.III miejsce w en-bu k/m Mistrzostwa Polski Seniorów, Opole 2018r.III miejsce w kumite ind. Mistrzostwa Swiata w Karate, Fudokan Rumunia 2017r.II miejsce w kumite druż. Klubowe Mistrzostwa Europy, Seniorów Lublin 2017r.II miejsce w kumite druż. Puchar Polski Mazovia Cup, Pruszków 2017r.III miejsce w kumite druż. Mistrzostwa Polski Seniorów, Zamość 2017r.I miejsce Puchar Polski w kumite druż. Mazovia Cup, Pruszków 2016r.
2 DAN
A certified instructor and judge of the Polish Traditional Karate Association. She has been training karate since 2004, and since 2011 a member of the Polish National Team. With her hard work, she wins medals at the Polish, European and World Championships. A competitor of the Polish Traditional Karate League. The experience gained through the competitions is shared with the younger players of the Krakow KKT.
THE BIGGEST SPORTS SUCCESSES:
2nd place in kumite team. Polish Senior Championships, Opole 2018.
3rd place in en-bu near the Polish Senior Championships, Opole 2018.
3rd place in kumite os. Karate World Championships, Fudokan Romania 2017.
2nd place in kumite team. Club European Senior Championships Lublin 2017.
2nd place in kumite team. Polish Mazovia Cup, Pruszków 2017
3rd place in kumite team. Polish Senior Championships, Zamość 2017
1st place Polish Kumite Cup team. Mazovia Cup, Pruszków 2016
Magdalena Mielnik
2 DAN
Dyplomowany Instruktor i sędzia Polskiego Związku Karate Tradycyjnego. Trenuje karate od 2004 roku, od 2011 roku członkini Kadry Narodowej Polski. Swoją ciężką pracą zdobywa medale mistrzostw Polski, Europy i Świata. Zawodniczka Polskiej Ligi Karate Tradycyjnego. Doświadczeniem zdobytym poprzez nią chętnie dzieli się z młodszymi zawodnikami Krakowskiego KKT.
NAJWIĘKSZE SUKCESY SPORTOWE:
II miejsce w kumite druż. Mistrzostwa Polski Seniorów, Opole 2018r.III miejsce w en-bu k/m Mistrzostwa Polski Seniorów, Opole 2018r.III miejsce w kumite ind. Mistrzostwa Swiata w Karate, Fudokan Rumunia 2017r.II miejsce w kumite druż. Klubowe Mistrzostwa Europy, Seniorów Lublin 2017r.II miejsce w kumite druż. Puchar Polski Mazovia Cup, Pruszków 2017r.III miejsce w kumite druż. Mistrzostwa Polski Seniorów, Zamość 2017r.I miejsce Puchar Polski w kumite druż. Mazovia Cup, Pruszków 2016r.
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Karate Weight Vest Training by Sensei Bera 3rd Dan
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Kali Master Tuhon Ray Parra: Biographical Interview
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Narrative Therapy Practices in Coaching and Consultation with Chené Swart, Ph.D.
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Kenwood Center recorded this very special presentation with Chené Swart, PhD as part of the Center's international training program. Hope you enjoy. Walter Bera, PhD, Kenwood Center Founder and Director. Bio: I am Chené Swart, greetings from South Africa! As a child of this soil, I am gripped by the gifts of narratives, human connectedness, diversity, moving through and transformation that insp...
Rare! Watch How Famous Nature Photographer Jim Brandenburg Creates Incredible Nature Photo (2014)
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Rare and special: How Famous Nature Photographer Jim Brandenburg Creates Incredible New Nature Photo (2014). Watch Jim set up and create this incredible photo on the Mississippi River in 2014. Sensei Walter Bera and team invited to watch and video Jim's creative process! Nothing Photoshopped. High end digital camera results.
Kali Knife Defense with Guro Tiffany and Alana
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Taking AIM: The American Indian Movement
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Polish National Traditional Karate Championships
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Polish National Traditional Karate Championships
Kata Bassai Sho with Weights by Sensei Bera
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Karate Weight Vest Training by Sensei Bera
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Karate Master Richard Kim, 9th Dan. Historic Interview by Walter Bera (1977)
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Karate Kumite Techniques by JKA Sensei M. Nakayama (1978). No Sound. Techniki Karate Kumite.
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KickBox-Do: A New Martial Arts Fitness Program. KickBox-Do: nowy program fitness w sztukach walki.
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Polish Traditional Karate Nationals 2022: Men's Kumite . Mistrzostwa Polski Karate Tradycyjnego 2022
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Polish Traditional Karate Nationals 2022 by Sensei Bera Mistrzostwa Polski Karate Tradycyjnego 2022.
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Polish Traditional Karate Youth Kumite Championships 1: Dorosłe Mistrzostwa Polski w Kumite Karate
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Training at Karate Krakow Dojo. Trening w Karate Kraków Dojo. Sensei Mielnik prepares for Nationals.
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Hangetsu Kata Illustrated by Sensei Bera. Hangetsu Kata Ilustrowane przez Sensei Bera.
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you're inspiring
Hidetaka Nishiyama besides to be a great Karateka, he was a Great human being, we should be always remembering him. ;)
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Thank you for posting !! Still think we were the only 2 Walters at MKA. Hope all is well.
You bet. Where are you now?
@@senseiwalterberaphd9727 still up in St. Cloud. Still get down to train once in a while. Usually under Al or Jerry since they have noon classes. Hope all is well.
You’re still a favorite sensei! Fantastic talent!
Fantastic - great spirit - finest KARATE-Students - nice document !
Thank you , sensei.
What style do you practice I'm a wadoryu 2nd Dan
Shotokan Karate. Main Sensei are Robert Fusaro (Minneapolis, MN), Nishiyama (Los Angeles, CA), Nakayama (Tokyo, JP) and Steve Ubl (La Jolla, CA)
Amen. 🙏
Bless her.
Where's sensei tabata
He is the big Japanese guy kicking and throwing me, with the pony tail.
Thanks James morrow sandan with sensei tabata he is missed
Maybe I missed it but some discussion should have been made about Hidetaka Nishiyama's pictures throughout Mas Oyama's first edition of "This is Karate". Why did the second edition of this large book remove all his pictures? Was there a conflict with the Shotokan Style and Oyama's Style? Was there a parting of company between Nishiyama and Oyama?
I never new about the photos !! I trained under Sensei since I was 13. Are those issues still available on the market?
Parabéns sensei.um abraço de sensei Paulo chaves de Brasília DF.brasil
O brigade Paulo Sensei.
@@senseiwalterberaphd9727 é isso que faz a diferença.isso é um estímulo pra nova geração de karatecas de todo o planeta.tenho 25 anos de karatê e vendo o senhor treinar me sinto um bebê começando a andar
I remember that match very well. Wauriman was too good that day for me. Congrats to him!
so great thanks
Thank you too!
I met Mr. Nishiyama in the mid ‘70s. It was at the first AAU meeting when they were deciding whether or not to accept Karate into the AAU. Mr. Caylor Adkins introduced me to Mr. Nishiyama. Mr. Adkins trained with Mr. Nishiyama in the very late ‘50s when Mr. Ohshima went temporarily back to Japan. I trained in a Nishiyama Dojo in Palmdale in the late ‘80s for about a year before opening my own SKA Dojo.
Sensei how old are you? This is very motivating, your explanation and technique are beautiful clean sand precise. Thank you, OSS!
Wow, thank you
I have been out of the loop for awhile and am saddened to hear of the passing of Sensi Fusaro. A great man and great leader
My greatest achievement in life was to train under and earn my Shodan from this remarkable man. Love and revere him still.
Some of the sloppiest technique I've seen.
This is an incredible clip. It documents so many milestones in the history of Traditional Karate in the United States. It documents the progression and trajectory of where we came from and perhaps where we are going. Please search high and low. See if you can unearth more of this before it lost, thrown away or deteriorates. Thank you!
"PACIENTE CON LAS PERSONAS Y EXIGENTE CON LO PROPIO", MÁXIMA DE SENSEI TABATA BORDADA EN SU KARATEGUI Y EN SU PERSONA.............MAESTRO SUMIDA ME MOSTRÓ UNA FOTO DE SENSEI TABATA EN LA QUE ESTÁ CON SU ESPOSA E HIJOS; ÉL VISTE DICHO KARATEGUI. FUERON GRANDES AMIGOS.
Thank you, Walter. And thank you, Steve Rough. It's impossible to even speculate what alternate lives thousands of us would have lived had we not met this man.
Amazing.
Yes mate Amazing times 1000
Sensei Robert L. Fusaro was born September 7, 1933 and passed away June 29, 2019. Professional photographer and Karate-ka, Steve Rough, put together this 9min, 33 sec Photo Archive that was shown at Sensei’s Memorial Celebration held on September 7, 2019 at Midwest Karate Association in Minneapolis, Minnesota before a few hundred of the many students he taught and which many have continued on become martial arts instructors in their own right. The photos cover the seminal years from about 1971 to 1977 and include many top Shotokan Karate Sensei’s including Nakayama, Nishiyama, Okazaki and Yaguchi, to name a few. Please share this Memorial Archive with others. Bowing... Sensei Walter Bera.
Training under a master, for a short time, has left lifelong impressions of inspiration. And the teachers who were his students will carry on Sensei Fusaro’s level of excellence.
Sensei this is beautiful. Keep up the good work. It is always great to see our karate seniors keeping up the way. Oss
Walter, thank you for posting this. It brings back a lot of memories. This was 2 months before I started training and it was a real privilege to have you and some of the others in this video beat me up every day, after I got my shodan a couple years later. It was saddening to hear of Sensei Mott's passing at too young of an age.
Kihon Kata no Sai performed by Sensei Jerry Holt 4th Dan 琉球古武道信武舘 Ryukyu Kobudo Shimbukan. Recorded at the Advanced Martial Arts Dojo of the Ridgedale YMCA, Minnetonka, MN, USA. Videographer Sensei Walter Bera PhD. Sensei Jerry Holt - 6th Dan in Isshinryu Karate-Do - 4th Dan in Ryukyu Kobudo Shimbukan Sensei Holt has been training Karate and Kobudo for over 40 years. He joined the Ryukyu Kobudo Shimbukan Association after meeting and training with Akamine Hiroshi Sensei in 2010. He s a retired US Marine and has worked as a photojournalist for the Star Tribune newspaper since 1990. Sensei Holt has trained regularly at the Main Dojo in Okinawa as well as regularly officiates and demonstrates at events in the US and Canada. He leads regular Karate and Kobudo classes at the White Bear Lake YMCA and frequently provides supporting training in the main Shimbukan Dojo in Lonsdale, Minnesota.
Introduction and Background to Hidetaka Nishiyama 西山 英峻Shotokan Karate Master (b. 1928 - d. 2008) A Historic Autobiographical Interview in Five Chapters with Sensei Walter Bera PhD Hi! I’m Walter and this is an introduction with some background information you may of interest regarding these historic interviews I just published for the martial arts community. I am also asking for volunteers to help in doing a transcription and then translations to make the interviews accessible to the worldwide martial arts community. UA-cam strongly supports this Creator Studio Community practice. You can check the process out on UA-cam itself. In 1977, I was a University of Minnesota grad student and Shotokan Karate instructor, I and my professional Producer and Camera friend, Dale Cooper, were enthusiastic young karate-ka. We were training with US karate pioneer, Sensei Robert Fusaro, in Minneapolis when he hosted the AAKF Championships in 1977. Dale and I tentatively approached the already legendary Sensei Nishiyama and were thrilled that he was open and even excited to do an hour long autobiographical video interview using our then, state-of-the-art, reel-to-reel Beta videotape recorder. We made it our mission to safeguard and preserve this precious interview tape as video technology continued to change. Over these 40 plus years, the original Beta reel-to-reel tape was transferred to a VHS tape format, later a DVD disc and finally to the digital video format you see and will stay preserved for all in the digital Cloud. Now another generation of karate-ka can experience, see and hear the vibrant, young, inspiring 49-year old Sensei Nishiyama tell his remarkable life story. Learn of his samurai lineage and why Shotokan Karate would become the focus of his life and how he dedicated himself to become one of the greatest teachers of an entire generation of karate-ka in Japan, the US and around the world. Sincerely Walter Bera, Interviewer and Editor Dale Cooper, Producer and Camera E: Sensei.Bera@gmail.com W: www.walterbera.net
Introduction and Background to Hidetaka Nishiyama 西山 英峻Shotokan Karate Master (b. 1928 - d. 2008) A Historic Autobiographical Interview in Five Chapters with Sensei Walter Bera PhD Hi! I’m Walter and this is an introduction with some background information you may of interest regarding these historic interviews I just published for the martial arts community. I am also asking for volunteers to help in doing a transcription and then translations to make the interviews accessible to the worldwide martial arts community. UA-cam strongly supports this Creator Studio Community practice. You can check the process out on UA-cam itself. In 1977, I was a University of Minnesota grad student and Shotokan Karate instructor, I and my professional Producer and Camera friend, Dale Cooper, were enthusiastic young karate-ka. We were training with US karate pioneer, Sensei Robert Fusaro, in Minneapolis when he hosted the AAKF Championships in 1977. Dale and I tentatively approached the already legendary Sensei Nishiyama and were thrilled that he was open and even excited to do an hour long autobiographical video interview using our then, state-of-the-art, reel-to-reel Beta videotape recorder. We made it our mission to safeguard and preserve this precious interview tape as video technology continued to change. Over these 40 plus years, the original Beta reel-to-reel tape was transferred to a VHS tape format, later a DVD disc and finally to the digital video format you see and will stay preserved for all in the digital Cloud. Now another generation of karate-ka can experience, see and hear the vibrant, young, inspiring 49-year old Sensei Nishiyama tell his remarkable life story. Learn of his samurai lineage and why Shotokan Karate would become the focus of his life and how he dedicated himself to become one of the greatest teachers of an entire generation of karate-ka in Japan, the US and around the world. Sincerely Walter Bera, Interviewer and Editor Dale Cooper, Producer and Camera E: Sensei.Bera@gmail.com W: www.walterbera.net
Introduction and Background to Hidetaka Nishiyama 西山 英峻Shotokan Karate Master (b. 1928 - d. 2008) A Historic Autobiographical Interview in Five Chapters with Sensei Walter Bera PhD Hi! I’m Walter and this is an introduction with some background information you may of interest regarding these historic interviews I just published for the martial arts community. I am also asking for volunteers to help in doing a transcription and then translations to make the interviews accessible to the worldwide martial arts community. UA-cam strongly supports this Creator Studio Community practice. You can check the process out on UA-cam itself. In 1977, I was a University of Minnesota grad student and Shotokan Karate instructor, I and my professional Producer and Camera friend, Dale Cooper, were enthusiastic young karate-ka. We were training with US karate pioneer, Sensei Robert Fusaro, in Minneapolis when he hosted the AAKF Championships in 1977. Dale and I tentatively approached the already legendary Sensei Nishiyama and were thrilled that he was open and even excited to do an hour long autobiographical video interview using our then, state-of-the-art, reel-to-reel Beta videotape recorder. We made it our mission to safeguard and preserve this precious interview tape as video technology continued to change. Over these 40 plus years, the original Beta reel-to-reel tape was transferred to a VHS tape format, later a DVD disc and finally to the digital video format you see and will stay preserved for all in the digital Cloud. Now another generation of karate-ka can experience, see and hear the vibrant, young, inspiring 49-year old Sensei Nishiyama tell his remarkable life story. Learn of his samurai lineage and why Shotokan Karate would become the focus of his life and how he dedicated himself to become one of the greatest teachers of an entire generation of karate-ka in Japan, the US and around the world. Sincerely Walter Bera, Interviewer and Editor Dale Cooper, Producer and Camera E: Sensei.Bera@gmail.com W: www.walterbera.net
Introduction and Background to Hidetaka Nishiyama 西山 英峻Shotokan Karate Master (b. 1928 - d. 2008) A Historic Autobiographical Interview in Five Chapters with Sensei Walter Bera PhD Hi! I’m Walter and this is an introduction with some background information you may have on the historic interviews I just published for the martial arts community. I am also asking for your help in doing a transcription and then translations to make the interviews accessible to the worldwide martial arts community. UA-cam strongly supports this Creator Studio Community practice. You can check the process out on UA-cam itself. In 1977, I was a University of Minnesota grad student and Shotokan Karate instructor, I and my professional Producer and Camera friend, Dale Cooper, were enthusiastic young karate-ka. We were training with US karate pioneer, Sensei Robert Fusaro, in Minneapolis when he hosted the AAKF Championships in 1977. Dale and I tentatively approached the already legendary Sensei Nishiyama and were thrilled that he was open and even excited to do an hour long autobiographical video interview using our then, state-of-the-art, reel-to-reel Beta videotape recorder. We made it our mission to safeguard and preserve this precious interview tape as video technology continued to change. Over these 40 plus years, the original Beta reel-to-reel tape was transferred to a VHS tape format, later a DVD disc and finally to the digital video format you see and will stay preserved for all in the digital Cloud. Now another generation of karate-ka can experience, see and hear the vibrant, young, inspiring 49-year old Sensei Nishiyama tell his remarkable life story. Learn of his samurai lineage and why Shotokan Karate would become the focus of his life and how he dedicated himself to become one of the greatest teachers of an entire generation of karate-ka in Japan, the US and around the world. Sincerely Walter Bera, Interviewer and Editor Dale Cooper, Producer and Camera E: Sensei.Bera@gmail.com W: www.walterbera.net
Introduction and Background to Hidetaka Nishiyama 西山 英峻Shotokan Karate Master (b. 1928 - d. 2008) A Historic Autobiographical Interview in Five Chapters with Sensei Walter Bera PhD Hi! I’m Walter and this is an introduction with some background information you may have on the historic interviews I just published for the martial arts community. I am also asking for your help in doing a transcription and then translations to make the interviews accessible to the worldwide martial arts community. UA-cam strongly supports this Creator Studio Community practice. You can check the process out on UA-cam itself. In 1977, I was a University of Minnesota grad student and Shotokan Karate instructor, I and my professional Producer and Camera friend, Dale Cooper, were enthusiastic young karate-ka. We were training with US karate pioneer, Sensei Robert Fusaro, in Minneapolis when he hosted the AAKF Championships in 1977. Dale and I tentatively approached the already legendary Sensei Nishiyama and were thrilled that he was open and even excited to do an hour long autobiographical video interview using our then, state-of-the-art, reel-to-reel Beta videotape recorder. We made it our mission to safeguard and preserve this precious interview tape as video technology continued to change. Over these 40 plus years, the original Beta reel-to-reel tape was transferred to a VHS tape format, later a DVD disc and finally to the digital video format you see and will stay preserved for all in the digital Cloud. Now another generation of karate-ka can experience, see and hear the vibrant, young, inspiring 49-year old Sensei Nishiyama tell his remarkable life story. Learn of his samurai lineage and why Shotokan Karate would become the focus of his life and how he dedicated himself to become one of the greatest teachers of an entire generation of karate-ka in Japan, the US and around the world. Walter Bera, Interviewer and Editor Dale Cooper, Producer and Camera E: Sensei.Bera@gmail.com W: www.walterbera.net
Walter thank you for posting these interviews. I know I will view them many more times. Mr Nishiyama had much to do with my successes in life especially when things got tough. I trained in the Central Dojo and was recruited by Frank Smith. I trained from June 63 to July 65 and attained the Rank of 1st Degree Brown Belt. Ray Dalke, Frank Smith, James Yabe, Ray Fujikawa, Kresse, Larry Fuglino, Gene and George Takahashi, Aoki, and Pat Web were some of the students I trained with.. I have many fond memories. I would travel with Sensei Nishiyama to San Diego and train with his University instructors class. He used me when he was demonstrating technique to the class. I also remember Sparing with James Yabe in a demonstration at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium. I accompanied him several other times to other dojo's. Mr. Nishiyama had at that time envisioned Shotokan Karate becoming an Olympic Sport, an idea he shared enthusiastically with us and others at that time. Lastly, I recall the excitement when several Ni Dans and San Dans from Japan were invited to the Olympic Dojo. On the day of practice with us, I was late and changing when Frank Smith came in and he wasn't happy. Tanaka had just broken his jaw with a 'round house' kick! I felt bad as Frank was a good friend who started me in Karate and let me train with him over the years. Frank lived and breathed Karate and loved training, breaking tiles and boards; Training on the Beach and Mountains and Deserts He didn't even miss a practice immediately after his injury.. I left the Dojo in July 1965 to join the Army and fight in Vietnam. When I was at Engineer OCS it was the discipline and attitude imbued in me by Sensei Nishiyama that led me to graduate against impossible odds. At OCS we started with 63 candidates and at a the end of 6 months we graduated 16. I was number 8 in the class. On 9 Dec 66 I was commissioned a 2d Lieutenant with orders for Vietnam as Commander of the 520 th Combat Engineer Detachment. But for Nishiyma's instruction, I would never have made it.