- published: 23 Sep 2012
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Enpi or Empi may refer to:
Luca Valdesi (born June 18, 1976, in Palermo, Italy) is a Karate world champion in both Team and Individual Kata events. Valdesi began his study of Karate at age six, under the guidance of his father Andrea, at several city gyms.
In 1995 Valdesi joined the prestigious Karate team of the Fiamme Gialle (the Italian Financial Police). National call-ups began immediately for Valdesi. Soon after the national call-ups, the first international wins arrived, initially with the Karate team of the Fiamme Gialle. Soon after, Valdesi began winning events as an individual. Valdesi has been winning the Italian Individual Championship since 1995 and the European Senior Championship since 2000.
Valdesi is trained by the general coach of the Fiamme Gialle Karate Team, Claudio Culasso and by the general coach of the FIJLKAM National Team, Professor Pierluigi Aschieri, as well as his father, who looks after Valdesi during training sessions and at competitions.
In 2001, Valdesi married dancer, Ada Spinella. In February 2004, Valdesi's son, Andrea was born. In November of the same year, Valdesi completed a degree in business economics, crediting his success to the support from his family.
Kata EMPI - by Luca Valdesi (2012)
Enpi - Shotokan Karate
JKA Empi by Aragaki Misako
Enpi - Commentary
Team Kata EMPI by Japan National Team - 21st WKF World Karate Championships
Team Kata EMPI by ITALY - 47th EKF European Karate Championships
Empi - Karate Training Sonia Fiuza
Empi (slow)
Kata EMPI by Luca Valdesi - 21st WKF World Karate Championships
Empi - bunkai - HKPĐ toàn quốc 2012 - Cần Thơ
The kata EMPI performed by former World Champion Luca Valdesi of Italy. He placed second. Visit http://www.karatebyjesse.com for more info, videos and the blog!
The most popular image associated with kata is that of a karate practitioner performing a series of punches and kicks in the air. The kata are executed as a specified series of approximately 20 to 70 moves, generally with stepping and turning, while attempting to maintain perfect form. There are perhaps 100 kata across the various forms of karate, each with many minor variations. The number of moves in a kata may be referred to in the name of the kata, eg. Gojushiho, which means "54 steps." The number of moves may also have links with Buddhist spirituality. The number 108 is significant in Buddhism, and kata with 54, 36, or 27 moves (divisors of 108) are common. The practitioner is generally counselled to visualize the enemy attacks, and his or her responses, as actually occurring, and kar...
The team kata EMPI performed by the male Japanese National Team at the 21st World Karate Championships in Paris, France. They placed first. Visit http://www.karatebyjesse.com for more info!
This is Empi performed at slow speed by Sensei Michael Adams of the Cambridge Zanshin Black Belt Academy. http://www.zanshincam.co.uk
The kata EMPI performed by Luca Valdesi (ITA) at the 21st World Karate Championships in Paris, France. He placed third. Visit http://www.karatebyjesse.com for more info!
Otis:
Did I really take her and keep her with me?
Cover her face up so she couldn't breathe?
Cut her eyeballs out so she couldn't see?
I still feel like she is looking at me.
Brought her to the basement and took off her clothes
Did I do the right thing?
God only knows!
Chorus x 4:
Maybe I was only wondering if I could open up your body
Take your heart out and consume
("God only knows!" throughout chorus)
Otis:
Am I really like this? Is this really me?
Am I really the person I want to be?
Is it this life that has created me?
Am I a product of society?
Did I really eat pills cause everything's fucked?!
Can I fall asleep and just never wake up?!!
Chorus x 4:
Maybe I was only wondering if I could open up your body
Take your heart out and consume