In today’s culture of disposable and instant gratification, it is unusual for anyone to dedicate themselves to a lifelong pursuit of a nearly impossible objective: to establish something and see it endure for 50 years. From its modest beginnings in 1973, started by Jim Sagawa and Daniel Chemla, on Saturday July 8, 2023, over 100 […]
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THE NEXT THREE WEEKS
DAILY schedule of ZOOM practices during the pandemic
Growing schedule of Zoom practices - wonderful to make practice with others during physical isolation.
September 23rd, 2023, 11:00am - 12:30pm, All Ranks Led by: Jerome Williams and Chris Hunt * We are working on going "Green" and we need your help. If you could bringa towel for after washing your hands, we ...
09-24-2023: SoCal Black/Brown Belt Practice
LEADER: Yodan Erik Malone DATE / TIME: September 24th. From: 10AM to 12noon LOCATION: Garden Grove Shotokan 10102 Stanford Avenue Garden Grove, CA 92840 COST: Black Belts - $15 Brown Belts - $10 CONTACT: Daniel McSween at 626-318-3490
10-06-2023: Exchange Practice Shotokan Karate of Curaçao 2023
Leader: Godan Michael Duray Location: International School of Curaçao, Willemstad Dates: October 6-8 The event includes 2 practices on Friday, October 6, and Saturday, October 7, and 1 beach practice on Sunday, October 8. Further details to follow.
10-06-2023: Exchange Practice Shotokan Karate of Curaçao 2023
Leader: Godan Michael Duray Location: International School of Curaçao, Willemstad Dates: October 6-8 The event includes 2 practices on Friday, October 6, and Saturday, October 7, and 1 beach practice on Sunday, October 8. Further details to follow. A ...
10-07-2023: Foothill Dojo Karate Fest
October 7-8 Practices led by Frank Lee Details coming soon
10-07-2023: San Diego Beach Practice
40th Annual San Diego Beach Practice Led By Tom Muzila Saturday, October 7th, 2023, 10:30am Line up All SKA members are cordially invited to join us for our 40th Annual Exchange Practice and beach party. We encourage everyone ...
A Note On Gankaku Jim Sagawa, John Teramoto This month’s senior kata is Gankaku. As announced at the practice following this year’s Black Belt Convention, we should make a change in how we execute step #11 of the kata as ...
Jion with Dom Pizoli https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkX6GEjAMVI Godan Dom Pizoli led Jion practice in Philadelphia during March, 2016
Hip Replacement? I am 53 years old. I started practicing in 2012. Leading up to my Shodan testing in 2017, I practiced long and hard. I believe this led to a hip injury that my doctors tell me ...
Breathing In Practice, Kata and Combat A student recently asked me about breathing and the notion that one should breathe continually outward while performing kata. This isn’t the first time. As martial artists, we’ve been indoctrinated fairly early on the importance ...
In Memory of Luc Vilain (Aug 20, 1938–October 12, 2021) An exceptional karateka, Dr. Luc Vilain, age 83, died on October 12, 2021. Luc was a life member of SKA/CSK and had completed 50 Special Trainings. Luc was, at one time, a regular at Midwest ...
Summer Special Training West 2023: Two Perspectives Summer Special Training West 2023 took place during June 14–18, at California State University Channel Islands. Below are two perspectives of the training. As I sit down to write this a few days after wrapping up ...
Godan Dom Pizoli Visits Chicago On the weekend of June 24, 2023, the Chicago dojo was pleased to have godan Dom Pizoli lead training for two days. After visiting Kansas City and practicing under the tutelage of godan Norman Welch, ...
Israel 50th Anniversary April 2, 2021 Israel Shotokan Ohshima Dojo is happy to announce our late 50th anniversary Event and a Special Training. The Special Training will start on Sunday, November 28th 2021 and will end on Wednesday morning, December ...
2023 Black Belt Convention Report For the first time in three years, black belts from Shotokan Karate of America (SKA) and Canada Shotokan Karate (CSK) were able to gather in person at the Shotokan Ohshima Dojo for the annual Black ...
2023 Photo Calendars – Order Now! Members were invited to submit photos for the SKA/CSK Calendar and we received some great images! CLICK HERE TO ORDER We started the photo calendars in 2009 and they’ve sold out every year so get your order in ...
2023 Brown Belt Practice at the Shotokan Ohshima Dojo On Saturday, April 1, 2023, brown belts from around the country and Canada gathered for a pair of practices at the Shotokan Ohshima Dojo. Below are two perspectives from those practices. “Oh...yes!” This thought flashed across ...