Winter Special Training at CSULB Doing kneeling oizukis in the sand that Friday evening, my legs were burning, my spirit was flagging, and I was only 30 minutes into the start of the first practice! This was definitely not how I expected to feel at the beginning of the weekend. After the kneeling oizukis, we […]
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THE NEXT THREE WEEKS
LEADER: Frank Lee DATE: Saturday, April 27th, 2024 TIME: 8:30am to 10:00am. PLACE: St. Francis Xavier Chapel “Maryknoll” Japanese Catholic Center 222 S Hewitt St. ...
04-28-2024: SoCal Black/Brown Belt Practice
Leader: Yodan Darren Pike Date/Time: April 28 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 Trung Pham at 714-454-2072 COVID-19 GUIDELINES: Vaccination recommended but not required. Do not ...
05-04-2024: Spring in the South 2024
Lead by Tom Muzilla May 4th - 5th Chapel Hill, Durham, NC This event includes three (3) practices plus lunch and dinner on Saturday. https://chapelhill.ska.org/sis/spring-in-the-south-2024/
05-04-2024: Sandan Practice
Date: Saturday, May 4th Time: 1:00 – 2:30 pm (note later starting time) Leader: Norman Welch Cost: $30 Open to sandans only BBC dues must be current. For everyone's safety, refrain from attending if you are sick. Testingbefore traveling is recommended. ...
05-04-2024: Jiyu Kumite Officiating Clinic
Date: Saturday, May 4th Time: 3:00pm Open to all ranks Leader: Frank Lee No cost For everyone's safety, refrain from attending if you are sick. Testing before traveling is recommended. COVID-19 GUIDELINES: Vaccination recommended but not required. Do not participate if you have symptoms ...
05-04-2024: Jiyu-Ippon Kumite
Jiyu ippon kumite practice Date: Saturday, May 4th Time: 4:00pm Open to all ranks. Leader: Norman Welch Cost: White belts $10 / brown belts $20 / black belts $30 For everyone's safety, refrain from attending if you are sick. Testing before ...
05-05-2024: Dojo Leadership Seminar
Date: Sunday, May 5th Time: 9:00-10:30 am at Yakumo Residence Open to black belts No cost For everyone's safety, refrain from attending if you are sick. Testingbefore traveling is recommended. COVID-19 GUIDELINES: Vaccinationrecommended but not required. Do not participate if you ...
05-05-2024: Torite/Nagewaza Practices
Date: Sunday, May 5th Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm Open to all ranks Leader: Norman Welch Cost: White belts $10 / brown belts $20 / black belts $30 For everyone's safety, refrain from attending if you are sick. Testingbefore ...
05-11-2024: 19th Annual NorCal SKA Women’s Practice
Hello Shotokan women! Godans Jane Uyeda and Hiroko Mori will lead the 19th Annual NorCal SKA Women’s Practice in Saratoga, CA on 11 May 2024. This practice is open to SKA and CSK women of all ...
05-11-2024: 19th Annual NorCal SKA Women’s Practice
Saturday, May 11, 2024 12:30pm to 4:30pm Saratoga Dojo - https://saratoga.ska.org/ 13500 Quito Road, Saratoga, CA 95070 Open to SKA women of all levels More Details TBA
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 Henry Wilkerson (1942–2023) Henry Wilkerson, former SCKA/SKA senior black belt, longtime Long Beach dojo leader and champion, passed away on September 3, 2023, after a battle with cancer. Henry was born on April 3, 1942, in Tyler, Texas. ...
Winter Special Training Long Beach 2024: Two Perspectives Winter Special Training at CSULB Doing kneeling oizukis in the sand that Friday evening, my legs were burning, my spirit was flagging, and I was only 30 minutes into the start of the first practice! This ...
Dom Pizoli Visits Chicago: An Intensive Weekend for Sandans On November 11 and 12, 2023, the Chicago dojo was pleased to have godan Dominick Pizoli, who led a series of practices specifically aimed at sandan-level black belts. Eight participants from the US and Eastern ...
La Prairie Dojo 50th Anniversary: A Long Tradition Continues It was with great pride that more than 80 participants from across Eastern Canada gathered to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the La Prairie dojo on November 4, 2023. Jocelyn Bourdeau started the dojo in 1972. ...
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 ...
2024 Photo Calendars – Order Now! Update: January 1, 2024 A few of the 2024 SKA Pictorial Calendars are left! Click HERE to order one now! Thanks so much to those of you who ordered a calendar. Thanks also to the sixteen people who submitted photographs. 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 ...