It was announced this week that our Chief Instructor, Sensei Jon Keeling, has been appointed as Chairman of the WTKO’s US Technical Committee. In his new position, he will be communicating with other officials within the organization regarding standardization of technical finepoints, prioritization of training/teaching points, etc., disseminating this information across the various dojo in […]
We broke a couple records in April: *A total of 55 kids took tests for stripes or kyu ranks. *A total of 16 people took part in the black belt exams. This was the largest dan (black belt) exam anywhere in the Americas in the WTKO‘s history! As usual, not everyone is ready for advancement […]
Following a total of eight hours of seminars with WTKO Chief Instructor Amos Sensei, we had a record-setting black belt exam on April 30. This was the largest black belt exam in the Americas thus far in the WTKO’s history. We had a total of 16 people testing for various ranks from shodan (1st degree) […]
We are next moving to Chinte for the advanced kata in our Saturday classes, from May (Heian Nidan for the basic kata). Our last kata-of-the-month was Gankaku. Gankaku very closely resembles its predecessor kata, Chinto. This next kata is Chinte and many historians believe the two kata to have been linked in some way but […]
Richard Amos Sensei will be visiting our dojo April 28-30 to teach seminars and administer a dan (black belt) exam. Amos Sensei is Chief Instructor for the World Traditional Karate Organization. He spent many years honing his skills in Japan, including in the exclusive JKA Instructors’ Course. He is an amazing technician who exemplifies the highest standards of Shotokan […]
We had two competitors at a tournament on March 5. And those two each won silver. We had five competitors at today’s tournament and came away with a 4th place (out of a division of 19), a bronze, two silvers and a gold. We are expecting many more to compete in the April 9 tournament […]
We are now studying Gankaku for the advanced kata in our Saturday classes. (back to Heian Shodan for the basic kata) Gankaku is another old kata that, like Empi (our last kata-of-the-month), is meant to conjure an image of a bird. In contrast to Empi’s darting in and out and jumping up like a swallow, […]
We are pleased to announce that Princeton Shotokan’s Kitagawa Sensei will be teaching here April 12-13. Kitagawa (Takeshi) Sensei has been teaching karate for over thirty years in both Japan and the United States. In Japan, he worked alongside Nagaki (Mitsuru) Sensei (father of WKF World Champion, Nagaki Shinji) in Ehime Prefecture and was a […]
Our weekly schedule now includes 8 general kids’ classes, one advanced kids’ class and two teens classes, as well as 10 hours/week of adult classes. We will soon be adding even more! See the latest schedule here. From May, we continue our kata-of-the-month training with the current kata being Chinte (advanced) and Heian Nidan (basic). […]
We are now studying Empi for the advanced kata in our Saturday classes. (Heian Godan for the basic kata) Empi means “flight of the swallow” and contains movements that resemble a small bird darting in & out, up & down. This kata is derived from a very old kata, Wanshu, which may have been brought […]
