We had a very eventful 2016, including opening our new Honbu (headquarters) dojo at Cubberley Community Center. We had many guest instructors and our Chief Instructor taught at many other locations, including the WTKO International Summer Camp in New York. In December, we held our annual charity kick-a-thon event, through which we raised thousands of […]
We had just two dojo members compete at this past Sunday’s tournament in San Mateo. One earned silver and the other gold. In addition, Sensei Jon Keeling received an award for “Judging Official of the Year.”
Our new facility is now OPEN at Cubberley Community Center, 4000 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto. We are all the way in the back, in unit G7, just around the corner from the dance studio (G6) we have been renting for several years. This is the new Silicon Valley Karate honbu (headquarters) dojo, where we […]
18 young members of Silicon Valley Karate took part in Shinkyu Shotokan’s tournament this past Sunday. There was a total of 102 competitors. All of our members did well. Total medal count: Bronze=6; Silver=7; Gold=10. More important than the medals, students learned from their experience and had a good time with the friendly competition. We […]
Our annual charity kick-a-thon event is taking place the week of December 12-17. This year’s fundraising effort is for Child Advocates of Silicon Valley, a non-profit organization that helps kids in need. Please see online donation page here. If sponsoring a specific dojo member, please indicate their name in the donation form. For those who […]
Silicon Valley Karate is going to be holding “enrichment” classes at several local schools this semester. So far confirmed are Almond Elementary in Los Altos, Gardner-Bullis Elementary in Los Altos Hills and Stevenson Elementary in Mountain View. We will also soon be again starting classes for the school year at the Police Activities League in […]
Silicon Valley Karate had a total of 10 competitors in the Shinkyu Shotokan tournament on August 21. This annual tournament is for adults and teens only. Kids’ tournaments take place at other times during the year (normally October & April). We were represented by a total of three kata teams, with almost all also competing […]
We had a couple of our brown belts compete in today’s fairly large tournament in South San Francisco. Akiko was in the 35-year-old+ women’s division for kata, which was half black belts. She placed first. Kostas was in the 35-year-old+ men’s division for kumite, which was mostly black belts. He placed second. Congratulations!
Our annual charity kick-a-thon event is quickly approaching. This year, we are raising money for Pediatric Cancer Foundation, a very worthy cause. During the week of December 14, in the kids’ and teens’ classes, we will be doing “best efforts,” which may be a couple hundred kicks or well over 1000. In our adult class […]
Quite a few kids from our dojo attended a tournament on November 8. Many placed in the top three in their divisions. And a team of yellow- and white-belts won first place in their team kata division!
