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USA Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Renmei held its 15th Annual Traditional Karate-Do Championships on Sunday, March 28. The event which is one of the PATMA (Promoters Association Traditional Martial Arts) tournaments was well attended with 268 competitors.
Competitors of all ages, 6-50+ years, participated in Weapons, Kata, and Kumite divisions. Skill levels ranged from beginners, Novice, Intermediate, and Advanced.
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Dr. Clay Morton was at the Bushi Karate Dojo in Telford, Pennsylvania for seminars and classes the weekend of March 6th and 7th 2010. Dr. Morton is a long-time US National Team member, USA-NKF National Kata Champion, and SKIF World Shotokan Champion. His classes ranged in subject from making kata fun for children to preparing athletes for nationals and beyond. The training weekend was attended by 30 students from Pennsylvania and New Jersey ranging in age from 8 to 63 years and in rank from 8 kyu to 6th degree black belt.
On the weekend of March 12-14 PDX airport Portland Oregon received and influx of senior karate sensei, instructors and athletes from across the country that assembled for the 24th Annual Ryobu-Kai Classic. Mt. Hood Community College and the Hombu dojo were both full as the more than 400 in attendance were treated to a barrage or expert seminars on Saturday followed by a smoothly run traditional karate tournament with many international and world-class officials.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 March 2010 15:11
- Instructors and students from JKO Karate in Garner participated in the 37th Annual JKO Masters Seminars and Championships held on January 16-17 in San Diego, California. Held at the San Diego Convention Center, this international event has drawn competitors, officials and VIPs from as far away as Italy and from organizations as notable as the World Karate Federation and USA Karate.
This year’s featured seminar on Saturday was taught by Hanshi Minobu Miki, head of the Japan Karate-do Organization. Hanshi Miki came to the United States from Japan in 1966 and founded the JKO in 1972 at the request of the Grandmaster in Japan. “We train hard and make sure to teach the tradition of karate-do,” Miki said. “Having studied under the founder’s son, it is important to me to teach my students what he taught me. This event is a big part of that.” Miki earned his 8th degree black belt and the title of Hanshi, senior master, from Soke Kenzo Mabuni, son and heir of the founder of Shito-Ryu, the style of karate Miki teaches. Miki was the first person in the world outside of the Mabuni family to do so.
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