Upcoming Event: Kangeiko 2023! New Year’s Beach Training

Join us for the annual tradition, New Year’s Beach Training! Sunday, January 8th 6-7:30am Nahant Beach, just outside Boston. All are welcome regardless of organization, affiliation, style, or skill. Please circulate this message and invite your own friends and lists. Year after year Sensei Tabata lead groups of students...

Tufts University Shotokan Club In Uniform

It took until the second to last workout of the semester to get everyone into uniforms (Except Carolina who’s doing study abroad next semester. 🙁 Good luck Carolina, and we’ll see you when you get back!), but here they are! Good (but not complete) turnout:...

Video: NACKC College Karate Tournament, 1988

Thanks to BU alum Steve Kemball-Cook for sending along this video of the April 1988 NECKC (now NACKC) college tournament. What schools were there? We think we see BU, Tufts, BC, MIT, WNEC, ULowell, Fitchburg, UMass Dartmouth…who else? Let us know! The tournament was held at Tufts’ Cousens Gym....

Trinity Catholic Academy Kids Receive Their Uniforms and Patches!

Congratulations to the kids at Trinity Catholic Academy in Southbridge, MA who got their uniforms and NACKC (they’re college bound, after all!) patches the other day. Congratulations as well to Gregory Cumings who taught this free program on behalf of the NAKF/NACKC. The kids look great!...

Video: Budokas Training Nov. 13, 2022 – Kumite Highlights

First, a quick lesson: Sensei Jordan Berry talks about what people remember…and how frustrating that can be Next, some highlights from the kumite portion: If you would like to get on the Budokas email list to learn about future events, email greg@nackc.us. If you would like to get on...

Photos: Sensei Tabata and the Somerville Police, 1970

Harken back to 1970, when young Sensei Tabata was training the Somerville, MA police and received a badge which he carried with pride for many, many years after. Also note the regular karate column(!) in The Somerville Times by then brown belt(!) Cosmo Capobianco… (Please email greg@nackc.us if you...

Feature Friday: Amiel Trott

Welcome back to Feature Friday, where we introduce you to someone within or related to our organizations by asking them a few questions and presenting their answers to you. Today’s featured karate student is 15 year old Amiel Trott from Bermuda! How long have you been doing karate? 5...

Photos: Bo Night at Doshi Kai!

Looks like last Thursday’s open-invite Bo-Night at Doshi Kai in Acton, MA was a success! (We recommend getting notifications of future events in your inbox and listing your own events by subscribing to the email list and checking the calendar at the Northeast Karate Events Calendar.)...