Congratulations to our students at the MIT club who promoted to 8th kyu last Friday! Matthew Chua, Jung-Han (Sharon) Hsia and Vetri Vel. Onward and upward. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Shotokan Karate Club is a member club of the NACKC. Here are some highlights:...

[Via Facebook] Today some of our Doshi-Kai crew headed down to Almeida’s Shotokan Karate School in New Bedford for an hard yet rewarding three hour Special Training! A few miles, about 300 squats, and….we lost count of the pushups 😂💪 Way to go, AIKA family!...

The next Sunday Advanced Training (“The Budokas”) will be held on Sunday, April 24th. The Facebook event page is here. We hope to see you there! Here are some video excerpts from today’s workout. And a group photo, minus one late attendee:...

Some news from Greg from the BBG mailing list: “Upon some suggestions from the group we have decided to give ourselves a bit of a catchier name. Rather than BBG [Black Belt Group] you are all now proud members of The BUDOKAS. A group of like minded karateka that...

We had a good dojo full of people at this past Sunday’s training, plus a few on Zoom. Thanks to everyone who made it out for what became a full three hours and one of the best attended sessions we’ve had to date! We had some issues and didn’t...

I have a few used guitars in my collection and I often wonder about who the previous owners were. What songs did they play and the time they spent with them. I have read many times about a guitarist that gets the opportunity to play a special guitar from...

Here is some raw video of the kumite portion of today’s Sunday morning open class for advanced students. A brief 1 hour 17 minutes. Camera is stationary. Audio is bad, but you can hear if you try. We’re working on that! Skip to 1:04:30 for the start of the...

We have new NAKF and NACKC patches! If you would like one or more, email greg@nackc.us and let him know. We’re planning to charge $7/patch plus $3/order s/h domestic. You will end up sending the money to Greg via Venmo @GregCumings (note one “M”! – last 4 digits of...

The next advanced training will be Sunday, February 20 from 9:00am to around 11 (or whenever) at Doshi Kai in Acton, MA. All brown and black belts are welcome to come, regardless of organizational affiliation. We are training karate, not “working on promotion requirements.” Lower rank students are also...

Here is the raw video of today’s open class for Brown and Black Belts. We put a camera in the corner and let it run until the card filled up or the battery ran out – about 1 hour 12 minutes out of about a 2 1/2 hour class....