The Budokas: Next Training Sunday, April 3

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...

Next Open Advanced Training: Sunday, March 20

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...

A Melancholy Addition by Barry Poitras

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...

We Have Patches!

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...

Brown/Black Belt Training: Sunday Feb. 20, 9-11am

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...

Video from Today’s Black Belt Group Training

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....

New Page: Black Belt Network

Hi Everyone! We’d like to draw your attention to a couple of items. First, we have added a new page here: Black Belt Network (get there by clicking the “People” menu item). From the description on the page: “Meet some of the black belts in our network. Here you...

Feature Friday: Mikaella Besson

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 we feature Mikaella Besson. Mikaella is a 24 year-old Program Assistant working at Our Space Our Place, Inc. “Our...