Tag: Karate

We want to draw your attention to a new resource for traditional karateka of any organization in the Northeast United States (particularly New England) to find open traditional karate events to participate in, the Northeast Karate Events Calendar. The site has a calendar of events and an email list...

Congratulations to everyone who took promotion at Doshi-Kai in Acton, MA last night! Great job! Here are some highlights!...

Back to the video tape! This was a promotion held back in 1984, but not much more is known about the specific school in question outside the title. If you have any recollections regarding this event, please let us know in the comments. What club was this? The audio...

Here’s some vintage video footage for you! In 1993 Sensei Tabata organized the Boston Asian Festival which included a demonstration by various martial-arts masters, most of whom were his personal friends. Here’s a sample from the archive which includes the shows put on by (in order of appearance) Masters...

This is an excerpt from the Budokas (advanced Shotokan Karate) practice held on June 19, 2022. Sometimes this advanced student practice is quite vigorous, but it may also veer into a long discussion/demonstration as in this 25 minute video concerning proper breathing using the tanden. Audio, as usual, is...

The next advanced training will be Sunday, January 16th from 9:00am to around 11 at Doshi Kai in Acton, MA. All brown and black belts are welcome to come, regardless of organizational affiliation. Feel free to spread the invitation to your own lists. We would always like to see...

For a number of months now, the NAKF/NACKC has been facilitating supplemental training for advanced students from a number of organizations. This “leave your ego at the door” training is available to anyone who just shows up. Recently, the session has been conducted by NAKF legend, Sensei Jordan Berry....

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. This week we would like to introduce our very own Qian Xu. Qian is a leader and President of the...

Today is the inaugural edition of what will be an ongoing feature here – Feature Friday. We intend to introduce you to someone within or related to our organizations by asking them a few questions and presenting their answers to you.Today we would like you to meet Roger Trimm....