Pics: First Tufts University Practice of the Fall Semester
Looks like it was a great first workout for the Tufts University NACKC club tonight, with Sensei Jordan Berry back for another great year! Keep at it!...
Remembering the Tufts Club: 1967-1969
We got a great comment on one of our YouTube videos recently and with permission of the author, Martha Grant, we thought we’d share it and a selection of the subsequent email exchange with everyone! The comment was on the video “Shotokan Karate Master Kazumi Tabata Early Footage Partner...
Carnegie Mellon University Mumon Karate Club Promotion!
The Mumon karate club at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh conducted a kyu test on April 27. Godan Mark Weingarden, Yodan Chuck Moyes and Nidan Doug Gilbert led the test. Congratulations to the following students: Ela Gulsen-3rd Kyu and Alan EsQuenazi -3rd, yu, Dewang Sun-3rd Kyu, Sebastian Garcia-6th Kyu,...
Tufts University Karate Club Promotees!
Congratulations to the two new yellow belts and their Sensei. Last workout of the semester. See you in the fall!...
Tufts University Club: Pics from Practice Feb. 1
Here are a few pics of the club having a great training at Remis Sculpture Court on Wednesday, Feb. 1. Hope to see even more folks there this next Wednesday!...
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!...
Photos and Video: Tufts University Club Looking Good!
Coming back enthusiastic after the difficulties of the past couple of years. Here’s a link to the Facebook post where you can see it all:...
Shotofun After-Action Report
NAKF members, including President Greg Cumings, had a great time at the multi-organizational Shotofun event on Saturday, hosted by the Brown University Shotokan Karate Club, and including folks from Salve Regina University, Gorin Dojo, Shodokan Martial Arts and others. The Shotofun event will be held again at a different...
Remembering Special Training in the 80’s!
Here’s something special for you. Paul Rubacha, who trained at the Syracuse Club back in the 80’s, sends along a few reminiscences along with the most detailed after action report of one of Sensei Tabata’s Special Trainings that we have ever seen! You can read a description of what...