Tag: Video

[As with the last one, sorry in advance for the a/v quality. Video is a little blurry because it’s zoomed in, and audio is of course very echoey. If you get something out of it, great, if not….] This is a short excerpt from the Budokas practice on July...

[Sorry in advance for the a/v quality. Video is a little blurry because it’s zoomed in, and audio is of course very echoey. If you get something out of it, great, if not….] This is a short excerpt from the Budokas practice on June 25. In the first clip,...

Sensei Barry Poitras would like to announce that Doshi Kai in Acton will be adding a Kendo class back to its Saturday lineup of offerings. The Saturday schedule will be: Karate 10-12 Iaido 12-1:30 Kendo 1:30- 3 Note that Iaido and Kendo are a separate membership from Karate. Interested...

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....

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...

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 is the full video containing the entire collection of Masters’ demonstrations posted in shortened form previously from the 1993 Boston Asian Festival. The Masters who did demonstrations that day were (in order of appearance): Hiroyasu Kobayashi, Bow-sim Mark, Tadashi Yamashita, Kazumi Tabata, Fumio Demura, James Lew, Kiyoshi Yamasaki,...

Here’s some more vintage video footage for you! The May 1989 NAKF Tournament and Masters Demonstrations, held at Wilmington High School in Wilmington, MA. Demonstrations by Tadashi Yamashita and Kazumi Tabata. Enjoy! (and don’t forget to like, subscribe and leave a comment on YouTube!)...

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...