On Saturday, August 13, Sensei Matsuyama held a promotion for Doshi Kai. Kyū Rankings Hansong Zeng was promoted to 6th. kyū Tim Puopolo to 4th. kyū Chesley Chen to 3rd. kyū Shodan Rankings Melynda Gambino, Shodan Poul Williams, Shodan Nidan Rankings Andrea Tondo, Nidan John O’Gara, NidanRead More →
Congratulations to Toby Gray on promoting to Shodan. Below are videos from the promotion. Kata Bo Kumite This is a full video showing 10 consecutive matches without a break. I decided to show this in the long form, to let you watch the test as if you were sitting in the dojo.Read More →
Lost in Translation by Sensei Nago Matsuyama Modern Karate has become very different from the Karate that had been trained over the centuries in Okinawa, or after it was brought to the Japanese main island, for that matter. You may say that it is progress or that it is retrogression. It depends on how you look at it. To pursue the original meanings or purposes of the techniques in Kata, we first have to understand why and how the changes in Karate have happened, and then trace them back to the originals. Those changes have been made on a few occasions. The Okinawan masters whoRead More →