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Mikami Sensei's Interview with
The Shotokan Way Magazine Posted
Mikami Sensei's interview
conducted by Ms. Maria Hrabec and Mr. Scott Decuir at Greenville
Camp earlier this year has been published on The Shotokan Way Magazine.
You can view the article at The Shotokan Way website.
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JKA SKDI (JKA NY) Summer Camp
Info
Our fellow United States JKA organization, JKA
Shotokan Karate-Do International, is going to be hosting 2009 Summer Camp. The camp is 5-day,
content-rich event, led by great JKA instructors. We hope the
success of the camp, and members are encouraged to attend the camp.
For more information, please contact the JKA of New York at jkanewyork@yahoo.com,
or visit www.jkany.org.
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JKA WF Honbu Spring Camp Report
Two of our senior members, Kyriakos Papadopoulos and Maria Hrabec
attended the JKA Spring training camp in Tokyo, Japan April 16th
– 19th 2009. The camp, which took place at the
Honbu dojo, had over 350 attendees from all over the world. Both
of our representatives were very impressed by the technical level and
instruction that they observed. The following is an account of
some of their thoughts and observations. The camp was a four day
camp, beginning on Thursday and ending on Sunday. Off the dojo
floor, the instructors were very friendly, though once training
commenced, they became very serious, expecting everyone to put forth
their strongest effort. Although the curriculum in the US and in
Japan was the same, the methods of teaching varied, as will the
technical subtleties.
Though no particular way is necessarily right or wrong, one should
study the differences and try to understand the reasons for them.
Kihon, kata, kumite, and kata application were all studied.
During kihon training, longer pauses were taken between counts to make
sure everyone was doing the technique properly. The kata training
stressed the changes that have been made in recent years, so that
attendees could report back to their respective countries what is to be
expected at tournaments and exams. Kumite training included the
Japanese instructors taking lines of practitioners, where they had to
fight one attendee after another. This is a new addition to the
camps and has been taking place for the past couple of years, and it
was an exciting way to see the instructors in action.
Other than training, Dan and instructor qualification exams took place,
as well as meetings to discuss the current political state of the
JKA. Our representatives were very pleased with their trip and
advise all of us to try and attend these events in the future.
This will provide for better communication between the headquarters as
well as for a closer relationship.
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Ozawa
Cup Report
This
year, the JKA AF was represented at the Ozawa Cup by 5 national team
members: Lane Nevils, Devin Fadaol, Ramy Badawi, Dimitri
Papadopoulos and Raymunda Semana. Over 600 hundred competitors
were present at this very prestigious traditional karate
tournament. The Ozawa Cup took place the weekend of April 10th
in Las Vegas. The team arrived on Friday and attended Sensei
Mikami’s seminar that evening. The topic of training
included advanced Shotokan basics and partner work, which focused on
defensive techniques executed in one fluid motion.
The tournament eliminations took place on Saturday, and all five
members succeeded in qualifying for the finals the next day. The
JKA AF members showed an OUTSTANDING PEFORMANCE: Raymunda Semana 2nd
place in womens’ light weight WKF kumite, Dimitri Papadopoulos 3rd
place in mens’ heavy weight WKF kumite and 3rd place
in mens’ heavy weight shobu-ippon kumite, as well as Deving
Fadaol and Lane Nevils for 4th place. Mens’ Team Kumite
1st place (Lane Nevils, Ramy Badawi, Dimitri Papadopoulos
and Devin Fadaol).
**More Clear Picture Will be Posted at a Later Time**
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SPECIAL NEWS - Register
for the Summer
Camp !! --REMINDER--
Everyone
should keep in mind that this is a special opportunity for people to
test for wide spectrum of qualifications, from the most basic Kyu test
all the way up to high level Dan exams as well as instructor, examiner,
and judges qualifications. This year in particular there will be
Dan examinations all the way up to 6 Dan (6th
Dan exams are not regularly administered at local events).
Qualifications are very important to keep the organization growing
strong. Please take advantage of this special event!
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JKA AF National Championship
This fall, JKA
AF will likely hold their first annual national championship. The
tournament may or may not be open to other traditional karate schools,
or other shotokan groups that are interested in JKA karate.
Please begin to have this event noted in your calendar. More
detail will follow.
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