May 9th, 2008 at 05:25 pm
More pictures from the tournament 4/26/2008
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May 8th, 2008 at 10:20 am
Scott Kingsbury's practice on Monday (5/5/2008) was excellent. Not only did I enjoy it and learn a lot - thanks for all the matches and advice! - I really enjoyed seeing Hiroko laugh so much. She was really getting into the eye-hand coordination practice, and her laugh was so infectious that she had most of the rest of t
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May 6th, 2008 at 06:16 am
I thoroughly enjoyed Scott’s
practice tonight. Wow, we learned a lot from him. He is a dojo leader of
Westside Shotokan, another SKA dojo in town. He was one of my teachers when I started training at SKA
Redding Dojo (then leader: Godan Ken Osborne) in November, 1985.
May 5th, 2008 at 10:28 am
In this week's Hot News, Nidan Scott Kingsbury will lead a jiyu-kumite practice at Sun Oaks tonight (5/5/2008) at 6:40pm.
It's too bad that Jun hurt his foot two weekends ago at the Central Coast Tournament. He's not supposed to practice for a couple more weeks, according to the docs, but I
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April 27th, 2008 at 02:14 pm
Jun Nakamiya - Central Coast Tournament White Belt Champion!
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April 25th, 2008 at 10:28 am
Well, we're off to the Central Coast Tournament today!
The tournament is an SKA qualifying tournament for the famous SKA-sponsored Nisei Week tournament. No, I don't have Nisei Week championship aspirations. I'm just participating for the experience. » r
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April 15th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Congratulations to all the kyu test participants!
The test was last night during the regular class period. We had 14 students testing, including two each from West Side Shotokan (Scott Kingsbury) and Shasta College (Dallas Adams).
March 28th, 2008 at 05:00 am
There is something that I am truly happy with and proud of
at our dojo these days. Our karate classes are filled with enthusiastic young
(and old) people! We sometimes have 16+ students. Most of them are white belts.
Our dojo used to be top-heavy for a long time, and had almost no steady young
white belts for years. I fe
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March 27th, 2008 at 11:53 am
A few days ago, our most-senior godan (fifth-degree black belt), Daniel Chemla, passed away. Let us not deceive ourselves, we are all mortal; however, it seems Daniel was taken from us too early.
Four years ago, Daniel suffered a debilitating stroke, leaving his once-fantastic physical abilities only the stuff of
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March 26th, 2008 at 05:55 am
The sad news of godan Daniel Chemla's death came suddenly from godan Jim
Sagawa. He died on March 20, 2008 at his home, surrounded by family and old
friends. My sincere condolences to his family.
Dear
Daniel, » read
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