PSKC members participate in Paterno Family Beaver Stadium Run, support Special Olympics Pennsylvania.
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/campus/article_d571b994-2845-11e7-9fa3-4b2efc184ed9.html
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New PSKC Brown Belts
Congratulations to Josh, Sara & Ben on their promotions to Sankyu!
Guinness World Record Set In Okinawa
“The most people performing a kata is 3,973, achieved by Prefectural Government of Okinawa and Society for the Advancement of Traditional Okinawa Karate (both Japan), in Naha, Okinawa, Japan, on 23 October 2016.
Karate practitioners of all ages performed the most basic kata in Okinawan Karate known as “fukyu-gata 1”, on Kokusai Street. October 23rd is known as “Karate Day” in Okinawa.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daCoxePBf9Q
Shorin Ryu Master Zenpo Shimabukuro (not related to Tatsuo Shimabuku) is calling out the count.
Running with the Nittany Lion
Some of the PSKC runners with the Nittany Lion kicking off the THON 5K run on October 16th. Proceeds from the event help support the Four Diamonds Fund.
Congratulations to our competitors at the fall tournament
PSKC finished 2nd in overall points at Young’s Tournament on October 15th.
Sensei Lindsay Faust won Women’s Grand Championship Sparring.
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Shimabuku Embu Taikai
On Tuesday (9/20), PSKC members honoured the 108th anniversary of Tatsuo Shimabuku’s birthday (9/19/1908) with a special demonstration that included:
• Karate & Isshin Ryu historical video
• Upper/Lower basics with breaking
• Kata demonstrations – Naihanchi, Sanchin & Sunsu
• Self-defense techniques from Tatsuo’s Kumite drills
Congratulations to Laura Egan!
Congratulations to Laura Egan on earning her Nidan. In August, she returned to Japan for another year of teaching English.
Volunteers needed to help with Summer Special Olympics!
The Special Olympics Pennsylvania Summer Games are held each year at Penn State University in State College. The event brings together over 2,000 athletes and 750 coaches from across the state. Our largest event of the year, Summer Games features three days of intense competition in aquatics, athletics, basketball, bowling, equestrian, golf, gymnastics, softball and tennis. Every race, every game, every competition held at Summer Games represents many weeks of training, preparation and dedication on the part of our athletes, coaches and volunteers.
http://www.specialolympicspa.org/sports-competitions/competitions/summer-games
We’re organizing a Penn State Karate Club volunteer team to help with the track & field events on June 4th. If you are available, get in touch with us.
This is last summer’s volunteer team:
PSKC Competitor accomplishments
Young’s Spring 2016 Tournament, Bellefonte, PA.
Kata doesn’t work in a fight?
By looking at kata through the equally important eyes of health and skill, the plethora of applications becomes apparent. It’s like unraveling a knot, you examine the skills and see how they can be applied to striking, blocking, locking, throwing, dislocation, evasion and entering and you realize that what you have is a method of training a complete skill base that can be unraveled into a complete arsenal of techniques.
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Kata is an invaluable tool in training in Karate and will certainly help develop your skills to prevent you from having to ‘fight’ with anyone and will enable you to deal with violence and confrontation more skillfully.