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Okinawan Karate Documentary
PSKC members support Special Olympics
PSKC members volunteer to support the Special Olympics Summer Games at University Park on June 3rd, 2017.
http://specialolympicspa.org/sports-competitions/competitions/summer-games
2017 Paterno Family Beaver Stadium Run
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
New PSKC Brown Belts
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
Congratulations to our competitors at the fall tournament
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







