PSKC runners joined thousands of others on April 19th to participate in the annual Paterno Family Beaver Stadium Run, supporting Special Olympics Pennsylvania.

Congratulations everyone on your accomplishments in Forms, Sparring & Breaking divisions!

Visit our table at the Student Involvement Fair today & Tuesday the HUB-Robeson Center’s Heritage Hall.

http://studentaffairs.psu.edu/hub/studentorgs/ifair.shtml

Karate classes in 106 White Building are done for the summer.  We will return to 106 on August 26th with the start of the fall semester.

In addition to earning their Penn State diplomas, Laura Egan and Christian Conlon also achieved the rank of Shodan this spring.

Beaver Stadium Run, April 13th, 2014

April 5th, 2014.  PSKC members won 31 trophies for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place finishes in kata, kobudo and tameshiwari events at Young’s Tournament, earning the team the 1st Place Team Award.

Congratulations everyone on your promotions!  Keep up the hard work.
Special congratulations to Sensei Williams on his promotion to 8th Dan!

Congratulations to members of the PSKC Competition Team!  PSKC tied for 1st place in overall points earned at an open style tournament hosted by Young’s Tae Kwon Do in Bellefonte on October 5th.

Individual Results:

Josh Sennett – 1st Kata, 2nd Kumite

Shimabuku 島袋 was born in Chan village on September 19,1908, Meiji 41 – year of the “Monkey”.  His given Okinawan name was “Kana” and his given Japanese name was “Shinkichi“.  As an adult, he chose the name “Tatsuo” – 龍夫 Dragon Man.  When naming his sons, he split the characters for Shinkichi, naming his first son Kichiro and his second son Shinsho.