Returning & interested Penn State students need to complete the 2017-2018 Club Sports participation-agreement and registration process to become involved with the Penn State Karate Club.

Visit the Penn State Club Sports website link below and look on the left side for:

New Members
All new club members must fill out a 2017-2018 Participation Agreement in order to participate in a Club Sport.

http://sites.psu.edu/clubsports/

PSKC instructors traveled to Augusta, Maine to attend seminars with Grand Master Kichiro Shimabuku and compete in the IWKA 2017 World Championship Tournament.  The event this year was hosted by Senseis Rob & Rebecca Pushard of Maine Isshinryu Karate Academies.

PSKC finished with five 1st places, four 2nd places, and seven 3rd places.  Competition included empty hand forms, weapons, and sparring.

The IWKA 2019 World Championship will be hosted by Goshin Isshinryu Karate in London, England on July 27 & 28th.
http://www.goshinisshinryukarate.com/isshintryu.html

Spring 2017 semester concludes.  Summer schedule TBA.

Congratulations to PSKC competitors at Young’s Tournament on April 8th!  Master Young awarded PSKC with the Team Trophy for accumulating the most points in Kata, Sparring and Breaking events.

Three PSKC Black Belts won first places in their divisions and competed in the Grand Championship events, achieving Grand Champion in Men’s and Women’s Black Belt Sparring.