Although our dojo 道場 is in 106 White Building, Karate 空手 can be done anywhere, day or night.
Kusanku No Sai was created by Tatsuo Shimabuku 島袋 龍夫. He adapted the Kusanku kata, learned from Chotoku Kyan 喜屋武 朝徳, for use with sai.
The Fall 2017 Student Involvement Fair has been rescheduled to Thursday, August 24th from 11-4pm on the HUB lawn. Look for the Penn State Karate Club table to meet some of our members and get more information.
http://studentaffairs.psu.edu/hub/studentorgs/ifair.shtml
Penn State students interested in learning Karate should complete the Club Sports participation agreement, available on their website: http://sites.psu.edu/clubsports/ Use “KARATE” when filling out your Club Sports participation agreement, then come to one of our Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday classes in 106 White Building at 7PM.
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
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
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