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July 2010: Thoughts on Sho-Dan. Get ready for karate camp.
The training sessions at our home were very rewarding and productive. During Saturday’s sessions time was spent working on improving basics, self-defense, kata, kumite skills, conditioning and much more. Mr. Gugler, our newest Sho Dan, started his process at 6:59 PM Friday evening and earned is promotion to First Degree Black Belt at the end [...]
Hanshi Duessel’s 2010 Summer Seminars
Seventy-seven Isshin-ryu enthusiasts attended seminars Saturday, June 26th, at the North Jersey Martial Arts Academy, which were hosted by Shihan Marvin Carmona (7th Dan) and his wife Kelly. Black belts and Brown belts from New Jersey, Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and Ohio were in attendance. The first seminar about developing the understanding of Centering, [...]
June 2010: Weigh, Count and Measure
The article, “How to Conserve Energy in Martial Arts” by Dr. Emeric Arus, founder of the Int’l. Sendo-Ryu Karatedo Federation, says energy is the capacity for doing work. Potential energy which is the capacity of a body to do work by virtue of its position relative to a reference, measured in Joule, and Kinetic energy, [...]
2010 ISK Benefit Tournament
Our 25th annual benefit karate tournament April 25th was a big success. 203 competitors from 24 dojos from Connecticut , New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey turned out to compete, show their support the American Diabetes Tour De Cure and HHS Sports Program, who were the beneficiaries of this year’s charity event. My thanks to [...]
25th INVITATIONAL BENEFIT TOURNAMENT — Sunday, APRIL 25, 2010
TO: SENSEI of area dojo RE: 25th INVITATIONAL BENEFIT TOURNAMENT DATE: Sunday, APRIL 25, 2010 FROM: J. E. HUGHES, 8th Degree Black Belt It is hard to believe but another year has started and preparations are already under way for our 25th annual benefit tournament. Each year we work to make the event run smoothly [...]
March, 2010: Announcements
A SPECIAL THANK YOU to Joseph Marotta, Natalie Montone and Kristyn Wheeler for giving of their time Sunday, February 21st to help present a demonstration to the Blue and Gold Award Ceremony held at Mountain Lake Fire House. The chance to demonstrate the good that is done through our dojo, which may help it grow, [...]
Congratulations Tournament Winners
Congratulations to the Isshin-ryu School of Karate place winners at the Golden Rule tournament, 2/14/2010 at Warren Hills Regional High School, Washington, NJ. ISK Competitors Taryn Faccenda Nicholas Curcio Riley Kamm Jake Brader
February, 2010: Seminar and Tournament Announcements
HANSHI’S AFFILIATION SEMINAR – hosted by the Carmona’s this year in Mt Arlington – – Thursday, June 24, Friday, June 25 and Saturday, June 26 for adult Brown and Black Belts in his Affiliation. ADULT STUDENTS SEE KYOSHI TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MARCH AND JUNE’S SEMINARS. PLAN TO ATTEND. The date for the 2011 [...]
Seminars with Hanshi Duessel
Hanshi William H. Duessel visited the Isshin-ryu School of Karate this weekend. He joined us for classes and conducted seminars on Friday and Saturday. Friday’s seminar focused on self-defense techniques, releases, and arm/wrist locks. Hanshi stressed the importance of using “the technique and not strength” to make it work. Saturday morning, Hanshi joined us for [...]
IWKA 2009 World Championship Tournament
Jeff Matusewicz, Adam Masur, Joe Marotta, Natalie Montone, Frank Henderson, Lee Gugler, Tony Curcuruto and I attended the 2009 IWKA Karate Championships and Seminars June 18th to June 20th in Pittsburgh, PA. There were about 300 competitors at the Downtown Hilton site. Adam Masur, 5th Degree Black Belt, won 2nd place in Weapons and 3rd [...]
