A Live Performance of Martial Arts Mastery To Benefit Earthquake Victims in Sichuan, China.

7:30 PM Saturday, May 24th, 2008
Memorial Day Weekend

Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA

$20 general seating

More info, please go to --> http://tigerclawfoundation.org

Members and Friends of Satsuma Dojo,

Once again, Satsuma Dojo is very fortunate to be able to host Kanazawa Hirokazu Kancho, founder, president and chief instructor of Shotokan Karate-Do International Federation. On June 28-29, I invite you to join us as Kanazawa Kancho and his eldest son, Kanazawa Nobuaki Kancho, multiple-time world champion, offer seminars at the Columbia Neighborhood Center in Sunnyvale, CA.

Please see the attached flyer. If you have any questions or would like any additional information, feel free to contact me at 408-757-8073 or satsumadojo@yahoo.com.

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On Saturday, May 31, we will have the pleasure of hosting Kasuya Sensei from Japan.

Kasuya sensei had graduated from the JKA instructor's course in the early 70's along with Mori sensei and Yahara sensei, having had the opportunity to be part of the JKA elite generation that has been greatly inspired by Asai sensei's maverick ways and ideas. Read More...

Due primarily to a very hectic schedule, I have not been able to schedule the instructor classes as often as I would like. Better few than none, though. The next one is set for Saturday, 7/26, 8:00-10:30am, in Redwood City.

These are open to all Shotokan black belts and also now any 1st kyu brown belts who have teaching responsibilities. Non-Shotokan black belts may be accepted as well, providing we are not doing very "Shotokan-specific" training such as kata. Please feel free to tell others about this event but be aware that this is "invitation only." Basically, any legitimate Shotokan black belt with interest in improving his/her teaching skills is welcome. The focus of these sessions is on making us better instructors. For more info:

http://www.jkasv.com/dojo/events/instructorstraining.html

Please let me know ASAP if you are interested in leading a section and, if so, what you are interested in doing and how long you would want to take.

For examples of previous session topics, please see the following (the last few sessions have yet to be added to the list):
http://www.jkasv.com/dojo/events/pastinstructorstraining.html

Please let me know if you have any questions or requests.

I look forward to seeing you soon.

Jon Keeling
JKA of Silicon Valley

This month, two important events: a seminar led by Yaguchi sensei, which always promisses to entertain and challenge participants, followed the next day by an open tournament where all can participate and appreciate others in their efforts. I encourage you and your students to attend; learn and enjoy yourselves.

:: Christian Sterian
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Master Vincent Cruz, the founder and head of the International Santen Karate Association will be offering a seminar in Martinez, CA on February 23rd. Read More...

"The ULTIMATE Shotokan Karate training opportunity!"

Would you like to go to Japan to train at Shotokan's source?

Don't speak Japanese?  Too expensive and time-consuming?

If you could roll together the best of training in Japan over the past
50 years and have it described, explained and demonstrated to you in
English, how interested would you be in that?

For the third time, a total of over a dozen instructors, all of whom lived and trained in Japan, will come together to teach as a collective unit. This event will involve 15 to 20 instructors teaching a total of 47 seminars over a 5-day period.  Many of these instructors trained directly with Nakayama Sensei prior to his passing in 1987.  Most lived in Japan for many years and have gained experiences that may be invaluable to your own training. The Hoitsugan Seminars have set a new standard of excellence.  This event is a must for all those serious about improving their ability in and understanding of Shotokan.

Some of our Elite Instructors Include:

Richard Amos • Michael Berger • Vincent Cruz • Gary Friederich  •
Aaron Hoopes • Jon Keeling • Steve Ubl • James Yabe

For more information, please see the attached flyer and the
following web page:

http://www.hoitsugan.com/hoitsuganseminars3.html

Additional reading about the Hoitsugan Seminars:
http://www.theshotokanway.com/hoitsuganseminars2005.html
http://www.artofzenyoga.com/skm.htm#art-5
http://www.wayoflifekarate.com/hoits05.htm

Want a preview?  Please see the following for information about the
DVD from the 2004 event:
http://www.hoitsugan.com/hoitsuganDVD.html

Hope to see you there.
Jon Keeling
Hoitsugan Seminars Planning Committee Director

SKIF will be celebrating Kanazawa Kancho's 77th birthday and SKIF's 30th anniversary in Tokyo, October 23-25, 2008.

Please contact Sensei Jay by February 15th, if you plan on attending.
If we have at least 20 people, including family/friends, I can coordinate a group trip with Japan Air Lines. With JAL, we can each travel to Japan on different days, so you can add days before or after the SKIF events to best meet your individual travel needs/interests.

I know that this would be a big use of your precious vacation time. This is also a major karate event and celebration, the magnitude of which we may not experience again in our lives. I hope you can make the trip.  j

In early 1983, a delegation from Toyokawa, Japan, visited the city of Cupertino to present a gift of 200 cherry trees. The Cherry Blossom festival is an annual event celebrating the blossoming of the trees and the many friendships that have grown through the Cupertino-Toyokawa Sister City Program.
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Sensei Manabu Murakami, Director of the International Division of Shotokan Karate-do International Federation, will be teaching seminars at the CNC on Tuesday, January 22, and Sunday, January 27. Many of you already know that Murakami Sensei is a multiple-time World Champion and an extremely proficient technician. In my opinion, his techniques reflect Kanazawa Kancho's teaching more than anyone else's in the world. We're very fortunate to be able to host Murakami Sensei given SKIF's 120 member countries and 1000's of training locations, so I encourage everyone to attend his seminars. -j Read More...

After the class of Saturday, January 12, the Saturday classes at the Columbia Neighborhood Center in Sunnyvale will be changing to Sundays, up to and including Sunday, March 16. We will switch back to Saturdays on Saturday, March 22. You may recall this same schedule change last year to accommodate the CNC's youth basketball program. Read More...