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More pictures from the tournament 4/26/2008
 
More Kingsbury Jiyu-kumiteScott Kingsbury's practice on Monday (5/5/2008) was excellent. Not only did I enjoy it and learn a lot - thanks for all the matches and advice! - I really enjoyed seeing Hiroko laugh so much. She was really getting into the eye-hand coordination practice, and her laugh was so infectious that she had most of the rest of the class doing it, too. Of course, I was so serious you could have mistook me for the Buddha Fudo...not. » read the entire item »
Scott Kingsbury to lead jiyu-kumite practiceIn this week's Hot News, Nidan Scott Kingsbury will lead a jiyu-kumite practice at Sun Oaks tonight (5/5/2008) at 6:40pm. It's too bad that Jun hurt his foot two weekends ago at the Central Coast Tournament. He's not supposed to practice for a couple more weeks, according to the docs, but I'm sure he's itching to! He'll watch tonight, I hope. » read the entire item » Jun Nakamiya - Central Coast Tournament White Belt Champion!
Jun Nakamiya - Central Coast Tournament White Belt Champion!
Central Coast TournamentWell, we're off to the Central Coast Tournament today! The tournament is an SKA qualifying tournament for the famous SKA-sponsored Nisei Week tournament. No, I don't have Nisei Week championship aspirations. I'm just participating for the experience. » read the entire item »
Kyu Test Spring 2008Congratulations to all the kyu test participants! The test was last night during the regular class period. We had 14 students testing, including two each from West Side Shotokan (Scott Kingsbury) and Shasta College (Dallas Adams). » read the entire item » Mourning Dr. Daniel ChemlaA few days ago, our most-senior godan (fifth-degree black belt), Daniel Chemla, passed away. Let us not deceive ourselves, we are all mortal; however, it seems Daniel was taken from us too early. Four years ago, Daniel suffered a debilitating stroke, leaving his once-fantastic physical abilities only the stuff of legend. Still, he continued to work at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and to practice his karate until the end. » read the entire item » Winter vs. Summer FitnessFitness goes through phases. We can't all be at peak all the time, so we go through training, competition (or Special Training), and recovery phases. » read the entire item » Strategy for long-term practice
From my desktop tear-off calendar:
Be soft in your practice.
Fantastic Sagawa Practice(s)Well, the special practice led yesterday by Jim Sagawa was a raging success. Twenty students registered to participate, 4 of them from West Side Shotokan (here in Redding, led by Nidan "Bruise Brother" Scott Kingsbury) and 3 from Chico, led by Nidan Ben Chester. There were four black belts (besides, Jim, of course) and the balance of the students were white belts, some with as little as 1 month of karate experience. » read the entire item » 
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