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Thoughts and Afterthoughts: June 9, 2011

SKIF OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

SKIF OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

Kancho Kanazawa’s Seminars
When: September 17, 2011
Where: Bakar Fitness & Recreation Center at UCSF Mission Bay
Address: 1675 Owens St., San Francisco, CA 94143

Seminar Times:
1st Session: 9:30 am
2nd Session: 12:30 pm

Please see attachment for all information on the Seminars and Championship

For more information please contact Sensei Wayne Shockness @: shotokan415@yahoo.com or (415) 400-5879

11th SHOBUKAN CUP Friendship Karate Tournament

It is with great pleasure that I invite you to our 11th SHOBUKAN CUP Friendship Karate Tournament. This tournament will take place on 17th September 2011 in Temple, Texas. For this tournament we have many guest coming from India, Japan, Panama and other countries. We to conduct seminars prior the tournament and after the tournament.

Please mark your calendars for the 17th of September. Please if you need assistance or have any questions please contact me. For more information please visit our website, www.isska.com or www.karateshobukan.com. You can also contact me by phone 254-368-2311

Respectfuly,

M. DaCosta
Head Instructor

Upcoming Events!

• 2011 SKIF-USA and USF -National Team Trials and Open Division: September 17th – 18th in San Francisco CA Hotel Kabuki San Francisco, 1625 Post Street San Francisco, CA 94115. For more info visit the SKIF-USA website or contact Linda Crimmens at skifusa@comcast.net.

• Colorado Summer Camp Sponsored by ISKF: in Greeley Colorado July 28-31. Contact Gary Swain pepcoach@comcast,net.

• 2011 Kanzcho Kanazawa Seminar and Goodwill Tournament in Hawaii Saturday July 23, 2011. Contact: Manfred Nagel PH: 808.441.4442; Fax: 808.599.1549 Cell: 808.306.3057: manfred@ephawaii.com

SHOTO NIJU KUN #14: In conflict you must discern the vulnerable from invulnerable points(Tattakai wa kyo-jitsu no)

(Credit) By: Master Teriyuki Okazaki; Reprinted from the ISKF Spotlight ISKF Newletter

Here Master Funakoshi is saying that you have to recognize that opposites are two sides of the same thing. You cannot have one without the other. In every situation in karate, as well as in life, there are opposite forces around you all at once. The key is to be able to distinguish one from the other. And you can only do that with an open mind.

Kyo is open jitsu is closed. Although these terms connote opposites, one is impossible without the other. And often, one appears to be the other. For example,
shizentai looks like kyo, when in fact it is jitsu. Likewise, aggressiveness looks like jitsu but it can be kyo. You have to know what you're seeing, and be aware as the situation before you changes. The ability to do so comes from experience.

As I have already said many times: the key is balance. First, you have to have
inner balance; then you can have balance in the way you deal with the outside world. In terms of karate, this means that when you go in with an attack, always be ready to
defend. And when you defend, always have a mind to attack. Be ready for any necessity. Again, using kyo and jitsu requires good balance, both physically and mentally.

Master Funakoshi said, "Calm yourself so you can see in all situations. And when you
can see an opportunity take it immediately." If you see a target in an opponent, a
physically "open" place, that is finding kyo. But remember that it is possible that your opponent may not really be vulnerable. He may be giving you an opening. He may be saying, "Come on, attack." To be able to see what his true intentions are, be still, be ready. If you see an opponent's kyo and you cannot move, you're finished. Kyo and jitsu are two sides of the same coin. And if you see kyo, be aware of jitsu. It might be a trap.

That's why Master Funakoshi said you must understand what is kyo and what is jitsu. They are essentially the same thing, just front and back sides. So how do we learn to distinguish between the two? We learn from experience, from training. In training we can take a chance and not be worried about the consequences. Just take a chance. Why not? That way you get experience. Three hundred years ago I would not have said that, because back then, if you lost, you might have lost your life.

But now we can be more open. We have designed our training methods so that the student can have more opportunities to learn how to develop a sixth sense. If you're always worried about Three hundred years ago I would not have said that, because back then, if you lost, you might have lost your life. But now we can be more open. We have designed our training methods so that the student can have more opportunities to learn how to develop a sixth sense. If you're always worried about going in, you will never learn what can happen. You will not know what it is to see an opening, or to see the danger. You cannot tell what will happen. Only experience can help the body learn to react. And that is important, because in a self-defense situation, you probably won't have any time to think. The way to see what is really going on-to see the opposites for what they are you have to have a clear mind. It is through a clear mind that your "sixth sense" is able to discern kyo from jitsu, and to furthermore see the one in, as part of, the other.

In life, we tend to see things as "good" and "bad." We judge life, rather than see it
for what it is. When we do that, we miss opportunities, and we make ourselves vulnerable. Judging is a function of the ego, not pure consciousness. Judgement is like a cloud, concealing reality, because when we judge, we fail to see the other side of things-and there is always another side. Let me share a couple of examples, so you can see what I mean. Sometimes, what you think of as a "bad thing" is in fact an opportunity to learn, to test yourself, to grow as a person. Say you experience some kind of loss. Because of that loss, you will feel some kind of suffering.
But as virtually every religion and mythology reminds us, it is through suffering
that a person is often inspired to make positive changes within, to relieve that suffering.

What I mean by this is that, when you suffer, you are more likely to take steps
to free yourself from your egoistic mind. And in doing so, you make progress toward
experiencing mushin, or "no mind." You learn to accept things as they are, which is
what you need to do to experience inner peace. And there is nothing in life better,
more valuable, than inner peace. So a "bad thing" happens, you suffer-but then you grow! Thus you gain a benefit from what you judged to be a "bad thing."

That "bad thing" was in fact a "good thing" for you. Do you understand? Similarly, something "good" might happen to you. Say you win the lottery. You would consider
that a good thing. But say all that money, over time, made you lazy? What if
you began to desire material things more because now, you had access to them?
More and more your life would be focused on things outside of you, and thus your
inner growth would cease-in which case, I assure you would become unhappy. I use
this particular example because it has been documented that people who have won the
lottery, after getting over the initial euphoria of "not having money problems," in fact are more unhappy with their lives than they were before they won. What you considered a "good thing" turned out to be a very "bad thing."

This is what Master Funakoshi warns us about. Be able to tell opposites from one
another, and be able to see one as being part of the other. You need inner balance to recognize, and deal with, these constantly changing opposites. And you can only seereality for what it is with an open mind.

ISKF Master Camp 2011

The 45th Anniversary ISKF Master Camp and International Goodwill Tournament will be June 10th - June 17th, 2011. Once again this special camp will be held at Camp Green Lane, Green Lane, Pennsylvania USA. Every year is special as it is the only week-long Shotokan training camp taught by the world's most famous Shotokan masters. This
year we will have instruction from Master's Teruyuki Okazaki - ISKF Chief Instructor, Yutaka Yaguchi - ISKF/USA, Hideo Ochi - JKA/Europe, Masaru Miura - SKI-I/Italy and Shunsuke Takahashi - TSKF/Australia. Assisting them will be members of the esteemed high-ranking ISKF Technical Committee.

The ISKF welcomes Shotokan organizations from all countries to join the International Shotokan Karate Federation. Please direct any inquiries for membership to iskf@iskf.com or call us directly at: 215.222.9382.

Congratulations New Black Belts

Austin Shotokan Karate is pleased to congratulate Randy O'Brien, Simon DuMortier, and Valentin Panayatov for passing the examination for Shodan (first degree Black Belt) at this weekend's training seminar in Houston. Shodan means "first," so that passing this exam means that they have taken the first step of a life-long journey. Training continues tomorrow night at the dojo at Austin Recreation Center.

Oss!
Scott Monroe

SKIF-USA EVENTS

Events

SKIF MASTER SEMINAR

Friday, Saturday, & Sunday, January 14, 15, & 16, 2011

Featuring Hiroyasu Fujishima, Hanshi, 8th Dan SKIF

Children, Adults, Advanced Levels Dan Grading on Sunday

Sponsored by the Long Island Shotokan

Contact:
Mr. Charles Macolino, Sensei
130 Jericho turnpike
Floral Park, NY 11001
Tel: 516 488-7382
Email: LIshotokan@aol.com


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SKIF-USA Masters Seminar

February 25 - 28, 2011

Featuring Murakami Sensei
Hosted by
Shotokan Karate-do Center
Shadi Barazi Sensei


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SKIF-USA Masters Seminar

March 1 - 4, 2011

Featuring Murakami Sensei
Hosted by
SKIF-Miami
Jaime Wong Sensei


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SKIF-USA Masters Seminar

March 5 - 6, 2011

Featuring Murakami Sensei
Hosted by
Mt. Vernon Traditional Shotokan Karate
Theresa Nichiporuk Sensei


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SKIF-USA Summer Tour

June 2011

featuring
Kanazawa Kancho and Nobuaki Sensei


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SKIF-USA National Tournament

September 17, 2011

Hosted by
Shockness Shotokan Karate
Wayne Shockness Sensei


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Additional details for each event will be available soon

Murakami Sensei Seminar: Feb 15- 18, 2011

I just saw on the SKIF-USA website that Sensei Murakami (one of Kancho Kanazawa's right-hand men) will be giving a seminar in Houston in February (25 through 28). I'll pass along more details when I get them. I highly recommend that you attend at least some of the seminar if you can. Also, Kancho himself will be conducting a training tour in June; places and dates aren't available yet.

Oss!
Scott Monroe

Happy Holidays form USA-SKIF

Happy Holidays!


From all of us to your and your family,
We are wishing a wonderful holiday season
and a safe, prosperous 2011.


SKIF-USA Board of Directors

Glenn Stoddard
Michael Cook
Chris Johnson
James Shea
Paul Walker
Shadi Barazi
Lynda Crimmins

Merry Christmas!

Have a safe and happy holiday season and a great 2011!

Oss, ho ho ho!
Scott Monroe
Instructor, Austin Shotokan Karate

Kanazawa vs Oneida

Kanazawa No Bo Dai I

Kanazawa No Bo Dai II

31st Annual International Martial Arts Symposium

From Shuri te Bujutsu Kai

Columbia, South Carolina – USA

October 8-10, 2010


Karatedo - Kobudo - Karate-Jutsu - Ju-Jutsu - Tuite-Jutsu - Kyusho-Jutsu - Iaido/Kendo - Kali/Arnis - Chin-Na - Wing Chun - Baguazhang – Xingyiquan - Taijiquan
Self-Defense - Sport Kumite - Qigong - Healing Arts

Hosted By:
Kokusai Shurite Yudansha-Kai, Troy J. Price & Tommy Hood


This year’s Symposium is a Tribute and Remembrance of Hanshi Ridgely Abele

2010 Symposium Instructors:

Robert Bowles, 10th Dan

Jim Logue, 9th Dan

Dr. Steven Roensch, 9th Dan

Tom Muncy, 10th Dan

Rick Moneymaker, 9th Dan

Carl Wilcox, 9th Dan

Gat Puno Abon Garimot Baet

Devorah Dometrich, 8th Dan

Vitus Bilking, 8th Dan

Donna Judge, 8th Dan

Benny Meng, 7th Dan

Kimo Wall, 7th Dan

Ernesto Martinez, 7th Dan

George Sheridan, 7th Dan

Rey Perez, 7th Dan

Tony Bisanz, 7th Dan

Darren Myers, 7th Dan

Tom Ryan, 7th Dan
Troy J. Price, 7th Dan

Tommy Hood, 6th Dan

Maria Evans, 6th Dan

Mike Hernandez, 6th Dan

Paul Cote, 6th Dan

Dustin Baldis, 5th Dan

Dr. Clay Morton, 5th Dan (SKIF)

Mark Baker, 5th Dan

Jeff Rhodes, 5th Dan

Cole Ricks, 5th Dan

Alex Ormaza, 4th Dan


When:

October 8, 9 & 10, 2010

Friday; 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Saturday; 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Sunday; 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM


Where:

Marriott Hotel, Columbia
1200 Hampton Street (Corner of Main & Hampton St)
Columbia, South Carolina 29201
Special Room Rate $99.00 (must reserve room by September 13, 2010)

Reservations 1-800-228-9290 ask for Symposium rate

Online Reservations Here



Contact Information:

Troy Price

Phone: (919) 360-7224

E-Mail: troysbudo@nc.rr.com
Websites:

www.carolinakarate.net/symposium
www.shuritebujutsu.com



29 Internationally Known Instructors
5 to 7 different classes taught every 90-minutes

Choose the arts/classes you wish to train



Fees:

$250.00 Pre-Registration “Symposium Grand Package” Symposium Fee, Instructional, Syllabus (PDF files on DVD Disc), Free T-shirt, Friday Night Meal, Saturday Lunch & Dinner Banquet

(Must pre-register by September 18, 2010)



$50.00 Deposit to hold the pre-registered price, balance due on arrival (nonrefundable)



$275.00 After September 18, 2010



Individual Day Cost: (Includes Meal for that day)

$100.00 Friday Only, $175.00 Saturday Only, $50.00 Sunday Only



Online Registration & Pay with Credit Card:

Register online @: www.carolinakarate.net/symposium
Or Please Call Troy Price @ 919-360-7224



Special Group Rates Available: For every five paid participants from the same group one person attends free





Special Youth Training:

8-12 yr. old, Saturday Only $50.00 for those not attending the symposium



Special Law Enforcement Training: Friday 12:30 - 3:00 PM

Police Survival and Defense Institute (PSDI)

Open to all adult symposium attendees and Law Enforcement personal


Special Shuri-Ryu Karatedo Training Session: (Friday 3:00 to 5:00 PM)

Open to all levels & styles; free to symposium attendees.



Weapons Training (Kobudo, Iaido & Arnis):

Attendees should supply their own weapons for all Kobudo, Iaido & Arnis classes. Bo, Jo, Kama, Sai, Tonfa, Nunchaku, Katana, sticks, & training knife. Weapons will be available for purchase.



Training Sessions:

Several styles of Karate, Ju-Jutsu, Kobudo and Kung-Fu will be taught as well as sessions in Elite Athletic Training, International Kata, Olympic style Kumite, Healing Arts and Classes for 3rd Dan & above and other Japanese, Chinese and Philippine martial arts.



Rank Examinations: (Friday 1:00 to 2:30 PM)

Dan & Kyu level testing for Shuri-ryu Karatedo, Shuri-Te Ju-Jutsu and Kobudo will be conducted.

Martial Arts Expo:

Martial arts equipment, weapons, books, T-shirts, DVDs, uniforms, Chinese herbs, and Asian art & gifts will be available for purchase.


Due to the economy we are keeping the Symposium price the same as the last 3-years

Austin Shotokan Karate: Stan Schmidt Drills

New Kata: Heian Sandan, Kanku Dai and Empi

Below are some links to videos of kata that are new to some of the members of Austin Shotokan Karate: Heian Sandan, Kanku Dai and Empi, performed by Kancho Kanazawa. If anyone has any particular requests for video or other posts, please email me at gmendozaop@yahoo.com.

Heian Sandan Kanku Dai Empi

Videos of the 26 kata of Shotokan performed by Kancho on one convenient page can be accessed here.

Shobukan Cup 2010

Manny Acosta, will sponsor, once again, the 1oth Annual Shobukan Cup on September 11, 2010. The tournament will be sponsored by the Mayborn Convention Center in Temple, TX just one hour north of Austin. We hope many will support this endeavor, For more information contact Manny Acosta at 254.368.2311 or email him at dacostamanny@hotmail.com. His dojo website may be accessed here and specific trounament information here.

Dojo and other News: August 7th, 2010

• SKIF USA members represented well at the 30th Annual Ozawa Open Cup in Las Vegas. Jimmy Wong, Sensei of Miami and Clay Morton Sensei took gold medals and Texan (WACO) instructor, Manny DaCosta (who is just up the road from us) took a silver medal. For a full list of SKIF-USA competitors and their achivements, see, "SKIF Members win in Las Vegas" by Clay Morton, available at the SKIF USA Spring Newsletter.

• Amanda, having given up retail for long haul trucking has now given up long haul trucking for heavy equipment operating. Did I mention she's about 5' tall and has a mean gyaku tsuki and a Judo game to boot?

• Well wishes to Shodan, Ronny who is moving back to Israel where he will continue to pursue his shotokan practice at his home dojo just outside of Haifa. It was a pleasure to have him for as long as we did. Oss! and Shalom!

• Mr. Riley, sensei (sandan) is back from summer vacation: Welcome back! It's slightly warmer than in Minnesota, n'est pas?

• We have had the pleasure of having Sempai Kenney (shodan) back with us duribg a break from his studies at Baylor where he is studying creative writing and training in both shotokan and Aikido. We will soon see him again we we him well in his studies and training.

• Scott Monroe , sensei tells us that we will soon be incorporating Kancho Kanazawa's new bo kata, kanazawa no bo.

• A reminder that that the dojo will be closed for maintenance next week for a couple of days; check your email on the specific dates.

• Sempai,