The JKA American Federation National Tournament is coming up November 14-15 at University of New Orleans, and our team is preparing to go. More information will be posted at the JKA/AF web site.
JKA/AF National & Collegiate Karate Championships
Author: Mathew
5th JKA NorCal Shotokan Karate League
The 5th JKA NorCal Shotokan Karate League will be open to outside dojos for the first time this year. The tournament will be held on August 30th at the Prime Time Athletic Club. This year, the proceeds of our league will help fund our Youth US Team Members to compete in Gichin Funakoshi World Cup in Tokyo, Japan in October 2014. We will also have Shihan Takayuki Mikami (9th dan and chief instructor of JKA/American Federation) as our guest.
This tournament will be pre-registration only. Registration forms must be postmarked no later than August 22nd. (Prime Time karate members can register at the front desk). With your help and support, we expect this league to be another great success. We will be awarding medals for lst, 2nd and 3rd place.
We look forward to seeing you and we thank you in advance for your support.
Tournament Rules Registration Form Invitation Letter
DATE: SATURDAY, AUGUST 30th, lpm
LOCATION: PRIME TIME ATHLETIC CLUB, 1230 Rollins Road, Burlingame, Ca. 94010
EVENTS:
1. Individual Kata
2. Individual Kumite
3. Team Kata (Intermediate & advanced)
YOUTH DIVISION: (Boys & Girls Combined)
1. WHITE BELTS KATA ONLY
2. YELLOW BELTS (8th kyu) = KATA & GOHON KUMITE, (JODAN & CHUDAN ONLY)
3. ORANGE BELTS (8th kyu) = KATA & KIHON IPPON KUMITE, (JODAN & CHUDAN ONLY)
4. GREEN, PURPLE & BROWN BELTS (6th kyu – 1st dan) = KATA & JIYU KUMITE (SHOBU IPPON)
ADULT KATA & KUMITE DIVISION: (MALE & FEMALE) (Shobu Ippon for all adult kumite events)
1. BEGINNERS DIVISION = WHITE, YELLOW & ORANGE BELTS (9-7 kyu)
2. INTERMEDIATE DIVISION = GREEN TO PURPLE BELTS (6-4 kyu)
3. ADVANCED DIVISION = BROWN & BLACK BELTS (3rd kyu- 1st dan only)
MANDATORY KUMITE GEAR:
YOUTH: (6-12 YEARS OLD)
1. Green to Purple Belts (6th Kyu – 4th Kyu) = (head gear, white hand pads, foot gear & mouth guard)
2. Brown & Black Belts (3″‘ Kyu – 1“ Dan) = (hand pads & mouth guard)
ADULTS: (13 YEARS OLD & ABOVE)
1. Beginners to Advanced Belts = (hand pads & mouth guard)
JKA/AF Camp (June 13-16, 2013)
The 2013 JKA/AF National Camp was hosted in New Orleans by Sensei Takayuki Mikami (9th Dan) with guest instructor Sensei Tatsuya Naka (7th Dan) from the JKA headquarters in Japan. It was a fun three days of training with most classes opened by Sensei Mikami and then continued by Sensei Naka.
Sensei Naka is a great communicator, brilliant technician and dedicated teacher, and his enthusiasm was contagious. Everyone really appreciated his classes. We learned about (and practiced) hip vibration, rotation, counter-rotation; about body positioning and forming correct alignment; about concentration (he had some exercises that were mind twisters); about speed and directness of motions; about kata interpretation; and much more. The camp also included testing for judge certification, which Sensei Naka used as an opportunity to provide further insight and teaching on judging.
The last day of the camp was black belt testing. Sensei Khim passed Godan (5th degree), Mathew passed Sandan (3rd degree) & Philip Hu passed Shodan (1st degree).
Ozawa Cup (Mar 28-31, 2013)
JKA NorCal competed in the Ozawa Cup and did very well. This international event was held at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas and had over 800 competitors. Our dojo is listed as one of the Top 5 schools with most Gold Medals as well as in the Top 12 schools with the most number of medals.
Men’s Kumite Team photos at the awards ceremony:
The Philippine youth team came to visit our Dojo before the event, and also competed at the tournament.
Here are the JKA NorCal results:
Individual Competition:
- Philip Hu – 1st kata & 2nd kumite
- Carrie Lei -1st kumite & 2nd kata
- Cylie Stuhler – 2nd kumite
- Ciara Stuhler – 1st kumite & 2nd kata
- Zuri Yip – 3rd kumite
- Rosh Torres – 1st kata & 1st kumite
- Yuki Torres – 3rd kumite & 3rd kata
- Polina Zamalin – competed
- Camri Stuhler – competed
- Justin Huwe – competed
- Daejin Abidoye – competed
- Brian Ng – competed
- John Sam – competed
- Mathew Bittleston – competed
Men’s team kumite – 3rd Place
- John Sam
- Mathew Bittleston
- Khim Torres
- Daejin Abidoye
Congratulations to everyone!
Sensei Jose Ferrand in San Francisco, CA
Sensei Jose Ferrand of Miami Shotokan, JKA 6th Dan and a coach to the US Team, will be in San Francisco from August 9th until August 11.
There will be three clinics, and the Prime Time league tournament:
Fri 8/09/13 7:00p-8:30p PrimeTime Athletic Club (Studio 2)
Sat 8/10/13 9:00a-11:00a Prime Time Athletic Club (Studio 1)
Prime Time League (tournament) on Saturday after class. All are welcome!
Sun 8/11/13 9:00a-11:00a PrimeTime Athletic Club (Studio 2)
Please contact Sensei Khim or Sensei Christina for more information.
JKA/AF Nationals 2012
We had a great time in New Orleans for the JKA / AF Nationals 2012.
Fourteen students and both senseis from our dojo competed in New Orleans this year. Most of the competitors brought home medals in their divisions:
Cylie Stuhler: 1st place Kata, 1st place Kumite
Yuki Torres: 2nd place Kata, 1st place Kumite
Ciara Stuhler: 2nd place Kata, 1st place Kumite
Camri Stuhler: 3rd place Kata
Rosh Torres: 2nd place Kata, 1st place Kumite
Brian Ng: 3rd place Kata
Zuri Yip: 2nd place Kata, 3rd place Kumite
Christina Foo: 2nd place Kata (Sr Black Belt), 2nd place Kumite (Sr Black Belt), 3rd place Kata (Black Belt), 3rd place Kumite (Black Belt)
Hans Schultz: 2nd place Kata, 1st place Kumite
Khim Torres: 2nd place Kata, 2nd place Kumite
Emerson Malalos: 3rd place Kata
Youth Team Kata: 3rd place (Camri, Ciara, Zuri)
Men Team Kata: 2nd place (Khim, Emerson, John)
Women Team Kumite: 3rd place (Christina, Jenn, Joyce)
Men Team Kumite: 3rd place (Khim, John, Mathew)
Here are some photos from the tournament:
Thank you to the families for their support!
All South Karate Championship
The Louisiana Karate Association hosted their “All South Karate Championship” last weekend and featured Sensei Khim and Sensei Christina on the flyer! See the link below to check out the great action shots:
Here are the photos:
Kyu Testing Results (1/23/10)
Conratulations to JKA NorCal’s students on their new belt promotion:
(1 ) – RON DRABKIN
(1 ) – BRIAN NG
(2) – JOHN-BAPTIST ANDRE
(2B) – JOEY MAYEN
(4 ) – JUSTIN HUWE
(4B) – AUDREY DURAZZO
(5 ) – BRIAN LEE
(5 ) – PATRICK LEE
(5 ) – BIANCA YEPEZ
(5 ) – CHRISTIAN YEUNG
(5 ) – GARREN LUM
(5 ) – CAMRI STUHLER
(5 ) – CIARA STUHLER
(5B) – ISABELLA EVANS
(5B) – MATHEW ENG
(5B) – RILEY HUGHES
(5B) – JOHNNY SUSOFF
(6 ) – DEVON RAMOS
(6 ) – IRMA SCHLEUSZ
(6 ) – JOSHUA ALDANA
(6 ) – ZURI YUP
(6 ) – JEFFREY WITZ
(6 ) – BRENDAN BROWN
(6 ) – GABRIELLA SCHLEUSZ
(6 ) – JACK HICKEY
(6 ) – WILLIAM URRUTIA
(6B) – SOPHIA ALARAJ
(6B) – AIDEN DENTON
(6B) – NICHOLAS BALCH
(6B) – IVAN ALVARO
(6B) – MELINA SHAPIRO
(7 ) – DANTE DAMONTO
(7 ) – BETHANY LUTZ
(7 ) – PATRICK HOSKINS
(7 ) – JOSEPH LEE
(7 ) – CYLIE STUHLER
(7 ) – ASHER WHITTEN
(7 ) – CHRISTOPHER YU
(7B) – BRETT KUWAHARA
(7B) – ALI ALAOUI
(7B) – JUNJUN CHAN
(7B) – ASHLEY GONG
(7B) – HANNAH GONG
(7B) – MIA GREEN
(7B) – GABRIEL SHERR
(7B) – CHERILYN YU
(8 ) – CAMERON COWAN
(8 ) – LIAM MCGRATH
(8 ) – SONNY BATASIN
(8 ) – DOREEN BAIRES
(8 ) – CARRIE LEI
(8B) – ADEL GHEZARAT
(8B) – LILI GHEZARAT
(8B) – LAINE SCHLEZINGER
(8B) – KYRA SCHLEZINGER
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The belt promotion is at 1pm on January 23rd at Primetime in Burlingame.
After the promotion is the Little League shotokan karate tournament, at 3:30pm.
Talk to Sensei Khim for details about these events. Please be early for both events to allow time for warm up!
Osu!
JKA NorCal 2010 Calendar
Sensei Christina has put together a 2010 calendar for our students and members with some great photos from last year. There are photographs from our grand opening demonstrations, Kata performances, Sensei Takayuki Mikami’s visit and belt testing, the Prime Time karate league, JKA NorCal team at Nationals… On the calendar, Sensei has added many of the coming year’s events including dates of this year’s belt promotions. You can download and print it from the link below:
JKANorCal_2010_Calendar.pdf (5.5MB download)
(You’ll need Adobe Reader to open or print the file.)
Printing instructions:
To make a wall calendar with a printer that prints on two sides, set it to print flip on long side. Add spiral binding along the top long side and it can flip up and hang on the wall with the photos above the calendar.
Have a great year training and Happy New Year!
Sensei Mikami visit
Our founding chief instructor of the JKA/AF, a JKA 8th degree blackbelt will be here on Saturday 5/2 to inaugurate our JKA NorCal dojo Grand Opening and conduct our first Kyu-Exam. We will celebrate with a karate demonstration prepared for him and also inviting other Bay Area karatekas to participate in the clinic Sensei will be instructing. Sensei Mikami is one of the first generation of JKA instructors being the first to graduate from JKA instructor’s course. He is also a former All Japan Kumite and Kata champion. For more on Mikami Sensei, see: http://jkaaf.org/founder.html
Here are the details:
Date: Saturday May 2nd
Location: Prime Time Athletic Club, 1730 Rollins Road, Burlingame, CA. (Studio #1)
Schedule:
3:00-4:00pm Kyu-Exam
4:00-4:30pm Grand Opening/JKA NorCal Demo
4:30-5:15pm Beginner/Intermediate Clinic for Color belts
5:15-6:15pm Advanced Clinic for Brown & Black belts
6:30-8:30pm Dinner with Sensei (TBD location) – All invited
Cost: Beginner/Intermediate $50 with pre-registration by April 27th or $60 at the door on May 2nd; Advanced (both classes) $60 with pre-registration by April 27th or $70 at the door on May 2nd
For visiting participants, this will include a day pass to Prime Time Athletic Club which we have purchased in advanced for the event.
For pre-registration, make check payable to: JKA Northern California with the following information (Name, Rank, Dojo, Beginner or Advanced Clinic and Email-for notification upon receipt of registration) and Send check to:
JKA Northern California
PO Box 282596
San Francisco, CA 94128
Please spread the word and forward to your friends not to miss a chance to train with a great instructor who has not been in this area for at least 13 years. All karatekas are welcome from any organizations and/or styles. For more information, feel free to email info@jkanorcal.org