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2019 JKA American Federation Nationals Announcement
Save the date: Nov 8-10, 2019!
The 2019 Japan Karate Association American Federation National Karate Championships and Goodwill Tournament honoring Sensei Takayuki Mikami will be in the San Francisco Bay Area on 8-10 November 2019.
Male and Female, all ages, ranks and organizations are invited. JKA Nor Cal are very excited to host this event. See the most recent post for more information.
Date/Time:
Friday November 8, 2019 (Clinics and Dan testing)
Saturday November 9, 2019 (Tournament)
Sunday November 10, 2019 (Wine Tour)
Registration:
Register here: https://jkanorcal.org/jka-af-nationals-registration
Kyu Testing Results (03/09/19)
BELT PROMOTION RESULTS: Congratulations to all who passed their belt promotion – a good start for 2019
Primetime:
(6 ) – Jacqueline Ishimoto
(6 ) – Madeline Ishimoto
(6 ) – Mateo Ortiz
(6 ) – Madie Riley
(6 ) – Valen Yopp
(6B) – Amanda Padilla
(6B) – Alex Vazquez
(7 ) – Mazin Khoury
(7 ) – Noura Khoury
(7 ) – Ryan Kim
(7 ) – Peyton McCoy
(7 ) – Brendan Wen
(7 ) – Jackson Wise
(7 ) – Benjamin Montgomery
(7B) – Anthony Borella
(7B) – Thomas Ciardella
(7B) – James Conway
(7B) – Dominic Daly
(7B) – Logan Griffith
(8 ) – Max Albrecht
(8 ) – Lucy Clendenin
(8 ) – Libby Kwok
(8 ) – Lindsay Kwok
(8 ) – Marcus Poffengarger
(8 ) – Victoria Micallef
(8 ) – Thomas Rogowski
(8 ) – Timmy Suraszki
(8 ) – Antoni Szchowski
JKA NorCal:
(7 ) – Woliaby Borges
JKA East Bay:
(1B) – Ronald Lastrilla
(2B) – Nicole Tran
(2B) – Emily Tran
(4 ) – Joanna Masulit
(8B) – Joseph Gomez
Kyu Testing Results (02/24/18)
BELT PROMOTION RESULTS: Congratulations to all who passed their belt promotion – a good start for 2018
Primetime:
(1 ) – Nicole Louie
(1 ) – Alicia Tam
(3B) – Adam Zimmer
(3B) – Jalen Zhu
(3B) – Selina Zhu
(5 ) – Teri Cheng
(5B) – Gilman Wong
(6 ) – Jasmine Cheng
(6 ) – Megan Clendenim
(6 ) – Jaxson Moontgomery
(6 ) – Pallas Wu
(7 ) – Benjamin Wu
(7 ) – Genevieve Borba
(7 ) – Nolan Chang
(7 ) – Alexander Regelmen
(7 ) – Gabriela Megikouskaya
(7 ) – Finn Baumgastner
(7 ) – Marlo Baumgastner
(7 ) – Rafael Bravo
(7 ) – Edward Wan-Li
(7 ) – Danyon Montgomery
(7 ) – Olivia Papafils
(7 ) – Eliana Lau
(8 ) – Lucas Cheung
(8 ) – Daniel Lipovich
(8 ) – Marshall Dunn
(8 ) – Graham Dunn
(8B) – Kaela Lokey
(8B) – Rylie Davenport
(8B) – Amanda Padilla
JKA NorCal:
(4 ) – Stephen Rainaldi
(8 ) – Benjamin Steinbach
Kyu Testing Results (09/08/18)
BELT PROMOTION RESULTS:
Congratulations to all who passed their belt promotion – keep up the training!
Primetime:
(1 ) – Thomas Salas
(1 ) – Mason Hoh-Phan
(2 ) – Jalen Zhu
(2 ) – Selina Zhu
(2 ) – Adam Zimmer
(2 ) – Henry Faillace
(2 ) – Ashwin Regarajan
(2 ) – Aayan Omer
(3 ) – Maya Dolmage-Heath
(3 ) – Ryan Teh
(3 ) – Bailey Collins
(3 ) – Santiago Bravo
(3B) – Aliyah Zimmer
(4 ) – Teri Cheng
(4 ) – Kasen Barrolaza
(4 ) – Kaitlyn Chow
(4 ) – Conor Lai
(4 ) – Amelie Wiegand
(4 ) – Brandon Collins
(4 ) – Bobby Ciardella
(4B) – Skye Cheng
(4B) – Olivia Feldman
(5 ) – Jaxson Montenegro
(5 ) – Pallas Wu
(5 ) – Cassius Greene
(5 ) – Olivia Khoury
(5 ) – Oliver Sun
(5 ) – Noah Chin
(5B) – Megan Clendenin
(5B) – Jasmine Cheng
(5B) – Adriana Carranza
(6 ) – Benjamin Wu
(6 ) – Rafael Bravo
(6 ) – Nolan Chang
(6 ) – Edward Wan-Li
(6 ) – Gabriela Megikouskaya
(6 ) – Olivia Papafils
(6 ) – Alexander Regelmen
(6 ) – Danyon Mahoney
(6 ) – Luke Easley
(6B) – Finn Baumgastner
(6B) – Marlo Baumgastner
(7 ) – Daniel Lipovich
(7 ) – Ryan King-Byrnes
(7 ) – Madeline Ishimoto
(7 ) – Madie Riley
(7B) – Timmy King-Byrnes
(7B) – Mason Portillo
(7B) – Gabriel Carranza
(7B) – Kaela Lokey
(7B) – Amanda Padilla
(7B) – Alex Vasquez
(7B) – Jacqueline Ishimoto
(7B) – Mateo Ortiz
(8 ) – James Conway
(8 ) – Thomas Ciardella
(8 ) – Nura Khoury
(8 ) – Ryan Kim
(8 ) – Jackson Wise
(8B) – Anthony Borella
(8B) – Mazin Khoury
(8B) – Peytin McCoy
(8B) – Logan Griffith
(8B) – Brendan Wen
JKA NorCal:
(1 ) – Aidan Kelley
(1 ) – Brody Kelley
(1 ) – Hanady Batshon
(2 ) – Amir Batshon
(7 ) – Benjamin Steinbach
(8 ) – Woliaby Borges
JKA East Bay:
(2 ) – Ron Lastrilla
(3 ) – Adreanna Dones
(3 ) – Nicole Tran
(3 ) – Emily Tran
(5 ) – Alexis Dones
(5 ) – Joanna Masulit
(5 ) – Raedin Dones
Kyu Testing Results (09/23/17)
BELT PROMOTION RESULTS:
Congratulations to all who passed their belt promotion – keep up the training!
Primetime:
(1 ) – Cary Yeung
(1 ) – Inaaya Omer
(2 ) – Hanady Batshon
(2 ) – Nicole Louie
(2 ) – Mason Hoh-Pham
(2 ) – Thomas Salas
(3 ) – Aayan Omer
(3 ) – Ashwin Rengarajan
(3 ) – Amir Batshon
(3 ) – Henry Faillace
(3 ) – William Richardson
(4 ) – Bailey Collins
(4 ) – Santiago Bravo
(4 ) – Ryan Teh
(4 ) – Maya Dolmage-Heath
(5 ) – Bobby Ciardella
(5 ) – Brandon Collins
(5 ) – Madeline Enriquez
(5 ) – Olivia Feldman
(5 ) – Connor Lai
(5 ) – Aliyah Zimmer
(6 ) – Adriana Carranza
(6 ) – Oliver Sun
(6 ) – Lily Peters
(6 ) – Graham Powell
(6 ) – Cassius Greene
(6 ) – Olivia Khoury
(6B) – Sayuri Hughes
(7 ) – Liam Cafferkey
(7 ) – Jasmine Cheng
(7 ) – Megan Clendenin
(7 ) – Pallas Wu
(7 ) – Jaxon Montenegro
(7 ) – Apollo Betz
(7 ) – Kaleo Criolo
(7B) – Luke Easley
(7B) – Daniel Ingalsbe
(8 ) – Eliana Lau
(8 ) – Finn Baumgastner
(8 ) – Marlo Baumgastner
(8 ) – Rafael Bravo
(8 ) – Ekuterina Radeva
(8B) – Timmy King-Byrnes
(8B) – Ryan King-Byrnes
(8B) – Alexander Regelmen
(8B) – Gabriel Carranza
(8B) – Mason Portillo
(8B) – Benjamin Wu
JKA NorCal:
(8 ) – Ari Lee
JKA American Federation Nationals 2017 announcement
The 2017 Japan Karate Association American Federation National Karate Championships and Goodwill Tournament will be on 10-12 November 2017.
Male and Female, all ages, ranks and organizations are invited. For more information please go to jkaaf.org and follow the JKA American Federation on facebook. The tournament will be held at:
Grace King High School
4301 Grace King Pl
Metarie, Louisiana
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2017 JKA/AF National Training Camp: Dan and Qualification tests
This year’s Japan Karate Association American Federation training camp at the University of New Orleans (UNO) featured guest instructor 8th Dan and general manager of the technical division Sensei Imura Takenori. There were about 80 participants for the four day camp, with nine representing JKA Nor Cal. Sensei Imura’s crisp technical excellence and athletic prowess had everyone astonished. His sharp eye for details and sense of humor (for example: He picked out five people’s yoi position in Bassai-dai and drilled us all on which four were wrong) really added to the educational value of this camp.
Sensei Imura covered basics – including a series of clever drills starting with open hand striking techniques and leading up to kumite – and drilled down to details and bunkai in kata. He also had a class specifically on judging kumite and kata matches. Sensei Mikami lead classes on ashi-barai, and kumite applications of sweeping and balance, and answered our questions with humor and depth. Every one of us learned and clarified many questions.
Sensei Mikami and Sensei Imura presided over the Dan exams and JKA qualification exams for instructor, judge and examiner. Our JKA NorCal instructors and students passed their dan exams and certification tests – congratulations to:
Christina Foo – Rokudan
Wauriman Borges – Yondan and JKA “C” Judge and “C” Instructor
John Sam – Yondan
Mathew Bittleston – JKA “C” Instructor and “D” Examiner
Amy Wong – JKA “D” Judge and “D” Instructor
Michelle Paredes – Nidan
Sean Kelley – Nidan
Ed Miranda – Shodan
Abdallah Batshon – Team note taker and Tournament Competitor
If you have any questions about the camp, talk to Abdallah: He took copious notes and will be teaching a class based on what we learned. Thanks again to Senpai Sean for arranging and coordinating AirBnB lodging and driving us about town; and to Senpai John (dojo chef) for another scrumptious meal. Now we can look forward to more dan parties!
Kyu Testing Results (06/03/17)
BELT PROMOTION RESULTS:
Congratulations to all who passed their belt promotion – keep up the training!
Primetime:
(1 ) – Luke Wiegand
(1B) – Charlie Michael
(5 ) – Adam Zimmer
(5 ) – Selina Zhu
(5 ) – Jalen Zhu
(5 ) – Kaitlyn Chow
(5 ) – Amelie Wiegand
(6 ) – Teri Cheng
(6 ) – Ryohei Tanoue
(6 ) – Shunsuke Tanoue
(6 ) – Skye Cheng
(6B) – Richard Li
(6B) – Salma Van Mechelen
(7 ) – Adriana Carranza
(7 ) – Lucas da Costa
(7 ) – Oliver Sun
(8 ) – Edward Li
(8 ) – Jackson Montenegro
(8 ) – Daniel Ingaslbe
(8 ) – Francisco Vieira
(8 ) – Luke Easley
(8 ) – Apollo Betz
(8 ) – Jolie Quan
JKA Marin:
(6 ) – Daniel Allan Lazarus
JKA East Bay:
(4B) – Ronald Lastrilla
Kyu Testing Results (01/28/17)
BELT PROMOTION RESULTS:
Congratulations to all who passed their belt promotion – keep up the training! It was delightful to have Sensei Khim check in on the dojo and see the progress. Hope you enjoyed the special training he gave us.
JKA NorCal:
(2 ) – Lisa Summerfield
Primetime:
(1 ) – Ethan Tam
(1 ) – Kavi Singh
(1 ) – Zach Hanson
(2 ) – Brody Kelley
(2 ) – Aidan Kelley
(2 ) – Joshua Hanson
(2 ) – Ryan Malik
(2 ) – Alicia Tam
(2 ) – Charlie Michael
(2 ) – Inaaya Omer
(2 ) – Cary Yeung
(3 ) – Mason Hoh-Pham
(3 ) – Thomas Salas
(3 ) – Nicole Louie
(3 ) – Nicole Leon
(3B) – Hanady Batshon
(4B) – Amir Batshon
(4B) – Henry Faillace
(4B) – Ayaan Omer
(4B) – William Richardson
(4B) – Ashwin Rengarajan
(5 ) – Alejandro Cardenas
(5 ) – Santiago Bravo
(5 ) – Bailey Collins
(5 ) – Ryan Teh
(5 ) – Maya Dolmage-Heath
(7 ) – Lily Peters
(7 ) – Riva Sanjay
(8 ) – Salma Van Mechelen
(8 ) – Adriana Carranza
(8 ) – Lucas da Costa
(8 ) – Richard Li
(8B) – Oliver Sun
(8B) – Olivia Papalilis
(8B) – Genevieve Borba
(8B) – Kaleo Chirolo
(8B) – Pallas Wu
JKA Marin:
(7 ) – Haden Mateo Berlinsky
(7 ) – Daniel Allan Lazarus
JKA East Bay:
(5B) – Ronald Lastrilla
(6 ) – Nicole Tran
(6 ) – Emily Tran
(6 ) – Adreanna Dones
(8 ) – Alexis Dones
(8B) – Raedin Dones