The 2017 Japan Karate Association American Federation National Karate Championships and Goodwill Tournament will be on 10-12 November 2017.
JKA AF Nationals and Goodwill Tournament 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
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.
JKA NorCal with Sensei Imura Takenori
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!
JKA NorCal Enjoying New Orleans food at Rons GumboCelebrating Rokudan: Crawfish by the pound (after two dozen oysters)!
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
This year’s Japan Karate Association American Federation summer camp in New Orleans will be held June 8-11, 2017. The summer camp is the yearly event for all of us to get together and get acquainted with JKA AF and its members beyond the confines of our dojos and regions. JKA NorCal plans to attend the camp – talk to Sensei Wauriman or Sensei Christina for more information.
Imura Takenori General Manager of Technical Division
The JKAAF is excited to announce that Sensei Imura Takenori from Japan will be Guest Instructor at this year’s summer camp in New Orleans. Sensei Imura is 8th Dan and General Manager of the Technical Division in the Japan Karate Association. He is currently the second-most-senior instructor at the JKA headquarters https://www.jka.or.jp/en/instructors/
In addition, all proceeds from the camp after expenses will support the US Team members representing us at the JKA Funakoshi Cup (Shotocup), August 18-20, in Ireland.
