Penn State Karate Club

Demonstration KataThe Penn State Karate Club will hold its Fall 2008 Demonstration on Tuesday, September 2nd at 7:30 PM in 106 White Building on Penn State University's campus. This is an excellent opportunity to learn more about the karate club and how we train. Everyone is welcome: students, faculty, staff, and the general public. If you are at all curious about martial arts, we encourage you to attend.

The format of the demonstration will mirror our normal workouts and include many of the skills we normally practice. You will have an opportunity to observe the following:

• Warmup, stretching, and conditioning exercises
• Upper and lower body basics: the foundation of our karate style that include the blocks, kicks, and punches we practice
• Kata: the traditional forms of our style that combine stance, basics, and movement into a prearranged pattern.
• Sparring: we will demonstrate both prearranged and competitive point sparring in a controlled environment.
• Tameshiwari: the ever-popular breaking of construction materials

Following the demonstration, we will have a question and answer session.

On August 16 and 17, 2008, Penn State Karate Club Members and Tai Chi practitioners from around the country traveled to the University Park campus for demonstrations and special training sessions. Distinguished PSU alumni Black Belts and world-renowned Tai Chi Masters provided Penn State students, and faculty with free training in the ancient internal martial art of Tai Chi. Pictures from the event can be viewed at Penn State Live

Special Olympics VolunteersOn the warm Saturday afternoon of June 7th, seven PSKC members volunteered their time to help with the 2008 Special Olympics Pennsylvania Summer Games. The event took place on the outdoor field below Penn State's Bryce Jordan Center and our members were responsible for assisting with the Track and Field Events. They joined a backbone of volunteers that helped to make the Special Olympics possible for nearly 2,100 athletes and 800 coaches from across the state.

The repairs to Room 106 are complete and we will be working out there for the rest of the summer. Our first workout in 106 will be Thursday, June 19th.

The Penn State Karate Club will hold a demonstration on Tuesday, May 27th at 7:30PM in Room 132 White Building on Penn State's Campus. Everyone is invited to attend. We will be going through many of the skills that we practice on a regular basis including upper and lower body basics, kata (traditional forms), kumite (sparring), and tameshiwari (breaking of construction materials).

The first summer session begins on May 19th and runs to June 27th. During this time, crews will be refinishing the floor in our beloved Room 106 White Building. Over the winter break, both the floor and one of the walls sustained some water damage. For the time being, we will have workouts in rooms 50/51 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. If all goes well with the floor repair, we'll be back in 106 for the 2nd session, starting on July 2nd.

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