Penn State Karate Club

Tatsuo ShimabukuThe Penn State Karate Club invites you to join us in celebrating the contributions of Okinawan Karate Master Tatsuo Shimabuku during our fall 2011 Tatsuo Shimabuku Embu Taikai on September 20th at 8PM in room 106 White Building. Admission is free.

Learn about the Okinawa culture where Karate originated. Enjoy Karate demonstrations. Participate in our self-defense workshop featuring techniques selected from Master Tatsuo Shimabuku's Kumite Drills.

The Penn State Karate Club expresses our deepest sympathy and solidarity to Japan and its citizens as they confront the multiple crises stemming from the earthquake on Friday, March 11, 2011. For those who would like to help, a website linking to organizations involved in the relief effort can be found below:

https://japanvolunteers.wordpress.com/

Penn State Karate Club DemonstrationThe Penn State Karate Club will hold its Fall 2010 Demonstrations on Tuesday, August 31st at 8:30 PM and Thursday, September 2nd at 7:30 PM in 106 White Building on Penn State University's campus. These are excellent opportunities 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 demonstrations 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 demonstrations, we will have a question and answer session. Please come and join us.

Hetzel Union BuildingThe Student Involvement Fair will take place in the HUB Ballroom on Monday, August 23rd and the Penn State Karate Club will be there, too. Please stop by and see us to learn more our club and the style of karate we practice.

Motobu ChōkiOn Thursday April 15th starting at 7:30 PM in Room 106, the Penn State Karate Club will hold a memorial demonstration for Motobu Chōki. The demonstration will include Okinawan music, kata and breaking demonstrations, a documentary video, audience participation in several partner drills inspired by Sensei Motobu, and some light refreshments. Sensei Motobu was one of the teachers of the founder of Isshinryu Karate and had a strong influence on the practice and preservation of karate as a martial art in Okinawa.

Senseis Akamine and TairaOn Sunday, January 31st at 6:30PM in 106 White Building, the Black Belts of the Penn State Karate Club will present a memorial demonstration of traditional Okinawan martial arts weaponry techniques (kobudo) in honour of Sensei Eisuke Akamine. Sensei Akamine was the senior student of Sensei Shinken Taira. Sensei Taira taught the founder of Isshinryu Karate several kobudo katas that are now practiced as part of our style. Sensei Akamine also was the head of the The Society for the Preservation and Promotion of Ancient Martial Arts of the Ryukyu Islands (Ryukyu Kobudo Hozon Shinko Kai).

This demonstration is free and open to the public. We encourage anyone with an interest in martial arts to attend. You will have an opportunity to see some of the weapons and techniques with which we train. We hope to see you there.

The Penn State Karate Club will hold its Spring 2010 Demonstration on Tuesday, January 19th and Thursday, 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. Please come and join us.

Setsucon Logo

The Penn State Karate Club will hold a one hour panel at Setsucon this weekend (January 16 to 17) from 12:30 to 1:30PM at the State College Days Inn. It will be part demonstration and part audience participation. From the Setsucon website:

Setsucon is hosted by the Penn State Anime Organization (PSAO). Since September 2001, the PSAO has been bringing anime, manga and Japanese pop culture to the University Park campus.

We hope to see you there.

The Penn State Karate Club will hold its Fall 2009 Demonstration on Tuesday, September 1st 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.