Karate for us is not simply a form of self-defense….. it is a way of life.
Our 25th Anniversary Winter Camp is getting closer and we are getting more excited for this amazing training opportunity. Below please find the schedule of events, including our first-ever winter beach training session with Sense Kobayashi! (Anyone who’s participated in our annual Beach Trainings that take place in July can tell you how much fun these are).
Ready to RSVP? Email us at miamishotokan @ gmail.com! We look forward to seeing you there! Oss
Miami Shotokan would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their part in the success of our 23rd Anniversary Training Camp.
First and foremost, we’d like to thank Kobayashi Sensei for an exceptional training camp! Thank you for sharing your knowledge, commitment and true karate spirit with us this week. We’re already looking forward to the next one!
To all of our dojo family and friends for joining us and making this an exciting and fun-filed week of camaraderie and hard karate training! And, special thanks to our dojo members who volunterred their time and talents to help make this a successful training camp. We are so appreciative of your dedication and help!
Thank you everyone!
Oss!!
Miami Shotokan Karate club is extremely proud of our US Team members that competed in Santiago, Chile this past weekend at X Campeonato Sudamericano.
The US Men’s Kata Team (Andre, Khim and Tony) placed 2nd and the US Women’s Kata Team (Rachel, Dahlia and Grace) placed 3rd. Grace also took home first place in kids’s kata and 8th place in kids’s Kumite.
Congratulations Team USA! We are so proud of all of you! And thank you to all of our dojo family and friends who contributed to our GoFundMe campaign to support our US Team members.
Additional results
Women’s Team Kata 1st Place – Brazil
Men’s Team Kata 1st Place – Chile
Women’s Team Kumite 1st Place- Argentina
Men’s Team Kumite 1st Place- Brazil
Last month we had yet another successful beach practice, in celebration of our founding. We met at the Crandon Park Beach at 8 a.m. for training, and then spent the day playing baseball, grilling and celebrating with our dojo members. Once again, our friends at Fandango Pictures beautifully captured this event.
Miami Shotokan Karate Club is looking to represent both Miami and the USA in both tournaments and camps this year. And we need your support! Coming up in September, our sensei and some of our dojo members will be representing the US Team in the South American Championship in Chile.
We’ve started a GoFundMe account to help our dojo pay for the honor of representing the US team in Chile, and we would love your support! All donations will be used to assist with travel costs to and from tournaments and camps.
Thank you for your support!
Recently, Sensei Jose Ferrand and dojo members Andre and Jovany joined Asuka Haraguchi-Mashav to do a demonstration at the Florida International University’s Asian Studies Program cultural event, Cool Japan @ FIU.
Here are some photos from the event:
This past weekend, Miami Shotokan headed north to Coral Springs where our friends at the Shotokan Karate Center hosted a training lead by Osaka Sensei. We greatly enjoyed the training and would like to thank our hosts for putting on such a great event!
We just wrapped up a week of training with Kobayashi Sensei, and what a great camp! Sensei Kobayashi taught several classes on kata, kihon and kumite drills, with special focus on relaxation.
In between classes, we enjoyed the opportunity to take Sensei to a day trip to Islamorada, and we enjoyed several dinners. As always, our members and other dojos enjoyed the opportunity to learn and train and continue to build camaraderie. Below are some photos from the event.
Thank you Kobayashi Sensei for the great camp! We look forward to more!
Osu
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