Sempai McGavin and Ms Doris Danielsen have been invited to dan testing at the honbu dojo on the 28th of Jan 2012. It is good for our organization to grow and to have more Black Belts, especially women. Be sure to wish them good luck!!
The IMA North Fork Karate Championship held on October 22, 2011 was considered a great success by everyone who participated. We would like to send out a big thank you to all our volunteers, scorekeepers, judges and referees as well as all the competitors who came. Good job!
Below are a few outtakes from our tournament. For all the pictures go to tigerphotography.smugmug.com
Some of the younger, NFK generation!
Last Saturday was beautiful – dry and warm. We karate-ka sure know how to enjoy that, by going to the dojo and working out! The 20th of August was super special because Hanshi made it up here again to our little town and gave three great and insightful seminars.
The first youth seminar was well received as we worked on sparring techniques and footwork. The kids had great, big smiles on their faces by the time they left.
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Friends and Family – This week on Monday and Tuesday, we invited all our friends to join us in a karate class. Whoever brought the most friends (total of both days) received a cool gear bag.
We had a lot of fun at Friends and Family – We did some basic punching, kicking and self-defense. Tuesday was an especially large crowd – at least 60 people filled the dojo. It was great!
Many people brought 3, 4 or 5 friends, but this year’s winners for Family and Friends with 8 friends is…
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