Lake Forest Shotokan Karate Dojo

Date: Friday through Sunday, January 20th, 21st, and 22nd, 2017 Check In: 6PM Belmont Shore Pier, Long Beach Friday, January 20th First Practice will begin at 7PM on the beach south of the Belmont Shore Pier. First & last practice on the beach at Belmont Shore Pier. All other practices at Cal State Long Beach. […]

Year End Practice with Sensei! — included from left to right:  Val Kucherenko, Michael Davidson, Cameron Richardson, David Lechuga, J. Carlos Gaudier and Drew Varos.

I attended a Tuesday night practice at the Paris dojo: Paris, Île-de-France, France. I was very happy to see all the strong black belts as well as so many white belts. Great brown belts as well. The practice was a good strong practice, taught completely in French. However, it was easy to follow along. If […]

We had 7 women attend the class last night at Evolve Fitness Gym in Dana Point. They were all very interested and engaged in the learning. We learned how to make a proper fist and how to use parts of your hands, fingers and elbows for attacking. We also learned how to escape from a […]

Lily Wang and her son Chris Zhou both received their brown belt at the Spring Kyu Test in Garden Grove, 2015.

January 17 – 19, 2014 Long Beach Winter Special Training led by Andrae Miller

December 7, 2013 Hi Dave, We are really honored to be in today’s Year End practice. It was great to practice with Mr. Oshima-San and meet with other SKA kin. We could feel the unity between members in the organization. It was also an eye opening opportunity for Chris and me. We are so thrilled […]

Maryknoll’s 50th Anniversary celebration practice with members from Waseda University and SKA members Photos submitted by Lori Bartel