Sensei Cline's Visit to Sacramento
by Emil Valdés
Saturday, April 29 at the Sacramento dojo, a scheduled visit by Northwest Region director, Sensei Cathy Cline was not the usual technical clinics and promotional examination visit. It was definitely a fun filled ISKF Northwest Region event with some interesting highlights. As early as 8:30am, student members in the host dojo’s Elite Competition Program were already huffing and puffing doing their conditioning drills followed by intense kumite drills non-stop ending at 11:30am. At 12:00noon, they were lined up to be joined by ISKF members from Napa, San Francisco, Humboldt and South San Francisco for Sensei Cline's classes.
At 2:00pm, Sensei Cline observed a couple of exhibition kumite matches using the Olympic 8 point system and judging process. This is in preparation for the 2020 Olympic events. Whether the IOC officially accepts Japanese traditional karate as the demonstration sports for the 2020 summer Olympic Games or not, these Sacramento Shotokan karate competitors will be ready. As always, it is such a treat to have our director come for a visit. Thank you, Sensei!
Sensei Haight's Visit to Moscow, ID
by Kris Haight
In April, I had the pleasure of visiting our Palouse Shotokan club in Moscow, Idaho. We had a wonderful time training, talking about karate, and sharing meals together. I want to acknowledge the excellent instruction the students at all their locations are getting—it was visible in their etiquette as well as their technique. Scott Randall, Glenda and Brian Thie, and Norm Prendergast—each of you are doing a stellar job teaching Shotokan karate following the ways of Masters Funakoshi and Okazaki. Finally, a special thank you to Sensei Matthew Thomas for his help in the black belt class.
ISKF Northwest Regionals Results
Northwest Regionals were successfully held March 19th in South San Francisco, CA as part of the Annual AMAS open tournament. Results of the open tournament are posted at the AMAS Website.
Men's Kata
- 1st Place - Jumbo Banaria
- 2nd Place - Jay Banaria
- 3rd Place - Jeremy Tulawan
Women's Kata
- 1st Place - Andy Moore
- 2nd Place - Christina Hinschberger
- 3rd Place - Anmichaelle Yabut
Men's Kumite
- 1st Place - Jumbo Banaria
- 2nd Place - Jay Banaria
- 3rd Place - Jeremy Tulawan
Women's Kumite
- 1st Place - Andy Moore
- 2nd Place - Trish Martyn
Karate Trivia
(Answers)
What year was karate introduced to Japan?
(Funakoshi traveled to mainland Japan in 1922 to demonstrate karate.)
What year was the ISKF founded?
(1977)
What was Gichin Funakoshi’s main profession before becoming a full-time karate teacher?
(He was a school teacher.)
How many, and who, are the “Official Instructors” in the NW Region?
(We have five so far: Sensei Cline, Sensei Haight, Sensei Kraisler, Sensei Mercado, and Sensei Fournier.)