Seattle Class With Kancho Matsushima
Upcoming events:
Northwest kyokushin campout: June 14th, Washington coast. Email Sensei Hill for details.
Grading sometime in June, be ready!
November 29 & 30 is the 3rd I.K.O Matshshima Open World Kyokushin Karate Tournament in Isesaki Japan. Come watch Tomo fight for the U.S.A. and Northwest Kyokushin.
Kyokushin Challenge: April 5, 2008
Seattle Dojo had a very good showing at this year's Kyokushin Challenge in Ellensburg, Wa. Seattle fighters included: Danielle Dekker, Reinaldo Santos, Edward Demeiuc, Tomohiro Inoue, Teppei Takahash, Yuki Kawamatsu, and Sherman lo. Special thanks to Miwa Fukumoto for acting as translator for Kancho with no notice.
Seattle placed very well with the following results:
Danielle Dekker (D), 1st place Womens Middleweight
Reinaldo Santos (Ray), 1st place Mens Light weight
Yuki Kawamatsu, 4th place Mens Lightweight and recipient of the Mens Spirit Award
Edward Demeiuc (Eddie,) 1st place Mens Middleweight
Tomohiro Fukumoto, 2nd place Mens Heavyweight
Thanks to all club members who showed up to support the club and our fighters. If you would like to purchase a video of the tournament, contact Nicholas or go to his site to see the promo
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December 2007
Congratulations to our new Shodan's Yuki, Tommy, Danielle and Tomo! Also the new Shodan's from Ellensburg, Ralph and Andrew. Also to all the kyu's and on the great job they did during the grading. It was a rigourous grading!
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November 2007
December 8th - Dan and Kyu grading. We will be starting at 11am. Shihan Adams, Sensei Quitadomo and Sensei Hill will be conducting the grading. Get yourself in shape and ready!
7th Annual Northwest Kyokushin Full Contact Tournament has been set. April 5th, 2008! With special guest Kancho Shihan Matsushima.
June, July, August and September saw news for the Seattle Kyokushin dojo, but due to various obsticles website updates have fallen behind. Now we are back up and going again.
Congratulations to everyone who competed in the Northwest Kyokushin Regional Tournament. Good job to all. Good work Jeff T, and Tommy W on first place in there divisions.
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