On Thursday, July 10, Sakamoto-Sensei will teach clinics at Barrie Ryusei Karate dojo. The clinics will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. (kids) and 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. (adults) and are open to all Barrie Ryusei karate members and Ryusei members from other dojos. The clinics will have a nominal charge of $10 for…
In July, Ken Sakamoto, the head of Ryusei Karate-Do, will be coming to Canada to teach a series of clinics. His first clinic will be an open seminar held Sunday, July 6, at Jennings School of Karate in Bradford. Called “Three Ways to Emptiness,” the clinic will feature three sessions geared at teaching some of…
A picture of Barrie Ryusei Karate student Andrew Muszynski receiving his black belt (shodan) certificate. Andrew joined the class at age eight and has put up with nine years of hard work and abuse to achieve this milestone at age 17. Congratulations, Andrew. He and Simon are the only ones from the original kids…
In early February, Barrie Ryusei Karate black belt Carminha Caneira gave an introductory tai chi clinic, open to members and anyone interested among their family and friends. Caneira-sempai has been practising Yang stele tai chi for six years now. Tai chi, as she explains, is an internal martial art, practised for hundreds of years in…
Senior practitioners of Chito-ryu karate live under long shadows. First there is enormous shadow cast by founder Tsuyoshi Chitose, a martial arts virtuoso who studied under many masters and synthesized what he learned into his remarkable art. Then there are the shadows cast by the pioneers who introduced Chito-ryu to their countries and amassed impressive…
The following is a piece I wrote about my teacher, Shane Higashi – 9th dan, head of the Canadian Chito-Ryu Karate Association – for the program given out at the celebration of his 50 years of teaching karate, held last April in Toronto. * * * To the cheers of 1,500 enthusiastic fans…
