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News and Special Events
News
Extended Spring/Summer 2008 Class Schedule: An extended Spring/Summer 2008 class schedule is posted under our 'Classes' link (classes from May 24-August 14). Please note some recent schedule changes and updates effective July 21.
Isshin-Ryu Karate Review Sessions: ATT has had to re-arrange Sunday afternoon schedules this summer resulting now in the further cancellation of two karate review sessions in Damascus, Maryland for August 10 and September 21, 2008. We hope to hold 2 replacement sessions in September that are tentatively scheduled for September 7 and 28, 2:00-5:00pm at Gilbert's Academy of Martial Arts (GAMA), Damascus, Maryland. These two new dates for review sessions will be confirmed by July 30, so please check back. These sessions are FREE for members and member dojos of the Penn State Karate Club. They are being held in advance of the Fall 2008 Rank Testing at Penn State (October 4, 2008), and as continuing review for the IWKA World Championship Tournament scheduled for June 2009 in Pittsburgh with Master Kichiro Shimabuku. These sessions are not open to the public except with special permission from ATT. We will review karate and kobudo kata. All belt ranks are welcome to attend. Sensei Dane Sutton, Kiyoshigo, 8th Dan, and head instructor from the Penn State Karate Club, has come down on occassion to oversee and instruct a number of these sessions in the past. Please contact us by e-mail (att8@verizon.net) after July 30 and before August 14, 2008 if you plan to attend one or both of the re-scheduled sessions. Directions to the GAMA facility are posted on our 'Classes' page under Sunday taiji classes.
The Sword and Spear Art of Manipur, India (Thang-Ta, Huyen Lallong) - Stick Fighting Seminar Series with Master Khilton Nongmaithem: Master Nongmaithem is heir to this ancient martial arts system consisting of weaponry and unarmed techiques and is the only recognized master from his school in Manipur who is teaching this art form in the West. The symbol associated with this art form is featured on the ATT home page. Shifu Tony Baker is sponsoring the seminar series on several Sundays throughout the summer. The first in the series was held on June 29, 2008; the second in the series is now scheduled for July 27, 2008 in Bethesda, Maryland. Please contact Tony by e-mail (leonard.baker@gsa.gov) for details on times, location, and tuition if you are interested in participating.
Recent Special Events
Penn State Karate Club Dan Testing and Seminars. Academic Training Traditions participated in this spring's event at Penn State Main Campus, University Park, Pennsylvania on March 29, 2008. See our Isshin-Ryu Montgomery Karate Club page for group photo and description of the the seminars.
Maryland Yin Cheng Gong Fa Taiji Seminar with Master Zhang Yun. Academic Training Traditions sponsored a workshop by Master Zhang Yun on May 3rd and 4th, 2008, at the Trinity School Gymnasium in Frederick, Maryland. See Previous Special Events for group photos and description for this and other previous seminars with Master Zhang Yun.
Karate Clinic: A free clinic on Naihanchi kata was held on Sunday, April 20, 2:00-5:30pm, at the Frederick Area YMCA. The seminar was presented by Sensei Paul Cote of ATT (an Isshin-ryu stylist and student of Kyoshi Dane Sutton) and Sensei Charles Radi (a Koryu Uchinadi stylist and student of Hanshi Patrick McCarthy). Participants at the seminar included practitioners from the Arlington and Montgomery Karate Clubs (Isshin-ryu) and from the Frederick YMCA Karate Club (Koryu Uchinadi), and also several ranking practitioners from other styles of karate (see photo). The presentations included a look at the form and bunkai for the classical Shorin version and for the common features and some of the modifications that were adapted into the Isshin-ryu version. Emphasis was placed on how to analyze individual hand and foot techniques and the form sequences for combinations in order to develop self-defense skills inherent to the kata, and also to see how some of these basics filter through other kata as well. A variety of ideas were presented, some from Sensei Cote's added experience with Chinese internal martial arts methods.
Okinawan Karate Clinic: This clinic was held at Gilbert's Academy of Martial Arts (GAMA) in Damascus, Maryland, on Saturday, June 21, 2008, 1:30-3:30pm. The clinic covered selected fighting skills derived from Jion kata.
Don Bohan/Rick Niemira Memorial Martial Arts Championships, June 27-28, 2008, Fredericksburg, Va: We were in Frederickburg, Va. attending seminars by several recognized karate and kobudo masters and instructors, and competing in the various events. For further information please visit Isshin-Ryu Karate Tournament
Upcoming Special Events
Chen Panling International Martial Arts Foundation Seminar featuring Grandmaster Chen Yunching of Taiwan, September 24-28, 2008 (Wednesday-Sunday). Shifu John Scott of the Scott Academy of Martial Arts, and the Chief Instructor of the Maryland Branch of the CPL foundation, will host this event in Frederick, Maryland. Please mark you calendars, and make room in your weekday and weekend schedules so that you can attend the entire 5-day workshop intensive. Sessions will be held in the morning (2.5 hrs) and afternoon (2.5 hrs) on all 5 days. A second announcement will follow providing the location, and complete 5-day curriculum for this seminar series. Shifu Scott and I were fortunate to have attended the Chen Yunching seminar in Atlanta in 2006 and it was outstanding (see photo from one of the weekday seminars). The curriculum this year will likely include methods from Chen Pan-ling family Taiji Quan, Xing-yi Quan, Bagua Zhang, Shaolin, Qigong, and Weaponry. You can take part in an historic event to study an extensive and authentic system Chinese martial arts inherited by GM Chen Yunching. For further information, and to pre-register for this event, please contact Shifu John Scott (see our Links page).
Penn State Isshin-ryu Karate Club, Dan Rank Testing and Seminar, October 4, 2008, noon-5:00pm: We will be in University Park, Pa. assisting in the testing and seminar portions. This event is not open to the public.
IWKA World Championship Tournament, June 18-20, 2009, Pittsburgh, Pa: We will be in Pittsburgh, Pa. next summer attending seminars by Master Kichiro Shimabuku and competing in the various events. For further information and registration click on IWKA Tournament 2009
Click to this page for more on our Previous Special Events.