Striking Post – August / September Well friends here it is the end of summer and the beginning of a new year at the dojo. Time to shake off the cobwebs and get your body back in gear. Although some of us never really stopped for the summer we did slow down and the training was […]
Striking Post — June/July 2018 Well it has been several weeks since our summer camp in Halifax NS. It was very well attended with over 70 participants from across Canada. I would say it was a great success and a huge congratulations goes out to Mitchell German Sensei and his team for […]
Striking Post – June 2018 Well, another successful Yarmouth Karate Challenge Cup is in the books. Congratulations go out to all the winners and to the Windsor Karate Club who were, once again, triumphant in winning the Cup. I want to thank everyone, and there are many, who helped out in some […]
S T R I K I N G P O S T – April / May, 2018 If you took a poll of the students in most karate schools you would find that there are many reasons why people train karate. These days there are more and more karate schools who are focusing mainly […]
Striking Post February, March 2018 Well, the 2018 Karate Canada National Championships are in the books. By all accounts it was a huge success from beginning to end. It was the largest Championships ever held with almost 500 athletes from across Canada. A huge thank you is in order to Gary Walsh and all of […]
Striking Post January 2018 Wow, 2018 ! A new year is upon us once again and it is time to take stock of the past year. Let`s take a look back at some of the highlights. In May we had the visit of Soke Sensei and Higuchi Sensei. This clinic was well attended by Mukashi […]
Striking Post – Nov / Dec 2017 November 18th proved to be an important date in the history of Mukashi School of Karate. It was the date chosen to celebrate the 40th year of our existence. It was 40 years ago in the fall of 1977 that Paulette Landry Sensei opened the “Amirault`s Hill […]
STRIKING POST – Oct/Nov 2017 Understanding Bunkai & Kata Applications These two karate concepts are somewhat similar in that they deal with the hands on aspects of karate. In all of my years of training, the one aspect of karate that has given me the most difficulty, as far as understanding and performing, is by […]
The Chito-Ryu World Championship, also known as the Soke Cup, was held in Kumamoto on August 12th and 13th. It is truly remarkable that this tournament was able to be held in Kumamoto just one year after being devastated by a huge earthquake which caused heavy damage throughout the city and surrounding area. The Soke […]
The Striking Post July, 2017 Good day everyone, I know I have discussed this topic in the past, however it has since reared its ugly head once again and therefore I feel compelled to address it once more. The issue is RESPECT, and how you show it and how you earn it. The first time […]