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Ueshiro Okinawan Karate Family Club |
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Onegai Shimasu Hanshi, Kyoshi, Sensei, Sempai, and fellow Deshi,
We continue to ride high from Hanshi’s 70th birthday celebration workouts and special events activities hosted at State College, PA on November 1-2, 2008.
Our deck is full each Sunday with an average of 30 deshi where parents and children workout together in mutual respect. Beyond the cumulative excitement generated by each workout, we find that our monthly pot-luck post-workout dinners further add to the dojo sense of community. And, of course, we continue to deliver extra sugar at all our classes especially on people’s birthday.
Welcome to our new members who have joined since the last newsletter: Mei Ling and Wen Jun Leng (her son), Hesu Chen and Jefrey Huang (her son), Mike and Rachel Lembeck-Edens, and Ben Kaplan. We also congratulate the eight deshi promoted on the February 22, 2009 test to their new ranks.
We hold evening classes on Sundays (5:00 – 7:00 pm) and Thursdays (6:00 – 7:30 pm) at the Mt. Nittany Institute of Natural Health, 301 Shiloh Road State College, PA 16801. Once the weather starts getting warmer, we will hold a third class on Wednesdays at the park.
Come visit and enjoy central Pennsylvania hospitality during any of our workouts. Although the weather outside has been cold as of late, the karate spirit at the Dojo has been big and warm.
Domo Arigato Gozaimasu, - Matt Kaplan, Denshi/Shihan, Roku-Dan |
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Hanshi’s 70th Birthday!!! |
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Workshop and East Coast Workout, November 2008—State College |