As of April 21st, 2025, we will begin conducting public teen/adult classes at the Centralia Recreation Complex in Centralia, IL, from 5:30pm to 7pm on Monday and Wednesday evenings. We will be using a conference room on the first floor with bathrooms and water fountains nearby, and an entrance directly from the parking lot. Mats will be available for safely […]
As of the writing of this article, I have only been training for a little over 8.5 years, and I only just earned my shodan (1st degree black belt) last Summer. Even so, I’ve seen and heard of so many instances of the “shodan slump” to know that it’s real, and I feel grateful that I have managed to avoid […]
Hanshi Perry and I after class Last night was Hanshi Doug Perry’s visit to our dojo, and he taught a kobudo class, followed by a karate class. I didn’t attend the kobudo session, but I was very eager to get into the karate session. In the class, we focused on oyo bunkai (personal applications of kata) for a couple Pinan […]
Brandon tried to grab onto me when I grabbed him during a multiple attacker drill So I threw him with harai goshi (sweeping hip throw). Sorry for the hard landing, dude. He didn’t really want to be in the middle of the attacker circle anyway 😛 He did pretty well, though Don’t worry, he did throw me back eventually Crowd […]
