tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32366020394434855082024-02-07T16:14:37.404-08:00Seiyo Shorin-Ryu Karate & Kobudo HombuThe Seiyo Shorin-Ryu Hombu in Mesa & Gilbert Arizona, provides martial arts training for seniors, adults & families. Immerse yourself in the ancient traditions of old-style martial arts as taught by Hall-of-Fame, Grandmaster, Soke Hausel.
Established in 1999 at the University of Wyoming, the Hombu later moved to Mesa in 2006. Soke invites all, good, honest and moral people to train with us at a minimal cost. We are all friends!Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3236602039443485508.post-66216455743653681112021-03-12T13:48:00.025-08:002022-11-23T15:44:11.285-08:00Top-Rated Okinawan Karate, Kobudo & Self-Defense in Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Arizona<p style="text-align: justify;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div></span></div><span style="text-align: justify;"><div style="font-size: x-large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhshkSKtAs8mm-xR0M7WnXbrvNNcrMbLOKTgMIHjm93GPqhyqmn_x4OAmi6rXKdT2yAYJNGrap2sgi5u_RuB78QpqQSnF3eymubKWh25kpZEXKdnXxOmf0Hs3bwRIZyuKj63X78m_yQmQyv-mnu4dh8JqELjLqqwQ9cOlXrrD-J5w9PFEYqCIZh95RuPQ=s2503" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2081" data-original-width="2503" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhshkSKtAs8mm-xR0M7WnXbrvNNcrMbLOKTgMIHjm93GPqhyqmn_x4OAmi6rXKdT2yAYJNGrap2sgi5u_RuB78QpqQSnF3eymubKWh25kpZEXKdnXxOmf0Hs3bwRIZyuKj63X78m_yQmQyv-mnu4dh8JqELjLqqwQ9cOlXrrD-J5w9PFEYqCIZh95RuPQ=w640-h532" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Following decades of fulfilling a lifetime dream with the opening a commercial dojo to teach<br />others about traditions of Okinawa martial arts, Hall-of-Fame martial artist, Soke Hausel<br />had little choice but to close the Shorin-Ryu training center in Mesa Arizona on March 1, 2021. </span><br /></i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Following decades of training in traditional martial arts, <i>Soke</i> made a decision to close the Arizona Hombu dojo (Seiyo Shorin-Ryu Hombu dojo) after 60% of the members stopped training during the pandemic. </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;">So, the facility closed in March, 2021, but we continue training at two private dojo in Mesa and Gilbert, Arizona. We hope to one day re-open a commercial dojo if the economy improves soon.</span></span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkMnG-P-EoWGyrIOVdafDGI4YN6QFjnWwEHUdhPVgoPc7NZ_oBmzxYzhQIa5PzmCdFJDSUfVxV9z6m7ZvVd9bqHc0lABH1T32gHav_4KSV3ZOzTrp3-IU58SqPhp2NMj6pELrnrYgw7a9SpG0NGJB9wl2aGZ1pAiE3iwUmV8HLeVCIKRfvTuH2ENAdwg=s3264" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkMnG-P-EoWGyrIOVdafDGI4YN6QFjnWwEHUdhPVgoPc7NZ_oBmzxYzhQIa5PzmCdFJDSUfVxV9z6m7ZvVd9bqHc0lABH1T32gHav_4KSV3ZOzTrp3-IU58SqPhp2NMj6pELrnrYgw7a9SpG0NGJB9wl2aGZ1pAiE3iwUmV8HLeVCIKRfvTuH2ENAdwg=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rest in Peace</i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;">We lost three black belt members to the plandemic, who we all miss tremendously: Sensei Lenny Martin from Wyoming (Bushido Newsletter, 2021, v. 81, no. 4), Sensei Corey Westbrook from Murray, Utah (Bushido Newsletter, 2021, v. 81, no. 3) and Sensei Alex Hurowyj from Mesa, Arizona (Bushido Newsletter, 2020, v. 17, no. 4). May their souls rest in peace in the presence of God. </span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But, we are not finished. Even though dozens of dojos in the Phoenix valley closed, three of our absolutely incredible members offered training facilities to keep us going, which we are so grateful for.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8vKzxl_qJHZzdPYo_XRNZwJ4cWCwHP0VwQ-Y1MuCke5LJzuiiwfa7siMUUvH8QxXyOov_Oy1amlVZM4o1KsWzECy1WdMgVhE-UIGxbqXTWIVBukAgYQbdy_rRzdFMZ5wxeeHs9TmqQIo4/s2048/2019+Arizona-Utah+Shorin-Ryu+Karate+Clinic%252C+Mesa.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1332" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8vKzxl_qJHZzdPYo_XRNZwJ4cWCwHP0VwQ-Y1MuCke5LJzuiiwfa7siMUUvH8QxXyOov_Oy1amlVZM4o1KsWzECy1WdMgVhE-UIGxbqXTWIVBukAgYQbdy_rRzdFMZ5wxeeHs9TmqQIo4/w659-h428/2019+Arizona-Utah+Shorin-Ryu+Karate+Clinic%252C+Mesa.JPG" width="659" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>2019 group photo at the Arizona Hombu (Seiyo no Shorin-Ryu Karate Kobudo Kai) in Mesa, Arizona</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p></div><div>In June, 2022, some of our remaining members of the Hombu dojo traveled from the East Valley of Phoenix to Seguin, Texas to train at the Juko Kai International annual clinic - which we've made this an annual event since 1992. The JKI training focused on combat arts including defense against an attacker armed with a gun and with a knife.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZjQ3M6BwLeoomo14-L95Lys8LQnXAbqygQqsG5pXyoVn82Wk-lpo8Ijfo3LHIEfnGN4TRXduMdGO86yOm0P3WU2oTTp_DjEM2CzPo81ajCQvoizR6Zj_4F5LD4Cd9qKtNAsWB07fnAzwWMBqluFyOMJH63igg8NuMCcKDM9OYL-FKnaexnZQI6rhFw/s3930/2022%20Group%20photo%20at%20the%20Juko%20Kai%20clinic%20in%20Sequin,%20Texas.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2838" data-original-width="3930" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZjQ3M6BwLeoomo14-L95Lys8LQnXAbqygQqsG5pXyoVn82Wk-lpo8Ijfo3LHIEfnGN4TRXduMdGO86yOm0P3WU2oTTp_DjEM2CzPo81ajCQvoizR6Zj_4F5LD4Cd9qKtNAsWB07fnAzwWMBqluFyOMJH63igg8NuMCcKDM9OYL-FKnaexnZQI6rhFw/w640-h462/2022%20Group%20photo%20at%20the%20Juko%20Kai%20clinic%20in%20Sequin,%20Texas.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Arizona Karate & Kobudo practitioners in Sequin, Texas for Juko Kai National Clinic, 2022.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div>Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3236602039443485508.post-42035473959634285652020-03-23T12:14:00.007-07:002022-11-23T15:54:43.081-08:00Best Karate School in Arizona<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Prior to moving the<i> dojo</i><i> </i>to Arizona, <i>Soke</i> Hausel (<a href="http://voyagephoenix.com/interview/meet-dan-hausel-arizona-hombu-dojo-school-traditional-okinawa-martial-arts-mesa-60-w-baseline-road/">grandmaster</a>), had established a <i>Hombu</i> at the <a href="https://universitywyomingkarate.blogspot.com/">University of Wyoming</a> in Laramie, and taught many classes in karate kobudo, self-defense, samurai arts, jujutsu and others over 30 years. While at the university, both the <i>Hombu</i> and Grandmaster received regional, national and international awards for the best martial arts program and the best instructor in the country. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">T</span><span style="font-size: large;">he </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Arizona Hombu Karate Dojo</b><span> is the best </span><b>martial arts school in the</b><span> </span><b>Phoenix</b> <b>Valley</b><span>, of Arizona, based on '<b>Expertise</b>'. </span><br />
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This relates to expertise of <b>martial arts instructors</b>, <b>outstanding students</b>, and <b>traditional Okinawa martial arts</b> curriculum that is unmatched in the state. The school in Mesa in the east valley of Phoenix, offers classes in Karate, Kobudo (these are the well-known martial arts weapons from Okinawa), Samurai Arts, and Self-Defense. But in each of these categories and many different martial arts taught at the school. For instance, <b><i>Kobudo</i></b> includes many arts such as <i><b>bojutsu</b></i>, <i>nunchakujutsu</i>, <i>tekkojutsu</i>, <i>saijutsu</i>, <i>tonfajutsu</i>, <i>ekujutsu</i>, and several more. Then, samurai arts are the classical arts of Japanese samurai which includes <i>bojutsu</i>, <i>iaido</i> (samurai sword), <i>sojutsu</i> (spear), <i>naginatajutsu</i> (pole arm), <i>hanbojutsu</i> (half-bo) and many more arts.</span></div>
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The<b><i> karate dojo</i></b> focuses on <b>adults</b>, <b>families</b>, and <b>traditions</b>. While many classes around the Phoenix Valley are taught by teens with little expertise, the Hombu karate school has highly educated instructors and students. Where else can you find a martial arts school filled with <b>university</b> <b>faculty</b>, <b>school teachers</b>, <b>engineers</b>, <b>rocket scientists</b>, <b>scientists</b>, <b>authors</b>, <b>accountants</b>, <b>musicians</b>, <b>lawyers</b>, <b>nurses</b>, <b>pilots</b>, <b>computer</b> <b>techs</b>, <b>doctors</b>, including a <b>Hall-of-Fame geologist</b>, and a couple of <b>Hall-of-Fame martial artists</b>. In fact, the dojo is operated by a <b>Hall-of-Fame martial artist </b>who is also a <b>Who's Who in Martial Arts Legend</b> and was presented one of only a handful of awards recognizing him as a <b>martial arts genius</b>! So, you decide: - (1) take martial arts from a teenager, or from a school with adult instructors that have more than <b>2 CENTURIES</b> of combined martial arts experience. Currently, the martial arts school attracts about 30% <b>women </b>as well as young adults and <b>senior citizens </b>and some families.</span></div>
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The<b> Hombu Dojo</b> has been around for many years and was initially established at the <b>University of Wyoming.</b> The <b>Hombu</b> moved to <b>Arizona</b> in 2006 from the <b>University of Wyoming</b>, where the school was initially established as a dojo on campus for 30 years after moving from the <b>University of New Mexico</b> and from the <b>University of Utah</b>. </span></div>
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Much of the curriculum at the <b>Arizona Hombu Karate Dojo</b> (aka Arizona School of Traditional Karate) focuses on the traditional <b><a href="https://seiyoshorinryu.blogspot.com/">Shorin-Ryu</a></b> <b>martial arts</b>. <b>Shorin-Ryu</b> was developed on Okinawa and has origins in the <b>Chinese Shaolin martial arts</b>.</span><br />
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Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3236602039443485508.post-15577961269741502882017-09-30T11:48:00.010-07:002022-11-23T15:59:56.741-08:00Arizona Karate Grandmaster Looks Back at Golden Anniversary<div style="border: 0px; font-family: buda, sans-serif; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;"><i>Soke Hausel celebrated 50 years of</i><br />
<i> martial arts training. O'Sensei Bill Borea (right) presents plaque from the student body to Grandmaster Hausel </i><br />
<i>in recognition of his 50 years of training. Soke Hausel has been inducted in more than a dozen Halls of Fame</i><br />
<i> around the world and taught martial arts at four different universities.</i></span></td></tr>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Karate, Kobudo and other traditional martial arts have been part of Soke (Grandmaster) Hausel's life for more than 50 years! This love of traditional martial arts began in 1964 after the </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.beatlesbible.com/1964/02/07/beatles-american-invasion-begins/" id="F83D9FBA-0AF6-4651-895A-819CC793F715" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Beatles</a></span></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> invaded the US. For those who are too young to remember the invasion - it had a profound effect on most teenagers.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"When I attended school the next day, everyone was talking about the invasion. </span></span></span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I wanted to be a musician - just like millions of other kids around the world. So, I took up the guitar. I purchased a </span><a href="http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/DSF15VSCH-15" id="54FBC42F-BFCE-4FAA-9102-F7A85B8ED31F" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gibson Firebird</a><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> - can you believe it, I just saw a similar guitar selling for $28,000 on ebay. I paid a little over $100 for mine! Later, three other guys (Steve Poulos,</span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jan Hart</span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">,</span> and George Allen) found me and we formed a band called the 'Churchmen". We became very popular in Utah and started playing at concerts and parties every weekend but soon we realized having long hair had drawbacks - rednecks wanted to shave our heads and rough us up because we were different. Today, I have no problem with rednecks - some of my heroes are </span><span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span>rednecks</span></span></span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span></div>
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When I was a professor of martial arts at the University of Wyoming, I taught a few thousand students</span></span></span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> karate, </span><a href="http://arizonakarate.webs.com/kobudoweaponsclasses.htm" id="BF1B50BD-831A-4691-A850-A5A4057FE278" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wz-underline" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">kobudo</span></a><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, jujutsu, samurai arts</span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, </span><a href="http://sk-self-defense.blogspot.com/" id="A9BAF0B7-BE5B-4BCE-9DAC-054F53234915" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wz-underline" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">self-defense</span></a><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, martial arts history and </span><a href="http://self-defense-women.blogspot.com/" id="2FFDB6AC-2645-4D2D-BC38-53FE92031EC5" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wz-underline" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">women’s self-defense</span></span></a><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> while developing a prestigious martial arts program at the University from 1977 to 2007. Previously, I had taught at the University of New Mexico and University of Utah</span></span></span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">. </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When I moved to Arizona, I taught a few classes at Arizona State University in 2007 but then opened a martial arts school</span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(or Hombu dojo)</span> </span>on the border of </span><span class="wz-underline" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Chandler</span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, </span><span class="wz-underline" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gilbert</span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> and </span><span class="wz-underline" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mesa</span></span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> And, I started teaching Zonies to break rocks with their hands, rather than a rock hammer</span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span>.</span></span></div>
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Traditional karate provides opportunities to get in shape, meet others with like minds, make lifelong friends, and learn pragmatic self defense. Traditional martial arts are about earning everything. One major difference between traditional and sport martial arts was pointed out in the original Karate Kid movie. Remember <a href="http://www.bonsaiempire.com/images/advanced/karate-kid-bonsai/03-karate-kid-mr-miyagi.jpg" id="CD4DA8CD-C90A-40B8-9680-5B58F5A2201F" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Miyagi-Ryu Karate</a> (traditional) and <span class="wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cobra Kai Karate</span> (sport)? Traditional karate is about courtesy, self-respect, and respect for others. Those who train in traditional karate practice it as if it is a weapon and we all learn self-confidence. Every single person I trained in traditional karate came out much more positive and self-confident. Those in sport karate train as if it is a sport or game. Personally, I have no problem with sport, but after 50 years I understand this significant difference that is unrecognized by the layman. There are some good sport karate schools and organizations, but this form of karate does not be focus on self-defense but rather on trophies, sparring, and periodically bullying - but there are both good and bad sport practitioners - just like we see in the NFL and in other sports. Unfortunately, there are a lot more sport karate schools and this has resulted in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdrzBL2dHMI" id="01D30080-800E-4F1A-BA0B-F648616D7C36" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">scam artists</a> opening martial arts schools - many purchased diplomas or fabricated their own. In traditional karate, most everyone knows everyone else and everyone's instructors, so legitimacy is everything and it is very difficult for a politician - err I mean <span>scam artist</span>, to sneak into the system. On Okinawa, the birth place of karate, nearly all karate schools are traditional.</div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Today, I teach karate classes and other martial arts to adults and families at the </span><span class="wz-underline" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Arizona School of Traditional Karate</span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> (</span><span class="wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">aka</span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Arizona Hombu) on the border of Gilbert and Mesa. We have may students scattered worldwide: many are university professors, teachers, engineers, scientists, doctors, lawyers, social scientists, law enforcement agents, artists and some are common laborers. My son Eric, daughter Jessica and grandsons are all proficient in karate. It is my hope that </span><span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">you too will follow the karate path.<span style="color: #f3ecc3;">"</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><i>"Domo Arigato Gozaimasu Phoenix, Arizona" - </i><b>Thank you Phoenix!</b><br />
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There are many great <b><a href="http://karatearizona.blogspot.com/">martial arts instructors</a></b> in the Phoenix Valley; thus it is an honor to be considered as the best in the valley based on '<b>expertise</b>'. In 2017, <b>Soke Hausel</b>, world head (grandmaster) of <i><b>Shorin-Ryu Karate & Kobudo</b></i> (<b><i>Seiyo Kai</i></b>) and <b><i>Juko Kai</i></b> International <i>Shihan</i> (master instructor) was selected as best in the category of <b>Expertise</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Soke</i> Hausel began his martial arts training in 1964 after growing long hair and joining a garage rock n' roll band. Because of the lack of tolerance for long hair in 1964, all four members of the band signed up for Japanese (<i><b>kyokushin kai</b></i>) <b>karate</b> for <b>self-defense</b>. </span></div>
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In 2017, <b>Soke</b> was elected to <b>Who's Who in Martial Arts</b> and selected for the <b>Albert Nelson Marquis Who's Who Lifetime Achievement Award</b>. His <i><b>dojo</b></i> (<b>martial arts center</b>) was also selected for the 2017 Mesa, Arizona Small Business and Excellence Award<b> </b>as well as for the past four years.</span></div>
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Grandmaster Hausel is a distinguished polymath and received national and international awards not only in <b>martial arts</b> but also in <b>geological sciences</b>, <b><a href="https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/dan-hausel.html">art</a></b>, <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/W.-Dan-Hausel/e/B00J678FPK">writing</a></b> and <b>public <a href="http://danhauselauthor.pbworks.com/w/page/16733738/Award%20Winning%20Public%20Speaker">speaking</a></b>. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIkr426QzGzmq_BDU-n2O3tOO1tkYSZgOGo3OSzrWIW1ZLnxMrVVfo-hyfEvEyUXorH7MkQMlnl7WXGLsseQj_bV7zSTEUy5cVhF5_BWlT4EkQsFS53yw-Lrx-aMROkFKU-sY2X2HgsUYw/s1600/2017+Mesa+Award.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="540" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIkr426QzGzmq_BDU-n2O3tOO1tkYSZgOGo3OSzrWIW1ZLnxMrVVfo-hyfEvEyUXorH7MkQMlnl7WXGLsseQj_bV7zSTEUy5cVhF5_BWlT4EkQsFS53yw-Lrx-aMROkFKU-sY2X2HgsUYw/s400/2017+Mesa+Award.jpg" width="392" /></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;">Through the years, <b>Soke</b> taught hundreds of students, faculty and staff members <b>self-defense</b> and traditional <b>karate</b>. While at the <b>University of Wyoming</b> for 30 years, he developed one of the more diverse traditional martial arts programs as <i><b>Kyoju no Budo</b></i> (professor of martial arts). He has taught self-defense to many adult groups including Christian, boy scouts, girl scouts, military, professional, librarians, women's clubs, martial arts groups and more. He loves teaching <b>martial arts</b> and enjoys the people he works with.<br />
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Soke Hausel gives credit to Dai-Soke Sacharnoski who has been his personal instructor and mentor since 1993 for his abilities in martial arts. Hausel state's that <i>"Dai-Soke Sacharnoski is the best martial artist I have ever seen and has provided me with a great model and path to follow"</i>.<br />
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Hausel says he is also grateful <i>"God has blessed me with all of his accomplishments as a person and polymath"</i>. In his early life, Hausel had more or less been thought by some (including his high school counsellor) to have been the least likely to succeed.<br />
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Today, <b>Soke Hausel</b> teaches a variety of <b>traditional martial arts</b> to <b>adults</b> and families.</span><br />
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Karate, Kobudo, Self-Defense and Samurai arts classes at the Arizona Hombu Dojo. <i>"Thank you</i>" again for selecting the Arizona <i>Hombu </i>(Arizona School of Traditional Karate) as the <i>"Best Karate School in Mesa"</i> in 2013, 2014 and in 2015. We work hard to be the best karate school in the West.</span></div>
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The name of our school - Arizona <i>Hombu</i> comes from Japanese which means world headquarters, or administrative headquarters for <i>Shorin-Ryu Karate</i>. To have a <i>hombu</i> <i>dojo</i> implies that the school is home for a grandmaster. Our grandmaster, known as <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%8Dke">Soke</a>, </i>was also selected for international recognition this summer for martial arts and geological sciences.</span></div>
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One would need to search the corners of the Earth to find anyone who has not heard of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karate">karate</a>. <em>Karate</em> was created on a tiny group of islands known as <a href="http://teicon.blogspot.com/">Okinawa</a>. Because of pragmatic combat effectiveness, <em>karate</em> spread throughout the world in the 20th century after it had been revealed to the public such that today, almost every person has a general idea of what <em>karate</em> is. <br />
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Many fighting sports in the world try to mimic <em>karate and </em>incorporate <em>karate</em>-like techniques; but just because someone kicks and punches does not imply they know <em>karate</em> let alone understand martial arts. Any school boy or girl will kick and punch under certain circumstances, but this does not mean they are <em>karate</em> practitioners. Unfortunately, few people understand the difference between sport <em>karate</em> and traditional <em>karate.</em> Even those who practise <em>karate</em>, most do not understand there is a dramatic difference between sport and traditional.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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<a href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=sport+karate+photos&qpvt=sport+karate+photos&FORM=IGRE">Sport <em>Karate</em></a>, as pointed out by Tsuneo Kinjo from Okinawa, has two branches - <em><a href="http://seiyo-meikyo.blogspot.com/">kata</a></em> and <em>kumite</em>. In sport <em>Karate, kata</em> is practiced more like a dance contest with a fashion show - performed for trophies with a general lack of understanding of <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunkai">bunkai</a></em> (pragmatic self-defense applications). <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumite">Kumite</a></em> (sparring) in sport <em>karate</em> is also about winning and losing. Those who train in sport <em>karate</em> wear padded gloves and try to out-score each other requiring many unfocused techniques. The Father of Modern <em>Karate</em>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gichin_Funakoshi">Gichin Funakoshi</a> of Okinawa wrote, <span style="color: #ffd966;">"</span><span face=""calibri" , "sans-serif"" style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em><span style="color: #ffd966; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The purpose of Karate lies not in defeat or
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Traditional <em>Karate</em> is very different. It is about perfecting oneself and as stated by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%8Djun_Miyagi">Chojun Miyagi</a>, it is also about "... training oneself to be able to overcome an opponent with a single technique". This is why those who train at the <em>Seiyo No Shorin-Ryu Karate Kobudo Kai hombu</em> in <a href="http://mesa-te.blogspot.com/">Mesa, Arizona</a>, are taught to develop maximum focus and work towards a skill of a one-punch knockout: not a knockout in a ring or cage, but a knockout that may save your life during an aggressive attack on the street. If a person has to use more than one technique in <a href="http://arizonakarate.webs.com/selfdefenseclasses.htm">self-defense</a>, they stand to lose the battle and possibly their life.<br />
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By definition, a martial art requires not only martial combat technique, but also esoteric value to guide a martial artist along an ethical and moral path. Think about it for a second. How many politicians are you aware that train in traditional martial arts? <br />
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But traditional martial and politics are antipathetic towards one another. Traditional martial arts requires honesty, ethics and morals. Politics requires a broken polygraph, which is why politicians are rarely seen in a traditional martial arts <i>dojo</i>.</span><br />
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In 2006, it was decided to move the <strong><i>Hombu</i></strong> from the <strong><a href="http://universitywyomingkarate.blogspot.com/">University of Wyoming</a></strong> to the East Valley of Phoenix, <strong>Arizona.</strong> Upon retiring from UW and the Wyoming Geological Survey, <i>Soke </i>began teaching martial arts classes at Golds Gym and ASU. But within a few years, the Hombu dojo was opened on Baseline road at the southern border of Mesa.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We were pleasantly surprised to see that our Hombu was recognized as the <strong>Best of Mesa</strong> for 2013. This is also the 5th anniversary since our grandmaster was inducted into the 2008 USHOFMAA International Hall of Fame in Maryland along with appointment to the Supreme Elite Warrior's Council and appointment to the World Sokeship (Grandmaster) Council.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Our Grandmaster was notified last week, of his inclusion into <strong>Marquis Who's Who in the World (</strong>he has been highlighted in that biographical compendium for 10-years straight). It is also the 10th anniversary since our grandmaster was inducted into the Latin America Society <strong>Worldwide Hall-of-Fame</strong> in Puerto Rico and the <strong>10th year</strong> since he was awarded the <strong>International Grandmaster of the Year</strong> (2003). </span><span style="font-size: large;">In </span><strong>1993</strong><span style="font-size: large;">, </span><span>he was included in </span><strong>Who's Who in the West</strong><span style="font-size: large;"> and </span><strong>Who's Who in Science and Engineering</strong><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></div>
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In 2014, we celebrate many more anniversaries including the <b>15th year</b> anniversary of our grandmaster's appointment to the world head of <strong>Shoin-Ryu Karate and Kobudo (Seiyo-Kai)</strong>,<strong> </strong>and<strong> </strong>also be the 50th year since he began his <strong>martial arts training</strong>. For traditional martial arts instruction in the East Valley of Phoenix, the Arizona Hombu stands alone.</span></div>
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>Kyoju no Budo</em> (Professor of <strong>Martial Arts</strong>) taught <strong>martial arts</strong>, <strong><a href="http://seiyokai.blogspot.com/">traditional karate</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://az-kobudo.blogspot.com/">kobudo</a></strong> (<strong>martial arts weapons</strong>), <strong><a href="http://self-defense-women.blogspot.com/">self-defense</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://ski-jujutsu.blogspot.com/">jujutsu</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://hojojutsu.blogspot.com/">samurai arts</a></strong> at the <strong>University of Wyoming</strong> for more than 3 decades, and taught at Arizona State university, University of New Mexico and the University of Utah. <i>Soke</i> is the world head of <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiyo_Shorin-Ryu_Karate_and_Kobudo">Seiyo No Shorin-Ryu Karate Renmei</a></strong>, an <strong>international martial arts association</strong> located in the East Valley of Phoenix, <strong>Arizona</strong>. <i>Soke</i> is a member of several Halls-of-Fame for teaching skills.</span> </div></span>
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Members of the Utah Shorin-Kai trained in Hanbojutsu (<span style="color: yellow;">半棒<span class="t_nihongo_kanji" sb_id="ms__id7275" xml:lang="ja">術</span></span>) at the Seiyo Shorin-Ryu Hombu in Mesa Arizona (April 12-14th, 2012) under the direction of Grandmaster (Soke) Hausel. The training reviewed several waza (techniques) including chokes, strikes, blocks, restraints and throws (<em>nage waza</em>) and Soke Hausel taught several new techniques that the group had never seen before. The <a href="http://hbjutsu.blogspot.com/">hanbo</a>, known as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanb%C5%8D">Half-Bo</a> can be a very effective weapon as it is a stick about the length of a cane and can be carried essentially anywhere and is considered part of the Kobudo Program at the <a href="http://az-kobudo.blogspot.com/">Arizona Hombu</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><em>Seiyo Kai</em> evolved from traditional <em>Shorin-Ryu Karate</em> and was officially recognized as a unique martial art in 1999. Thus this style, a <em>gendai</em> (<span style="color: yellow;">現代武道</span>) (modern) art, evolved from a <em>koryu</em> (<span class="t_nihongo_kanji" sb_id="ms__id16736" xml:lang="ja"><span style="color: yellow;">古流</span></span>) (old-school) martial art. Our members train in basics (<em>kihon</em>) of karate and <em>kobudo </em>which are taught over and over again (but in different ways) to teach muscle memory to attain a level of <a href="http://az-mushin.blogspot.com/"><em>mushin</em></a> (<span style="color: yellow;">無心</span>) (a disconnect from the mind). If a <em>deshi </em>(<span style="color: yellow;">内弟子</span>) (student) trains without full focus and effort, the training will leave negative imprints on the muscles and the student will learn to defend with little force as is seen in most Western martial arts schools.<em> "You defend as you train"</em>. Look around your <em>dojo </em>(<span style="color: yellow;">道場</span>) and watch not only your <em>sensei</em> (<span style="color: yellow;">先生</span>), but also <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf2vjExdSmo">those who exhibit power</a>. These people are training properly – try to emulate their effort.</span></div>
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We are an affiliate of one of the more prestigious Okinawa-Japanese-American martial arts associations in the world - <a href="http://www.jukokai.com/">Juko Kai International</a>. Soke Hausel has been an active member of <a href="http://www.jukokai.com/video.html">Juko Kai</a> International for nearly a quarter of a century, has been an active member of <a href="http://www.jukokai.com/authorized-zksbbr-sokeship-appointments.html">Zen Kokusai Budo Bugei Renmei</a> for 17 years, a long time personal student of <a href="http://www.jukokai.com/juko-kai-founder-dai-soke-rod-sacharnoski.html">Dai Soke Sacharnoski</a>, and has been a martial artist for more than a half of a century.</span></div>
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In addition to <em>kihon</em> (<span style="color: yellow;">基本</span>)(fundamentals), members of Seiyo Shorin-Ryu practice <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kata">kata</a></em> (<span style="color: yellow;">形</span>)(forms) and <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunkai">bunkai</a></em> (<span style="color: yellow;">分解</span>)(applications). We have a curriculum that includes more than 70 kata. Why so many? <em>Kata</em> and <em>karate</em> (<span style="color: yellow;">空手</span>) are inseparable. This has been emphasized by great Okinawan Shorin-Ryu masters of the past and we agree. Kata is extremely important since <em>kata</em> includes basics, balance, stances, breathing, self-defense (<em>bunkai</em>), and timing & distancing (in Japanese, known as <em>'ma'</em>). Everything we need is found in kata. Katas should also be practiced with distinct timing in mind with breaks (places where techniques are slow and emphasized, where they accelerate, etc), they should be practiced with focus while keeping <em>bunkai</em> in mind: they should never be rushed. The practice of <em>kihon</em> and <em>kata</em> mixed with <em>bunkai</em> provides excellent training as long as one includes power, focus and Zen philosophy. Traditional karate requires traditional methods. </span></div>
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C<a href="http://karate-tournaments.blogspot.com/">ompetition</a> in martial arts is antipathetic to what we look to achieve. The great Okinawan master of karate, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gichin_Funakoshi">Gichin</a> Funakoshi (1868-1957) wrote <em>"The ultimate aim of karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in perfection of its participants".</em> </span></div>
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It is clear from Funakoshi's and other Okinawan masters that karate was designed for self-improvement and never designed for tournament competition. If anything, most tournaments bring about just the opposite of what karate is trying to teach. We do not stop our students from competition - we believe in free choice, instead it is up to the individual. But tournaments reward martial artists for technique that is useless and flashy, it rewards martial artists for holding back power and focus, and it periodically rewards people for improper behavior. </span></div>
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Even so, in the past. some of our members were awarded regional, national and even international championships. But this has to do with the type of martial arts training required for competition and its philosophy. If you ever have a chance to watch a tournament, most competitors have little focus. A few years ago, the University of Wyoming club experimented with competition and nearly every member who competed won a medal (or was disqualified in kumite competition for striking too hard); however, those who continued in this adventure lost essentially all of their focus and power within a year. We do not stop anyone from competing – this is a freedom of choice, but it will likely end up with the<em> deshi</em> developing poor technique. </span></div>
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At rare times free sparring (<em>jiyu kumite</em>) is practiced under the watchful eyes of a <em>sensei</em>. Free sparring is practiced to teach <em>deshi</em> to respond without thinking. As soon as any block, kick, or punch is applied without focus, the practitioner must be stopped and the same scenario practiced over and over again until it is done with focus. Most karate schools in the US concentrate on free sparring and this is one of the principal sources for bad technique in most schools. So free sparing needs to be controlled and limited greatly.</span></div>
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Along with karate (empty hand) training, <em>Seiyo Shorin-Ryu</em> students learn <em>kobudo</em> – the art of ancient weapons. Weapons in our curriculum include <em>bo</em> (6-foot staff), <em>hanbo</em> (half-staff), <em>kobuton</em> (short stick), <em>nunchaku</em>, <em>sai</em>, <em>tonfa</em>, <em>kibo</em> (expandable baton), <em>kuwa</em> (hoe), <em>kumade</em> (rake), <em>kuai</em> (cane), <em>kama</em>, <em>nitanbo</em>, <em>iku</em> (oar), <em>manrikigusari</em> (weighted chain), <em>surichin</em> (weighted rope), <em>nireki</em> (two rakes), <em>hari</em> (fish hook), <em>tekko</em> (knuckle duster), <em>kusarigama</em> (sickle & chain) and others.</span></div>
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Sooner or later, all of our students break rocks. This is a very minor part of karate, but a confidence builder. After teaching karate for more than 40 years, I’ve only had one student unable to break a rock – it was a barrier that this person built for herself and could not overcome even though this person was capable. When breaking boards, we do not pick plywood to break (or tree limbs), so with rocks, we look for good flat, limestone and/or sandstone. So in a sense, it helps to be a geologist.</span></div>
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The majority of classes taught in our school are taught to <a href="http://seiyoshorin.blogspot.com/">adults and families</a>. Each of our dojos is different: some focus on families, others on adults, and some have kid’s classes and some have a mix of classes.</span></div>
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