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Issue #19 March-April-May, 2014

Welcome to our 19th issue and Zanshin’s 2nd anniversary!

Two years ago, in March 2012, we launched our magazine and for eighteen months we were able to sustain it on a monthly basis. Unfortunately because of a lack of articles being contributed on a regular and timely basis the editorial team had to resort to producing a quarterly magazine. It is the desire of the management of the TKA and editorial team to resume the monthly magazine but it can only be done if readers start contributing. So we urge each and every one to take some time from their busy schedule and prepare some articles that can be placed in the magazine.

This is the second Newsletter for 2014 and it comes at a very exciting time for Karate in the TKA. TTKU national team trials have started and several of our students are currently participating in them. In April, the WKF Caribbean Championships will be held in Trinidad and in August the TKA will be hosting the 11th IKD/CKC Caribbean Championships. In preparation for these tournaments we held our National Tournament in January and smaller tournaments will be planned throughout the year. Team training has intensified to enable our athletes to acquire the high level of skill and fitness required to participate in the events. In March, our second live-in Instructor’s training camp will be held, the last one in Tobago was a great success and this date will be announced very soon.

We ask all Karatekas, past and present to support all our activities. We welcome your time, talent and financial assistance as we strive to reach our goals.

RegardsShihan Wesley Dexter Shim Chairman & Chief Instructor TKA(IKD)

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Newsletter of the Trinidad Karate

Association (TKA)

Issue #19Mar-Apr-May 2014

Zanshinseek perfection of character ~ be faithful ~ endeavour ~ respect others ~ refrain from violent behaviour

Inside

Shihan Woon-a-Tai’s Visit 2

Events Calendar 2014 2

The Essential History of Karate-Do 3

Grading 2013 5

Results: National Tournament 6

Training Schedules 8

Carnival to Easter Issue

Oh gosh; peewees waiting to grade. Too cute!

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Shihan Woon-a-Tai’s Visit

Shihan Woon-Tai, founder and Chairman of the International Karate Daigaku(IKD), the international organization to which we, the TKA belongs, (see Zanshin Newsletter Issue No 2, May 2012) will be visiting Trinidad and Tobago from March 10 to13, 2014.

He will be the Chief examiner at grading on 11th March at the Chinese Association.

He will also conduct special training classes on Monday 10th from 6.30pm-8.00pm, on Wednesday 12th, at 5.00am-6.00am and 6.30pm to 8.00pm.

Training sessions are for Brown and Black belts only. All training sessions will take place at Muschin Dojo which is located at Ritmo del Rey Dance Studio, Long Circular Road.

For further information, please call Call Sensei Simone at 755-2808.

Events Calendar 2014Month Date/Time Event Place

March

9th TTKU trials for National team UWI10th-13th Shihan Woon-a-tai’s visit/training for all black belts Muschin Dojo11th Grading Tora Dojo16th TTKU Nationals tbatba Instructors Live–in Camp tba

April 24th-26th Caribbean Karate Championships tba (Trinidad)June tba IKD International Camp, Toronto, CanadaJuly tba Grading tbaAugust 11th 11th IKD/CKC Caribbean Championships tba

Novembertba Grading tba

tba TTKU Nationals tba

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The focus of Karate has changed through the years from purely martial arts and self- defense to physical education/fitness and health and then as a sport. Shihan Shim (right) traces the evolution of Karate since its inception.

The art of karate as it is practiced today can be traced directly to the Okinawan technique of self-defense called, Okinawa-te (Okinawa hand). Okinawa-te in turn was influenced by the Chinese art of fighting or kempo (fist way).

Chinese legend tells of the Indian Buddhist monk Daruma Taishi’s journey overland from India to China to instruct the Liang-Dynasty monarch on Buddhism. To make that long and dangerous journey says a lot of Daruma’s physical and mental endurance. He remained in China at a monastery called Shaolin-szu and taught Buddhism to the Chinese monks there.

Tradition relates how the student-monks were not able to keep pace with the severe discipline Daruma imposed and they would pass out, from physical exhaustion. So he explained to them that, although the aim of Buddhism is the salvation of the soul, the body and soul are inseparable and in their weakened physical state they could never perform the practices necessary for the attainment of true enlightenment. To remedy the situation he began to teach them a system of physical and mental discipline. After a while, the monks at Shaolin-szu became known as the most formidable fighters in China. In later years, the art they practiced came to be called Shaolin kempo “fist way”.

Okinawa is the main island of the Ryukyu Island chain, which extends southwest from southern Kyushu to Taiwan in the East China Sea. In history, Okinawa was always in contact with both China and Japan, and it seems likely that kempo was imported from China. Around 1600, China’s civil envoys to Okinawa were replaced by military men, among them were many noted for their skill in Chinese kempo. It was thought that the Okinawans combined the kempo with a local from of fighting to produce Okinawa-te.

The Essential History of Karate-Do

Special Note:

On the February 2011 the International Karate Daigaku (IKD) was formed with Chief Instructor Frank Woon-A-Tai and its headquarters in Toronto Canada. After only 18 months after its inception this organization has spread to all nine provinces of Canada, nine Caribbean countries, three South American countries, three states in the US, England, Greece, India, and Philippines. The IKD strives to provide quality traditional karate training using research and development as a central theme.

Okinawa Island

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The Essential History of Karate-Do

Karate . . . as Self-DefenseThe story is told that hundreds of years ago, King Hashi of the Okinawan Sho dynasty united the Ryukyu Islands into one kingdom. To ensure peace he made the possession of weapons a crime. About two hundred years later, the Satsuma clan of Kyushu ruled Okinawa, and they also banned all weapons. As a result of these successive bans against weapons, it is said that the art of empty-hand self-defense called Okinawa-te developed.

. . . as part of Physical EducationGICHIN FUNAKOSHI was the man most responsible for the systemization of karate as we know it today. He was born in Shuri, Okinawa, in 1869, and at the age of eleven for health reasons began to study Okinawa-te under the two main masters of the art at that time.

He is the first man to introduce Okinawa-te to Japan proper, when he give exhibitions in 1917 and again in 1922 at physical education expositions sponsored by the Ministry of Education. Karate was the name he gave to the art he propagated in Japan. The Japanese took great interest in the art, and the main universities invited him to teach karate.

As the study of karate in Japan became popular, other experts from Okinawa and China came to Japan to teach. In order to have karate accepted as part of the Physical Education program karate teaching was modified to meet standards of safety and character development for schools.

. . . then to SportIn 1948 the Japan Karate Association was established, with Funakoshi as the chief instructor. This organization made it possible for karate men at many universities to pool their knowledge and ability, thus karate development made progress very rapidly, leading to the development sport karate. In April, 1957 Funakoshi, the father of modern karate, passed away at the age of eighty-eight.

Karate has gone global today and so many global cultural influences are now influencing the way karate is developing. It is today a World Art with karate masters in many countries worldwide.

Because of its development in

history karate is now taught for three main

purposes – for self-defense, for physical

fitness and health, and for sport. But no matter

what aspect is being taught character

development remains an important aspect of

its training.

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Issue #19 March-April-May, 2014 Grading

Grading was held in December 2013. Congratulations to all those persons who were promoted especially the following:

From 1st kyu to Shodan From Shodan to Nidan From Sandan to YondanKelly ChenPeter MappPreshan Birbal

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Ronald ColletteMaria ThorneEthan FordeLeo Grant

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Tamara JosephDeane AvrilNikita Fenty

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Grading Day Memories

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Kata

Belt Gender/Age Names Position

White to Orange

Boys/Girls 7 - 11

Alexi Chang Kit 1st Dominic De Gannes 2ndReese Mungal 3rdJeremiah Reyes 3rd

Green to Purple

Boys/Girls 7 - 10

Michael Smith 1stKayleigh Forde 2ndLuke Chong Assing 3rdJoseph Chang 3rd

Boys/Girls 14-17

Nicholas Rudder 1st Sydney Joseph 2nd

Men 18 - 44

Sean Garcia 1stPhillip Colthrust 2nd

Brown to Black

Boys/Girls 7 - 10

Dominic Lue Fatt 1stRoshelle Lue Fatt 2ndAkeli Thomas 3rdMichelle Lue Fatt 3rd

Boys/Girls11 - 13

Koby Joseph 1stAnthony Thomas 2ndOwen Murray 3rdSandeera Lewis 3rd

Boys 14-17

Jesse Gonsalves 1stPreshan Birbal 2ndDevin Norman 3rdAlonza Bertrand 3rd

Ladies 18 - 44

Parvani Latchman 1stNikita Fenty 2ndKatherine Ann Pyke 3rd

Men 18 - 44

Dean Avril 1stJulian Nicholas 2ndPeter Mapp 3rdDave Mannick 3rd

Female 45 & over

Christeline Norman 1stMaria Thorne 2nd

National Tournament

Our National Tournament was also held on January 26th, 2014. Persons from OSKK also participated making the event an exciting one.

The results and a photo collection of the event are provided for your information and viewing pleasure.

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KumiteBelt Gender/Age Names PositionWhite to Orange

Boys/Girls 7 - 11

Jeremiah Reyes 1st Jeremy De Gannes 2ndFrancesco Buxo 3rdReese Mungal 3rd

Green to Purple

Girls 7 - 10

Kayleigh Forde 1stLeigh Clarke 2nd

Boys 7 - 10

Benjamin Basanta 1st Joseph Chang 2ndDaniel White 3rdAidan Baptiste 3rd

Boys/Girls 14-17

Sydney Joseph 1st Nicholas Rudder 2nd

Men 18 - 44

Phillip Colthrust 1stSean Garcia 2nd

Brown to Black

Girls 7 - 10

Michelle Lue Fatt 1stRoshelle Lue Fatt 2nd

Boys 7 - 10

Dominic Lue Fatt 1stAkeli Thomas 2ndNathan Mapp 3rd

Boys/Girls 11 - 13

Denzel Lawrence 1stAnthony Thomas 2ndOwen Murray 3rd

Girls 14 - 17

Devina Birbal 1st Ajodela Riley 2nd

Boys 14 - 17

Jesse Gonsalves 1stIsaiah Bell 2ndPreshan Birbal 3rdIsaiah Colthrust 3rd

Men 18 - 44

Mark St. Louis 1stDean Avril 2ndThaddeus Tempro 3rdPeter Mapp 3rd

Female 18 - 44

Tamara Joseph 1stNikita Fenty 2ndKatherine Ann Pyke 3rd

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Training Schedules

Day Time Rank - BeltsTORA- Chinese Association, St. Ann’s

Directors: Senseis Nigel Forde and John GeorgeContact Number- ��0-����

Tuesday6.00pm - 7.15pm Adults and Juniors- All ranks7.15pm - 8.15pm Team training- brown and black belts( Sensei Shim)

Thursday6.00pm - 7.15pm Adults and Juniors- All ranks7.15pm - 8.15pm Dan training( Sensei Shim)

UWI Shokotan Club, UWI, St. Augustine

President- Sensei Dean AvrilContact #: ��� ����

Monday 6.00pm – 7:30pm Engineering Undercroft- All ages and ranksTuesday 6.00pm – 7:30pm Engineering Undercroft; No Gi - SWAG Tuesdays - All ages /ranksWednesday 6.00pm – 7:30pm SAC- All ages and ranksFriday 5.00pm – 7.00pm SPEC- All ages and ranksSaturday 3.00pm – 5/6.00pm Engineering Undercroft- All ages and ranks

Sunday 10.00am -12.00noon Engineering Undercroft- team training- brown & black belts (Senseis Shim & Andrew)

Realspring Karate DojoValsayn Community Centre

Director: Senseis Theophilus Faustin Contact No. ���-��0�

Wednesday 7.00 pm - 8.30pmAdults and Juniors- All ranksSaturday 10.00am - 11.30am

Sunday 8.00am - 9.00amTobago- Scarborough Secondary School

Director: Sensei Arthur MorrisContact No.���-����

Tuesday 5.30pm - 7.30pmAdults and Juniors- All ranksThursday 5.30pm - 7.30pm

Saturday 9.30am - 12.00 noonKaizen� Primco Drive, Glencoe

Director: Sensei Marc MollentheilContact No.-���-��9�

Wednesday3:30p.m to 5:00.p.m Adults and Juniors- All ranks

FridayMushinRitmo del Rey Dance Studio, Long Circular Road

Director: Sensei Earl WilsonContact No.-��9-�9��

Monday5.00am - 6.00am Team training (brown and black belts all ages)6.00pm - 7.00pm All ranks

Wednesday5.00am - 6.00am Team training (brown and black belts all ages)6.00pm - 7.00pm All ranks

Saturday 7.00am - 8.30am Black belt adults only, brown belts by invitation (Dr. Shim)

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It means you never gave up;worked past the pain

overcame the disappointments,faced your fears, and learned enough

to realizehow little you actually know

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Issue #19 March-April-May, 2014ore Sights and Scenes from Grading

Anxiety and anticipation all ‘round: from parents and karatekas

Some of the action!

T.K.A Quarterly NewsletterEditor-in-Chief: Simone Thorne-MoraLayout: Diana FrancisProof-reading: Sensei Richie RobertsonPhotos: Sean Powell

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