http://honmadojo.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:19:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   The day of this year Kagami Biraki was a crisp winter's day in New York City which felt empty still from the remnants of the celebrations of the American new year. I hastily walked to Honma Dojo through the empty streets. I wanted to get there ... http://honmadojo.com/?p=173 [caption id="attachment_130" align="aligncenter" width="442" caption="Honma Dojo Grand Opening Party 2009"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_131" align="aligncenter" width="442" caption="Honma Dojo Grand Opening Party 2009"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_132" align="aligncenter" width="475" caption="Honma Dojo Grand Opening Party 2009"][/caption] http://honmadojo.com/?p=129 Dear Students and Parents, Our annual HOLIDAY PARTY is this Saturday, December 12th! Please mark your calendars! The children's party begins at 1PM and the party for the adult students begins at 6PM. A sign up sheet for food and drink to share will be posted on the ... http://honmadojo.com/?p=126 Please note below a list of our Dojo closings and upcoming events through January 2010. December 10th Children’s Promotion (please see Sensei for details) December 12th Children’s HOLIDAY PARTY 1PM Adult Student HOLIDAY SOIREE 6PM December 19th DOJO Clean Up December 24th - 26th DOJO CLOSED for Christmas Dec 31st - Jan 3rd DOJO CLOSED for New Year January 10th KAGAMI BIRAKI (New ... http://honmadojo.com/?p=111 We are proud to announce the new location of Karatedo Honma Dojo. Finding a space in our neighborhood has been very challenging. After many long and arduous months of searching for a place to call our own, we are moving to: 58 East 11th Street (between University Place and Broadway) on ... http://honmadojo.com/?p=3 We are updating our class schedule! In addition to our current classes, beginning Monday August 31st, we will offer new classes for children, adults and seniors. For adults we are adding classes dedicated to fundamentals, kata, conditioning and flexibility training. For children, we are adding a class dedicated to the younger ... http://honmadojo.com/?p=7 I’m not a morning person. At 3:30AM the buzzer rang and quite frankly, I was growling obscenities in my head. But, I put my brave face on and by 5AM we were at the dojo. Around 6AM we arrived at Jones Beach. Despite my adversity to the wee ... http://honmadojo.com/?p=11 On May 8th, my friend Sensei Hiro Iwata hosted a special training session at his dojo and I went to support. Six different dojos from NY, CT and NJ attended. Kumite (sparring) lasted more than 1 hour! Sparring with karateka from other dojo is always challenging yet ... http://honmadojo.com/?p=47 On May 2nd, we had an adult promotion test. Amit Chhabra, Davy Diongson, Justin Klien, Han Park and Umid Adilov took the test. Everyone did their best and passed. Congratulations to those students and stay strong in your training! http://honmadojo.com/?p=51 On March 29th, at Kyokushin Masuda Dojo in Tokyo I conducted a seminar with my old friend Dr. Iku Koyama. 14 people participated and we practiced some basic throwing, sweeping and joint technique. Even students with experience were eager to learn from me with open mind. I ... http://honmadojo.com/?p=52