Zanshin in focus
Newsletter 2014 of the Issue #19 March-April-May, Trinidad Karate Association (TKA) Issue #19 Mar-Apr-May 2014
on target
seek perfection of character ~ be faithful ~ endeavour ~ respect others ~ refrain from violent behaviour
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.
Inside Shihan Woon-a-Tai’s Visit
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Events Calendar 2014
2
The Essential History of Karate-Do
3
Grading 2013
5
Results: National Tournament
6
Training Schedules
8
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. Regards Shihan Wesley Dexter Shim Chairman & Chief Instructor TKA(IKD)
Oh gosh; peewees waiting to grade. Too cute!
Carnival to Easter Issue
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 2014 Month
Date/Time
Event
Place
9th
TTKU trials for National team
UWI
10th-13th
Shihan Woon-a-tai’s visit/training for all black belts
Muschin Dojo
11th
Grading
Tora Dojo
16th
TTKU Nationals
tba
tba
Instructors Live–in Camp
tba
April
24th-26th
Caribbean Karate Championships
tba (Trinidad)
June
tba
IKD International Camp, Toronto,
Canada
July
tba
Grading
tba
August
11th
11th IKD/CKC Caribbean Championships
tba
tba
Grading
tba
tba
TTKU Nationals
tba
March
November
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Issue #19 March-April-May, 2014
The Essential History of Karate-Do
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.
Special
Okinawa Island
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.
The Essential History of Karate-Do
Karate
. . . as Self-Defense The 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 Education GICHIN 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 Sport In 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. Zanshin - Trinidad Karate Association newsletter
Because of its
development in history karate is now taught for three main purposes – for selfdefense, 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.
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 • Kelly Chen
From Shodan to Nidan • Ronald Collette
From Sandan to Yondan • Tamara Joseph
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Peter Mapp
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Maria Thorne
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Deane Avril
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Preshan Birbal
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Ethan Forde
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Nikita Fenty
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Leo Grant
Grading Day Memories
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. Kata Belt
Gender/Age Names
White to Orange
Boys/Girls 7 - 11
Green to Purple
Brown to Black
Boys/Girls 7 - 10
Position
Alexi Chang Kit
1st
Dominic De Gannes
2nd
Reese Mungal
3rd
Jeremiah Reyes
3rd
Michael Smith
1st
Kayleigh Forde
2nd
Luke Chong Assing
3rd
Joseph Chang
3rd
Boys/Girls 14-17
Nicholas Rudder
1st
Sydney Joseph
2nd
Men 18 - 44
Sean Garcia
1st
Phillip Colthrust
2nd
Boys/Girls 7 - 10
Dominic Lue Fatt
1st
Roshelle Lue Fatt
2nd
Akeli Thomas
3rd
Michelle Lue Fatt
3rd
Koby Joseph
1st
Anthony Thomas
2nd
Owen Murray
3rd
Sandeera Lewis
3rd
Jesse Gonsalves
1st
Preshan Birbal
2nd
Devin Norman
3rd
Alonza Bertrand
3rd
Parvani Latchman
1st
Nikita Fenty
2nd
Katherine Ann Pyke
3rd
Dean Avril
1st
Julian Nicholas
2nd
Peter Mapp
3rd
Dave Mannick
3rd
Boys/Girls 11 - 13
Boys 14-17
Ladies 18 - 44 Men 18 - 44
Female 45 & over
Christeline Norman Maria Thorne
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Issue #19 March-April-May, 2014 Kumite Belt
Gender/Age
Names
White to Orange
Boys/Girls 7 - 11
Jeremiah Reyes
1st
Jeremy De Gannes
2nd
Francesco Buxo
3rd
Reese Mungal
3rd
Girls 7 - 10
Kayleigh Forde
1st
Leigh Clarke
2nd
Boys 7 - 10
Benjamin Basanta
1st
Joseph Chang
2nd
Daniel White
3rd
Green to Purple
Brown to Black
Position
Aidan Baptiste
3rd
Boys/Girls 14-17
Sydney Joseph
1st
Nicholas Rudder
2nd
Men 18 - 44
Phillip Colthrust
1st
Sean Garcia
2nd
Girls 7 - 10
Michelle Lue Fatt
1st
Roshelle Lue Fatt
2nd
Boys 7 - 10
Dominic Lue Fatt
1st
Akeli Thomas
2nd
Nathan Mapp
3rd
Denzel Lawrence
1st
Anthony Thomas
2nd
Owen Murray
3rd
Girls 14 - 17
Devina Birbal
1st
Ajodela Riley
2nd
Boys 14 - 17
Jesse Gonsalves
1st
Isaiah Bell
2nd
Preshan Birbal
3rd
Isaiah Colthrust
3rd
Mark St. Louis
1st
Dean Avril
2nd
Thaddeus Tempro
3rd
Peter Mapp
3rd
Tamara Joseph
1st
Nikita Fenty
2nd
Katherine Ann Pyke
3rd
Boys/Girls 11 - 13
Men 18 - 44
Female 18 - 44
Training Schedules Day
Time
Rank - Belts
TORA- Chinese Association, St. Ann’s Tuesday Thursday
Directors: Senseis Nigel Forde and John George Contact Number- 680-5234
6.00pm - 7.15pm
Adults and Juniors- All ranks
7.15pm - 8.15pm
Team training- brown and black belts( Sensei Shim)
6.00pm - 7.15pm
Adults and Juniors- All ranks
7.15pm - 8.15pm
Dan training( Sensei Shim)
UWI Shokotan Club, UWI, St. Augustine
President- Sensei Dean Avril Contact #: 723 6655
Monday
6.00pm – 7:30pm
Engineering Undercroft- All ages and ranks
Tuesday
6.00pm – 7:30pm
Engineering Undercroft; No Gi - SWAG Tuesdays - All ages /ranks
Wednesday
6.00pm – 7:30pm
SAC- All ages and ranks
Friday
5.00pm – 7.00pm
SPEC- All ages and ranks
Saturday
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 Dojo Valsayn Community Centre Wednesday
7.00 pm - 8.30pm
Saturday
10.00am - 11.30am
Sunday
8.00am - 9.00am
TobagoScarborough Secondary School Tuesday
5.30pm - 7.30pm
Thursday
5.30pm - 7.30pm
Saturday
9.30am - 12.00 noon
Kaizen 1 Primco Drive, Glencoe Wednesday Friday
3:30p.m to 5:00.p.m
Mushin Ritmo del Rey Dance Studio, Long Circular Road Monday Wednesday
Adults and Juniors- All ranks Director: Sensei Arthur Morris Contact No.781-7371 Adults and Juniors- All ranks Director: Sensei Marc Mollentheil Contact No.-476-8895 Adults and Juniors- All ranks Director: Sensei Earl Wilson Contact No.-379-6918
5.00am - 6.00am
Team training (brown and black belts all ages)
6.00pm - 7.00pm
All ranks
5.00am - 6.00am
Team training (brown and black belts all ages)
6.00pm - 7.00pm
All ranks
7.00am - 8.30am
Black belt adults only, brown belts by invitation (Dr. Shim)
Words of Wisdom
Saturday
Director: Senseis Theophilus Faustin Contact No. 645-7208
It means you never gave up; worked past the pain overcame the disappointments, faced your fears, and learned enough to realize how little you actually know
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#19 March-April-May, 2014 More Sights and Scenes fromIssueGrading Anxiety and anticipation all ‘round: from parents and karatekas
Some of the action!
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T.K.A Quarterly Newsletter Editor-in-Chief: Simone Thorne-Mora Layout: Diana Francis Proof-reading: Sensei Richie Robertson Photos: Sean Powell
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