Kansas City Shotokan Karate Club

What a great practice this Saturday led by Carl Johnson. We welcomed Charlotte Lavallee for her first karate practice in ten years. Charlotte began practice under Carl Johnson at Longview Community College where she was a student and Carl led the Longview Dojo, also teaching college students like Charlotte as part of the PE program […]

I’m very sad that J. Gregory Scott (March 26, 1951 – October 2, 2024), godan, fire fighter and EMT with the Los Angeles City Fire Department (retired), past president of SKA, and gifted fighter and leader of Garden Grove Dojo passed away early this morning after several years battling alzheimer’s. Thirty years ago, at breakfast […]

At tonight’s practice (Thursday, September 26, 2024), Takamasa Morita led warmup and basics practice. Paul Cepe taught Tekki Sandan kata to white and brown belts while Mike Kostroske and Takamasa Morita practiced Jion kata along with four participants on Zoom. Mike Lyon demonstrated and led sanbon gumite, jiyu-ippon gumite and jiyu kumite. A well rounded […]

While visiting kids and grandkids in Boulder, I was able to get together with the two Colorado godans, Mark Wilson and Jeffrey Ross and ikkyu Tanya Sazonova who’d recently completed Midwest Summer Special Training in Missouri. Jeff led such a great practice of warmup followed by fifty Tekki Sandan kata with corrections and comments by […]

Enjoying our practices together

Linda and I attended the 60th Anniversary of France Shotokan July 5-7, 2024 in Arles, Port Saint Louis, and Marseille and had the most wonderful time with everyone! David and Laura Altman also attended. So did many other old friends from the Midwest and USA and Canada. Truly spectacular celebration! Message from Ohshima Sensei displayed […]

Midwest Summer Special Training May 22-25, 2024 was led by John Wood, sandan from Chicago. This was the 21st year we held the training at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph. Thirty members participated start to finish, the weather was beautiful, the training was very strong and there were no serious injuries. Special training […]

Tom Muzila led this year’s Spring in the South weekend of practices and socializing in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. KC’s Carl Johnson and Mike Lyon attended along with UNL’s David Altman. Nora and Oleg Favorov graciously hosted us along with a house full of other visitors and we had the BEST time eating and drinking […]

On April 27 the members of Kansas City and UNL Dojos assembled for practice and to grade white and brown belts (kyu test). David Altman, leader of UNL dojo led an intense warmup and practice, then kyu test got underway. Five members tested:

At the annual SKA Black Belt Council meeting held at Shotokan Ohshima Dojo near Santa Barbara February 3, 2024, our Kansas City dojo was awarded Midwest Dojo of the Year in recognition of our hosting of special training and several open-to-all-members weekend practices led by seniors from around the continent. Mike Kostroske was awarded Midwest […]