Kansas City Shotokan Karate Club

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 […]

NOTE: There will be no 6pm practice on Monday December 25 and January 1. Our Thursday and Saturday practices will take place as usual during the holiday. At noon on Monday, January 1, 2024 nidan Mike Kostroske will lead a punching practice of oizuki and gyakuzuki. We have traditionally rung in the New Year this […]

Kyu test (rank testing for white and brown belts) is held twice each year in April and November near the anniversaries of Master Funakoshi’s birth and death. The fall kyu test was led by David Altman (University of Nebraska Lincoln Shotokan Karate Club leader) assisted by Mike Lyon, Carl Johnson, and black belts from KC […]

Mike Lyon, Carl Johnson and David Altman traveled together to attend the annual Yodan (godans invited) & Godan practices held November 4 & 5 at Shotokan Ohshima Dojo near Santa Barbara, California. They flew from Kansas City to Los Angeles (and shared Carl’s delicious cashews), rented a car and drove up to the Motel 6 […]

The Kansas City Shotokan Karate Club hosted the 2023 Shotokan Karate of America Midwest Winter Special Training from Friday through Sunday October 27-29, 2023. It was great! Twenty-seven SKA members participated. They came from Texas, Illinois, California, Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, Alabama, Oregon, and Nebraska. We slept and took our meals in and above the dojo […]

Mike Lyon here. I had such a great time at SKA’s Boston Dojo leading practices with dojo leader Jesse Winch on Wednesday, October 11 and with senior instructor Johnson Chung on Saturday, October 14, 2023. I was in Cambridge on other business and was happy that Jesse and Johnson were able to taxi me to […]

Effective Aug 16, 2023, Wednesday 6-8pm practice is suspended indefinitely. The rest of our practice schedule remains unchanged.

Terasaki Budokan, Los Angeles – Little Tokyo (213) 473-3030249 S. Los Angeles StreetLos Angeles, CA90012 1-4 pm Saturday, August 12, 2023Admission is FREE and open to the public. SKA’s Nisei Week Exhibition and Tournament started in 1957 when Mr. Tsutomu Ohshima gave the first official demonstration of karate to the American public. The tradition continues […]

July 1-2, 2023 SKA Midwest jiyu kumite practices and tournament were led by godan, Bobby Bird, leader of the Memphis Dojo and, as of today, our new Midwest Regional Manager (replacing Mike Lyon who’s been allowed to retire after more than 35 years in the position). SKA Members of all ranks were invited. Bobby led […]

Congratulations Paul Cepe! Paul was awarded shodan (1st degree black belt) last Sunday during dan testing at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph. The test was conducted by John Teramoto assisted by godans David Altman, Rob Clark, Bobby Bird, and Mike Lyon and observed by sandans and yodans following four grueling days of Midwest […]