The Ninth Annual Visalia Karate-Do Winter Gasshuku was a tremendous success.

Students of all ranks participated in part or all of this great Southwest GKK Tradition.

Toledo Regional Promotional and Judges Refresher Course

When:                        Friday, March 26, 2010; 6:00 - 8:30 pm

Where:                        Bedford High School Gymnasium, 8285 Jackman Rd.,Temperance, MI. 48182

Directions:            Take I-475 and Exit Secor Rd North, Take Secor to Dean Rd. and turn right (East)

                        Bedford H.S. is at the corner of Dean and Jackman

                        Or see www.mapquest.com for door to door driving instructions

Note:                         The Promotional and Judge's seminar will run simultaneously but separately.

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GKK Bedford Community Education Tournament

When:                          Saturday March 27, 2010; 9:00 am to 5:30 pm

Where:              Bedford High School Gymnasium, 8285 Jackman Rd.,Temperance, MI. 48182

Events:                        1. Open Kata (All divisions: Beginner, Novice, Intermediate, Advanced)

                        2. Weapons Kata (All Divisions)

                        3. Compulsory Kata (16+ Advanced only) The WKF Shitei Kata list will be used.

                        4. Kumite (All divisions)

Fees:                        $45 Up to four individual events

                        $5 additional for late registration after March 20, 2010

Spectator fee:            $6 adults, $3 children

GKK Banquet to follow, TBA

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GKK Regional Seminar

When:                                    Sunday, March 28;  10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Where:                                     Smith Road Elementary School, 1135 Smith Rd. Temperance, MI 48182-1002

Fees:                                    $10 per session / $25 all three / $40 family max.

Schedule:                        Session One;  10:00 to 11:30,  All Ages and All Ranks

                                    Session Two;  11:45 to 1:15,  6th kyu and above

                                    Session Three;  1:30 to 3:00,  3rd kyu and above

"For all the talk you hear about knowledge being such a wonderful thing, instinct is worth forty of it for real unerringness."
- Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer Abroad

 trained for 35 years on a mountain in China.  In the solitude of my unheated training hall, I studied the ways and methods of the ancient kata until I reached enlightenment.  With shaven head and yellow robes, I headed to America and was greeted with open arms by the Westerners, who upon hearing of my austere training, realized I had become a modern day guru.