April 28th, 2010
Instructed by Sensei Kevin Hirakis

Foundations of Movement

Foundations of Movement
April 5th, 2010
Instructed by Sensei Kevin Hirakis

Putting the “Advanced” back into our CBA’s

Putting the “Advanced” back into our CBA’s
March 25th, 2010
Instructed by jdearman

Iron Horse Workout Plan

Iron Horse Workout Plan
March 10th, 2010
Instructed by jdearman

CBAs + Wall = Better Balance and Snap-back [exercise]

CBAs + Wall = Better Balance and Snap-back [exercise]

Kickin’ it Old School

Introduction In this article and workout, I want to address Sanchin-Ryu’s strategy and approach when it comes to kicking. Sanchin-Ryu’s approach to all of its techniques relies on the ability to perform them under stress in all environments and by all people. Using this approach, what you will find is, Sanchin-Ryu uses kicks that all ...

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Added May 12th | Instructed by Sensei Kevin Hirakis

Foundations of Movement

Foundations of Movement

Think of your first class in Sanchin-Ryu, more than likely you start learning how to stand in basic stance, the star step and some basics. Basics…what take a second and define for yourself what you think of when you hear the word “basic”. How did you define it? Did you define it as elementary? Simple? ...

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Added April 28th | Instructed by Sensei Kevin Hirakis

Putting the “Advanced” back into our CBA’s

Putting the “Advanced” back into our CBA’s

For many of us, we learn our basics and then want to learn our CBA’s, and then we want to learn our forms. Being hungry for new material is a good thing, but not if it comes at the expense of deepening our understanding of other material. We have 10 basics and 10 CBA’s that ...

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Added April 5th | Instructed by Sensei Kevin Hirakis

Iron Horse Workout Plan

Iron Horse Workout Plan

Introduction Think back to the last time your sensei said “Tonight we’re going to work on Iron Horse!” If you made a run for your car, you’re not alone. I have vivid memories of Chief Grand Master Dearman instructing class to get into Iron Horse, only to vanish for what seemed like hours! Honestly though, ...

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Added March 25th | Instructed by jdearman

CBAs + Wall = Better Balance and Snap-back [exercise]

CBAs + Wall = Better Balance and Snap-back [exercise]

Yep, you’ve read it right. We’re going back to the wall for another exercise. Only this time we’re going to use it as a tool rather than a weapon (actually, you may end-up throwing yourself into it, so it may still be a weapon. Read below or jump to the video at the bottom of ...

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Added March 10th | Instructed by jdearman

Children Karate Programs in Coldwater [Video]

Children Karate Programs in Coldwater [Video]

Childrens Karate Sanchin-Ryu in Coldwater Recently the Sanchin-Ryu Karate kids and family class was featured on the local news in Coldwater Michigan. The class is led by Sensei Peggy, a long-time Sanchin-Ryu Dojo member. She’s doing some very cool things there and deserves the recognition. Let’s all show out support and get out to Coldwater ...

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Added March 4th | Instructed by jdearman

Watch DojoChat LIVE from your iphone! August 31st, 2009 . By District Master Jake Biernacki

Watch DojoChat LIVE from your iphone!

Last night I kept getting pulled from my computer for one reason or another, and I found myself missing the workout. I picked up my phone and watched DojoChat on the run! Here’s a great application for all iphone users. Ustream Viewer is an application that’ll let you watch DojoChat LIVE from your iphone. What’s ...

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As summer comes to a close… Youth Leadership Sanchin-Ryu Camp highlight video! September 8th, 2009 . By jdearman

As summer comes to a close… Youth Leadership Sanchin-Ryu Camp highlight video!

As summer comes to a close. We thought we’d share a video from this summer’s Youth Leadership Sanchin-Ryu Camp. This video was originally shown to parents and campers at the end of Sanchin-Ryu Camp. Kudos to district master Chris Yonker for putting this together. He did a great job at capturing friendships, excitement and overall ...

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Children Karate Programs in Coldwater [Video] March 4th, 2010 . By jdearman

Children Karate Programs in Coldwater [Video]

Childrens Karate Sanchin-Ryu in Coldwater Recently the Sanchin-Ryu Karate kids and family class was featured on the local news in Coldwater Michigan. The class is led by Sensei Peggy, a long-time Sanchin-Ryu Dojo member. She’s doing some very cool things there and deserves the recognition. Let’s all show out support and get out to Coldwater ...

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May 12th, 2010 . By Sensei Kevin Hirakis

Kickin’ it Old School

Introduction In this article and workout, I want to address Sanchin-Ryu’s strategy and approach when it comes to kicking. Sanchin-Ryu’s approach to all of its techniques relies on the ability to perform them under stress in all environments and by all people. Using this approach, what you will find is, Sanchin-Ryu uses kicks that all ...

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