Chikubu-Kai Karate-Do

Summer Camp 2024 was a great time as always. We were able to cover a lot of different ideas and concepts during the three days of training!

Our Fall Training will be held at the Myrtle Beach Dojo October 3-5. Make plans now to attend what is sure to be an action-packed weekend. More information coming soon!

Link for tomorrow Teams. 2.30 PM CET. We will start with Kobudo(Bokata Ryubi no Kan),then karate(Suparinpei) and lastly Iaido(kunibaryu iaido kata 6-9.

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Chikubukai International will have its very 1st all time international karatecompetition the 22nd of july this year!

Situated in Colombo Sri Lanka and managed by sensei Shehan De Silva Hombucho Sri Lanka Chikubukai.

Expected to be 700-1000 contestants. We hope that you will take the opportunity to come there and support!
For holliday?
Competing?
Training in the seminars?
Or why not a combo of all?

For info PM me!
Kindly Hanshi Johan
Europe Chikubukai

Imagine: Karate was not created for defense against karatetecniques. But many people are poorly mistaken and falls in the trap of missunderstanding this.

So never claim selfdefence not knowing how a predator will attack you.

The easy way do not create warriors it creates illusions.

JB

Below is the link to the photos from Mach 23, 2024 clinic
https://henrywmccoyjr.zenfolio.com/p174625688

Chikubukai would like to thank all the students who came to the clinic this past weekend.

Hello Everyone!

The first International Karate Tournament sponsored by Chikubu-Kai will be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 22, 2024.

If you cannot attend, please consider making a donation to the tournament organizer, Shehan De Silva, Sensei. This is a massive project, and up to 1,000 competitors or more may be participating. For more information on how to donate, please contact Johan Backteman, Shihan, who is assisting with tournament preparations.

Best wishes to all for a successful event!

Get your gi back on!

It seems inevitable for many students – after years of dedicated training (or even just months), the training begins to slow down.
Sometimes, it just stops suddenly, and there’s a conspicuous gap where a student used to be. A pocket of quiet where a karate practitioner used to stand and nodding away while listening to instructions. No student slips away unnoticed.

There are a thousand demands on our time, many beyond our control. Money must be earned, marks attained, Families require an investment of quality time, Sometimes, it’s as simple as an injury that dragged on and suddenly, it’s two months out the dojo (or more).
One missed class can easily become three. Three classes becomes a month. Then six. Then a year. And then there’s a day when you open your cupboard and there is your gi, hanging up and gathering dust. Waiting. (And silently judging you.)

“But what will Sensei think?” the student wonders, before slowly closing the door. “I can’t go back after so long.”

Oh, but you should. You can always come back. 99% of the time, your Sensei will be utterly delighted to see you return. All that matters is that you make the decision to put your gi on and get to the dojo. Oh, sure, there might be excuses, like…

“But I’m so unfit!”

So few people are genuinely fit anyway. If fitness was a precondition for martial arts, very few of us would get to start. It’s not that important.

“I never told Sensei why I left”

Look, few instructors are soft and fluffy. But your Sensei is human (very much so) and probably isn’t holding a grudge. Just come back, perhaps say sorry, and ask to train again. It sucks to ask, but it is also pretty hurtful when students disappear without any explanation.

“I can’t remember it all anymore”

You are not starting at the bottom – everything you learned is somewhere in your body. It just needs a gentle reminder and some dusting off, and things will start to flow back again.

Losing momentum is the cause of so many failed hobbies, talents, dreams and projects. In trying to get any major goal accomplished, we forget that it is made of a thousand little steps.

A black belt is only the sum of hundreds of hours, not always a special talent. You don’t have to do unworldly things: you just have to go to class every week. Every class you can, except when you really, really can’t.

If you have a virus, stay out the dojo.
If you have an exam tomorrow, then study.
Big family thing? (My family know not to arrange things on a dojo day, they all know what it means to me, and love and respect me enough to know that's where I will be)
Tired?
Busy?
But not so busy that you can sit and watch TV for 2 or 3 hours ?

To me nothing is worse than having a talent and a passion and letting it go to waste simply because of a stubborn attitude or trying to please others..

"IT’S YOUR LIFE TO LIVE"

Get your gi on and get to a dojo!

On February 3 I will be jumping into the cold Atlantic for Polar Plunge 2024, but hey, it's for a great cause!

This year I am again plunging to honor the memory of two close friends:

David Gordon Hirlinger was a friend of mine for many years. A retired US Navy Lieutenant, he also served as an Auxiliary Police Officer for Newport News Police Department. Dave supported the Polar Plunge for many years and was my inspiration. When he passed away I decided to take up the torch in his memory.

John Gregory Blankenship served with the Virginia State Police for over 28 years and served as the Coordinator of Defensive Tactics throughout the State of Virginia, as well as a Master Defensive Tactics Instructor with the Virginia Association of Law Enforcement Defensive Tactics Instructors (Valedti DT). Greg was also a Shihan (Master Martial Arts Instructor) of Karate and Goshin-Do with Chikubu-Kai Karate-Do, and a longtime personal student of Soke W.H. Price. He was a great martial artist and great friend.

I will be wearing their pictures on a lanyard and they will go into the ocean with me.

Whether you want to help me support Special Olympics Virginia, or whether you think it's amusing that I'm going into the ocean in the middle of winter, please help me support Special Olympics Virginia by making a donation to my fundraising page.

All proceeds benefit Special Olympics Virginia!

Chris Wirt's fundraising page for Special Olympics Virginia Plunging for a great cause!

Congratulations to all those who were promoted at yesterday's clinic. Thank you Price, Soke for putting on another great clinic.

More photos will be added to this link later this week.
https://henrywmccoyjr.zenfolio.com/f519113997

Osu to everyone!

Please remember that the last clinic of 2023 will be held this Saturday, December 9! The clinic will begin at 9am and last until approximately 3pm.

The location will be the Town of Lebanon Recreational Center, located at 45 Gibson St, Lebanon, VA 24266.

Shihan and Sensei, there will be a Shihan Board meeting on Friday, December 3 at 7pm for those who are in town. This meeting will be held in Price Soke's new home -- PM me for the address if needed.

Shihan and Sensei, if you have any promotions you will to handle at the clinic, please reach out to Price Soke or myself as soon as possible.

Hope to see everyone on Saturday for some great training!

Osu!

Chris Wirt, Shihan

We are just over 1 week away from our annual Fall Camp, to be held here in Myrtle Beach, S.C. November 3-4.

Looking forward to see everyone who can attend for what will be a great training experience!

For those who want to participate in Kobudo training, please don't forget to bring your weapons!

Everyone is welcome to attend. See you all soon!

Please join us for a great time of learning and training! Let us know if you are attending. We may have to move to another venue depending on space considerations. Everyone is welcome!

Newport News Dojo

We had 3 promotion during the training.

I had a great time with Price, Soke and the members of Chikubukai Karate Do

Chikubu Kai would like to wish Shihan Renee Lamm a very Happy Birthday 🎁🎂!

Chikubu Kai would like to wish Shihan Henry McCoy Jr a very Happy Birthday 🎁🎂!

We had a great training session with Soke in Bluefield, Va. Looking forward to our Summer Camp to be held on the weekend of July 21-22.

Also, please make plans for our Fall Camp to be held in Myrtle Beach, S.C., October 12-14. Details coming soon!

This man was true martial artist and more like a brother to me.

These are a few of my friends, who thing is they like to train with swords.

https://henrywmccoyjr.zenfolio.com/p714671132

It's always a good day to train with this group of people.

March 18, 2023 Henry W. Mc Coy Jr.