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Wonderful time in Advanced class with a visit from @lyntesseyman last night! We worked Wanshu & Passai & embedded applications from both sides...
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This evening's Traditional Okinawan Matsubayashi Shorin-ryu class will include our weekly Kobudo session. Tonight's focus: Tonfa.
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Fun class last night at the @ymca_of_penobscot_bay. Terrific concentration and energy from everyone!
Just keep coming through the door and good things will happen.
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When two amazing students meet up halfway across the world, and decide to do Naihanchi Nidan together...
Go Lyn and Mary Ann!
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During last night's class at the, we presented Meg Barclay and John Scholz with their official Shodan certificates from Okinawa.
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Tonight's 6 p.m. traditional Okinawan Shorin-ryu class at the Penobscot Bay YMCA will feature basics, basics, and then some more basics... Here's a video of Zenko Heshiki sensei showing us the way!
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A Sansetsukon sits on a picnic table. Sansetsukon is three stave bo staff.
I'm no woodworker but I'm pretty happy with how my Sansetsukon came out... Now we start training with it...
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I'm so grateful to Sally and Steve Woolston, Godan and Rokyudan, Renshi respectively, to invite me to train in their beautiful Dojo with their welcoming and knowledgeable Yudansha!
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15 karate students stand posing for the camera in their white karate gis
Congratulations to Garret Soucy, Seven Soucy, Judah Soucy, Watchman Soucy, and Perpetua Soucy on their successful promotion to 6th kyu (green belt). They continue to work hard and it certainly shows!
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A new session at the Penobscot Bay YMCA starts this week, including three weekly classes. The Rockland Matsubayashi-ryu dojo welcomes all levels. Have you signed up yet at www.penbayymca.org
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No class no problem. Training never stops...
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Kobudo photobomb...
📷 Fujifilm XT5
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Snowy sunset Makiwara...
📷 Fujifilm XT5
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Karate students in white do-gis perform traditional shorin-ryu karate kumite drills at the penobscot bay YMCA
Karate students in white do-gis perform traditional shorin-ryu karate kata at the penobscot bay YMCA
Karate students in white do-gis perform traditional nunchaku kobudo kata at the penobscot bay YMCA
Karate students in white do-gis perform traditional shorin-ryu karate basics at the penobscot bay YMCA, with one girl and one boy in front in regular clothing
Fun class last night. Basics, Fukyugata, Pinan kata, and Nunchaku kobudo. Great work everyone. Just keep coming through the door. The rest will take care of itself!
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During this evening's 6 p.m. class at the Penobscot Bay YMCA, we'll be working on Nunchaku as part of our weekly Kobudo session.
📷 Fujifilm XT3
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Just a little fun with some 逆行 (Gyakkō) kata. Pinan Godan regular and reverse. Lots of work to do still...
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Another exciting arrival. Looking forward to a wonderful read on Choki Motobu, one of Grandmaster Shoshin Nagamine's most important karate teachers!
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Four people pose for a photo. Three males in karate uniforms and black belts and one female in dark clothing.
What a wonderful surprise! We had a visit from Lyn Cathryn Donnelly during last night's class at the Penobscot Bay YMCA! Always wonderful to see our former Matsubayashi-ryu karate student who now continues her training in Ireland.
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A karateka in a black dogi top performs bo staff kobudo on his own
A karateka in a black dogi top performs bo staff kobudo on his own
A karateka in a black dogi top performs bo staff kobudo on his own
A karateka in a black dogi top performs bo staff kobudo on his own
It's wonderful to get back to kobudo class with Michael Karateka Norvell sensei. So grateful for his experience and his fun and energetic teaching style!
📷 Fujifilm xt5 xf 16-80mm
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Great class last night at the Penobscot Bay YMCA! Congratulations to Pearson Snyder and Chris Felicetti on their hard work and subsequent promotion to 6th Kyu (Green Belt)!
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