Welcome to the Institute of Okinawan Karate-Do website. IOK is a traditional Shohei / Uechi-Ryu dojo with a large and active community. We currently have classes for children and adults six days a week for all ability levels. We are located just south of Boston in Quincy MA.
A bunch of us have just returned from an excellent plyometrics seminar run by Sensei Andre T at the Okinawan Karate Club. We went over a bunch of plyometric exercises that can specifically assist the karate practitioner in developing explosiveness. Folks from several dojos joined in and comradery ran high. The instruction was really top notch. Sensei Andre will be teaching another seminar on kumite soon. Keep your eyes open for the invite as I’m sure this will be another opportunity to receive world class instruction.
Thanks to the Sensei Andre and the Stoughton dojo for having us.
Just a reminder that our Sunday sparring classes have been going pretty well. Nice crowd of hard workers. If you’re interested in getting better at sparring or just want to get into better shape come on by. Each to their own pace and ability.
Gary Goodman Quincy dojo 6 dan
Brian Sieben Abington dojo 3rd dan
Briana Flynn Stoughton dojo 1 dan
Matt Ryter Stoughton dojo 1 dan
Joseph Botsch Quincy dojo 1 dan
Tyler O’Donnell Quincy dojo 1 dan
Richard Owens Quincy dojo 1 dan
Philip Tubin Rinchuse Dojo PA 4 dan
Hi all. We’re going over to the Fours after class on Thursday. There’s a couple of birthdays to be celebrated. So come to class and then lift a pint with us afterward.
I was on an email thread the other day from Sensie Denise Valentine with a video of Chip smashing two baseball bats with a low kick. I figured why not post a couple of his recordings here. Top notch martial artist and instructor.
CONGRATULATIONS is in order to 15 students from our group of affiliate dojo’s in Massachusetts who received promotion this past Sunday. On May 17 2009, ranks ranging from Shodan to Renshi / Rokudan were awarded to well deserving candidates. Scoring was notably on the high side for several, showing an exceptional responsibility for self training taken …a key factor in staying focused and making progress in a lifetime endeavor. Karate is not simply a goal of achievement .
All must be commended for A TON of hard work and self discipline. Improvement from the March pretest was significant across the board. Work is never done of course. There will be much to comment on when back on the dojo floors this week. However, it was a standard setting test, successful in many ways; Spirit was very, very high in all present … hard work was evident in all …concern for technique even had some long time students on edge who were truly desiring to show improvement (4 candidates for 6th Dan over 50 years old!). The testing Board was also again overwhelmed by contributing teachers, giving rise to my thought this group has come a long way in solidifying a family approach to passing along the oral tradition of Shohei Ryu, our many esteemed instructors at Okikukai in Okinawa and the legacy of Master Uechi.
All should be congratulated. Thank you to all the students from every dojo involved with this particular promotion for truly making teaching easy and the group of schools look great. Thank you to Gary as well for capturing one of the better post-promotion photo’s in a while, and for his hard work in putting together a video about Jack Summer’s lifetime of teaching (40 years since his Shodan Test!) that we all can’t wait to get a peak at!
Sensei Jack just passed a milestone having held his Black Belt in Uechi Karate for 40 years. Certificate number 368, May 4 1969. Signed by Kanei Uechi.
