Karate From a Female Perspective

At Way of Life Shotokan Karate-Do we encourage our students to write articles for our blog.  The first installment is from Rita Kim (brown belt) and we thank her for her submission "Karate From a Female Perspective"- By Rita Kim

The benefits of practicing Karate, or any martial art, are invaluable. Every practitioner has their own interpretation of the purpose and benefits of Karate; for me Karate is an art. I’m not good with a paint brush or any musical instrument, but put me in a gi, I am an artist J

Mamaroneck Shares Update

We are proud to have participated for the first time in the 2011 Mamaroneck Shares event.  A special thank you to both the event organizers and to our student/parent volunteers.  We raised over $150.00 for the associated charities through our raffle for several free month long memberships at our dojo with all proceeds going to Mamaroneck Shares.  We look forward to participating again next year, and thank you for your support if you attended the event and stopped by our booth.  Here are some of the photos that were taken over the 4 nights.

Remembering Jahmare Smith

It is with a heavy heart that I write you today with some very sad news. Sensei Norman Smith's eldest son, Jahmare Smith, was tragically killed last Thursday in a shooting in Virginia.

Our sincere sympathies go out to Sensei and his family during this extremely difficult time.  No words can express how sad, tragic and senseless this is.

Congratulations To Our Students

Congratulations to everyone who passed their belt examinations last night. Their new rank is an example of how hard work, dedication, focus and perserverance pays off. We are proud of their achievement and look forward to continuing the training with them as they progress even further.  Adults left to right are Rafael Cedeno, Jonathan Morgenstern and Andrey Matsnev.