Mamaroneck Shares 2012

Way of Life Shotokan Karate is committed to giving back to the local community in which we operate and live.  We are proud to announce that we will be participating again this year in the 2012 Mamaroneck Shares summer street party charity event.


Dates for the four night event this year are June 21st, July 19th, August 16th and September 21st.   This event sees the main street of Mamaroneck closed each night from 7-11PM and has local businesses offering events to raise monies for local charities.  This year the supported charities include:


1. Mamaroneck Emergency Medical Services: To help MEMS obtain a new ambulance.
2. keep aBreast: A local team supporting the fight against breast cancer.
3. The Westchester Pancreatic Cancer Research Walk: a local team raising awareness and funds to support research efforts of this deadly, yet severely underfunded, disease through The Lustgarten Foundation where 100% of every donation goes directly to research – Research is hope and hope never quits!
4. The Mamaroneck-Larchmont Student Aid Fund: since 1937 has helped Mamaroneck High School graduates with college scholarships. Each award is based solely on a family’s financial need and on available SAF funds.

We Are Now On Pinterest

We are happy to announce we have added another great social media feature to our website- Pinterest.

Pinterest is a virtual pinboard. Pinterest allows you to organize and share things you find on the web. You can browse pinboards created by other people to discover new things and get inspiration from people who share your interests. A pin is an image added to Pinterest.  A pin can be added from a website using the Pin It button, or you can upload images from your computer. Each pin added using the Pin It button links back to the site it came from.  A board is a set of pins.  A board can be created on any topic.  You can add as many pins to a board as you want. 

You can follow our Way Of Life Shotokan Karate boards and you are able to see our pins on all our boards in real-time.  If we make new boards, you will automatically follow them.  We will be adding more to our board in the days and weeks ahead.

Take a few moments a check out all of our social media features on our website- our Facebook page, our Twitter account, our YouTube videos, check-in our Foursquare and now view our pins on Pinterest.   If you like our website, please be sure to share it with others.

New Edition Of The Shotokan Way

The May edition of The Shotokan Way is available for review.  This month's edition features an in-depth article with Yoshiharu Osaka Shihan, Deputy Managing Director of the JKA, and a great article from Shaun Banfield entitled "From Jack Daniels To Kiai".  The interview with Osaka is another in their series of interviews with some of the most important and influential people in shotokan karate, and is a great insight into his thinking about shotokan.  Both articles also emphasize the "feeling" of techniquies and Shaun's article goes into great detail on this with some pictures as well.

Please check out the latest edition and we will continue to provide you with links and resources from some of the best online shotokan resources that we have found.

Balancing Fun and Discipline

At Way of Life Shotokan Karate-Do we are proud to have our instructors and students write articles for our blog.  The second installment is from Senpai Miguel Novoa and we thank him for his submission "Balancing Fun & Discipline In Kids Karate Classes"- By Senpai Miguel Novoa

Ever since I got my shodan (black belt) at Way of Life Shotokan Karate over 15 years ago, I dedicated the rest of my training to learning how to pass on the Way of Life tradition as it was introduced to me when I was a kid.  As my instructor began to open the dojo floor to me so that I may take that step in becoming an instructor in the kids classes I realized something, kids all require different ways of teaching.