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Spring 2026 Newsletter: Menlo Park Karate Classes, Seminars, & Japan Training

March 24, 2026
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Spring 2026 – Seiwakai Karate Silicon Valley Newsletter By Johnpaul Williams – Director, Seiwakai Karate Silicon Valley Gojūkan [caption id="attachment_3839" align="alignright" width="300"] Seiwakai Karate Silicon Valley competitors medaling at the Silicon Valley Open.[/caption] This past quarter, we finally returned to local competition and were incredibly pleased with our club's results.

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Karate Sensei - Leading the dojo

Territorial Possessiveness in the Dōjō

February 13, 2024
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Territorial Possessiveness in the Dōjō All Gojuryu Network (www.gojuryu.network) & SKSV (Gojuryu.net) cross-post By Johnpaul Williams - Feb 13, 2024 Introduction "At our club in the 1990s, I wasn't the 'King of the Dōjō'—that was a tacit moniker reserved for our Shihan (Sensei). I was the Big Man on Campus (BMOC)

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Zarei 座礼 – Three types of Seated Bow

April 4, 2020
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Zarei (座礼): The Three Degrees of Traditional Seated Bows [caption id="attachment_3852" align="alignright" width="300"] Zarei - Seated Bow[/caption] The following educational excerpt is drawn directly from the Gōjū-Ryū Karate-Dō Desk Reference 剛柔流空手道 机参照: Volume 2: Dōjō Auxiliary, Glossary & Terminology 道場の補助、用語集 と 辞書. In traditional Japanese martial arts, physical technique is

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