Noah Cherry SHOTOKAN KARATEThe History of SHOTOKAN KARATE * The history of karate can be tracked over 2000 years! Although it is now Peet eee i Mare CECA ere acsccne meaty onM aC Men emMen ome SC n ncn RU Camm ican Meee ceca ee Men Re art Mt enc) ees aon ee URS CUR Reet Cem acta ree he cians eRe ae econ entire ast ane) * From the Shaolin Temple, a very disciplined and powerful style of self- Pe cuemireee rie Ml Ueat ie ecm ice: Bh nae Rn Pee sari mck ee Ms acinar many hundreds of years ago, the now immensely popular sport of Karate PCAC Cir cn ace incense ase cael ie which use similar techniques, but students should be careful to select a club and style that is properly registered and run by qualified instructors. = The Southern Shotokan Karate Association practices the Traditional style of Shotokan Karate. This style is very close to the original temple style and is recognised as being extremely powerful and highly disciplined. The late great master Gichin Funakoshi brought it to Japan from the village of Shuri Teh] MineeDMeeR-C-UANAUN Neto e lea ABelts / RANKING Sia SMO 10 MAD Clee KOM| Ae [Cer-1k MOL 18 (1H expertise, and to a lesser degree, seniority. As NM aat-TaN A aar-1A40-1R-1a YES Na ele cla ce- RN 1kl0) of coloured belts to indicate rank. Most Shotokan schools use the kyd/dan system but have added other belt colors. The order of colors varies widely from school to school, but kyu belts are denoted with colours that become darker as a student approaches shodan. Dan level belts are invariably black, with some schools using strips to denote various ranks of black belt.BELTS / RANKING aa \| A " YELLOW Pcie oa aa ool) Paes ‘A rnKATA (Forms) Taikyoku shodan (ABAD ER) Heian shodan (E24) EX) falaietaMallelcl e-em 2) Heian sandan (*F 2=E£8) | faletam elite ae") 33 Heian godan 7F# HER) Bassai dai (RX) = Jion (#& FR)KATA (Forms) fan 51,9) Kanku dai (#222), Hangetsu (4 A), Jitte (+¥), (etch e =5::=) demerit oR Sap Tekki nidan ($&54 — B&), Ma emetitelelh €::.4 p—9 5-49 Nijushiho (=F Ba),KATA (Forms ) * Chinte (BF) telat: )) Meikyo (BAS) Unsu (3 ¥) Bassai sho G&#/)) Kanku sho (22/1) Wankan (58) (efeYTUCAETTATORIATON G2 Ten wd" F271 09) (fof Ts avi avoWe TN shy pl '22E557,09) aman 4-9)= 1-Five-step sparring (gohon kumite) = 2-Three-step sparring (sanbon kumite) = 3-One-step sparring (ippon kumite) = 4-freestyle one-step sparring (jiyu ippon kumite) = 5-Free sparring (jiyu kumite)Dojo Programs = Children Martial Arts Class = Adult Martial Arts Class = Little Champs Karate (4-6 years olds) = Aerobic Cardio Kickboxing = Tournament TrainingSHOTOKAN KARATE = Champions Martial Arts Studio = 234 W. Baltimore Ave. " Clifton Heights, Pa 19018 = 484-461-8898 = Come in for a free lesson!!!