News and Events

November 23rd testing 2013

noreply@blogger.com (Maine Traditional Karate) — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 23:02:00 +0000

August Testing

noreply@blogger.com (Maine Traditional Karate) — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 18:40:00 +0000

Congratulations to all who tested recently.

3rd Quarter Newsletter is out!

noreply@blogger.com (Maine Traditional Karate) — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 10:20:00 +0000

Click this link to see the most recent newsletter.

April 27th Testing

noreply@blogger.com (Maine Traditional Karate) — Sat, 04 May 2013 10:42:00 +0000

Congratulations to all students receiving promotions on April 27th.

noreply@blogger.com (Maine Traditional Karate) — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:43:00 +0000

Please see our Tournament page for all the details (and registration forms) for the 4th Annual Maine Traditional Karate & Kobudo Tournament.

Testing Results are in

noreply@blogger.com (Maine Traditional Karate) — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:57:00 +0000

Congratulations to the following students who were promoted:

Adults
Diane Roy-2 kyu
Albert Vandine- 4 kyu
Meg Lander- 4 kyu

Youth
Seamus MaHoney- 4 kyu
Paul Fortier- 5 kyu
Patrick Gonyer- 5 kyu
Beckett Parkin- 8 kyu
Zachary harvey- 8 kyu
Shyann Colavecchio- 8 kyu
Dominick Colavecchio- 8 kyu
Trayei Colavecchio- 8 kyu
Jazlynn Eaton- 8 kyu
Melania Eaton- 8 kyu
Matt davis- 8 kyu
Devon Hunter- 9 kyu
Isabel Parkin- 8 kyu

Kenshin Kan Quarterly

noreply@blogger.com (Maine Traditional Karate) — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:52:00 +0000

Click to see the newest edition of the Kenshin Kan Quarterly

December Newsletter

noreply@blogger.com (Maine Traditional Karate) — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 10:53:00 +0000

December Newsletter is online, click here to view it.

Congratulations

noreply@blogger.com (Maine Traditional Karate) — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 10:47:00 +0000

Congratulations to Sempai Lauren Grant-Shodan, Dominique Ouellette-1 kyu, and Zachary Harvey-9 kyu. All of these students performed and represented the dojo very well at the Veazie Tournament last weekend.

Sempai Lauren-4th kata,1st kobudo, and 1st kumite
Dominique Ouellette-3rd kata,2nd kobudo, and 2nd kumite
Zachary Harvey-First ever compettion....2nd place in kata(fykyu gata san)

Open House - New Location

noreply@blogger.com (Maine Traditional Karate) — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:33:00 +0000

Maine Traditional Karate and Fitness will be hosting an Open House on November 17th from 12 to 5 p.m.

LOCATION: Route 2 Hermon. Morita’s School Of Dance Studio

*Everyone is invited!

Come see ongoing demonstrations and ask questions; free pizza & beverages will be provided. Karate deals and gym memberships will be given away all day.

Karate involves learning self-confidence, self-discipline, and builds self-esteem . Our style also incorporates Japanese customs, history, and language in our class curriculum. We are looking forward to having you as a student in our dojo as it takes a special person to be a karate student, one who walks the path. It takes a person with high morals and respect for self and others, to be one of these special people.

Open House

noreply@blogger.com (Maine Traditional Karate) — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:24:00 +0000

Maine Traditional Karate and Fitness will be hosting an Open House on

October 20 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Everyone is invited!

Come see ongoing demonstrations and ask questions; free pizza & beverages will be provided.

Karate deals and gym memberships will be given away all day.

136 River Rd. Orrington. Maine Traditional Karate & Fitness.

Approximately .3 miles from Brewer town line heading towards Bucksport on Rt. # 15.

Tournament

noreply@blogger.com (Maine Traditional Karate) — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:21:00 +0000

Thank you Hanshi Shipes, Kyoshi Engelby, Sempai Masters and Sempai Amey for visiting us in Maine.

October Newsletter

noreply@blogger.com (Maine Traditional Karate) — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:19:00 +0000

October Newsletter is now posted. Click here to check it out!

Testing and Tamashiwara

noreply@blogger.com (Maine Traditional Karate) — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 19:42:00 +0000

Congratulations to all who tested and were promoted today. Special thanks to all karateka that

joined us to work out even though they were not scheduled to test.

Congratulations also to Sensei for meeting his goal of breaking 4 cement blocks.

Kobudo Training at Broadway Park

noreply@blogger.com (Maine Traditional Karate) — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:24:00 +0000

Kobudo training in the park. A great opportunity for all kyu ranks and all kobudo. Reviewed basic kobudo exercises and kobudo kata.

MTK at the Hermon Sizzler

noreply@blogger.com (Maine Traditional Karate) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:09:00 +0000

Thanks to all the students that joined us on Saturday for the Hermon Sizzler. It was a great event and a chance to share what we do with others. Thank you also to the Hermon Rec Program for inviting us to perform our demo.

Jamie demonstrating kata for the audience.

All students in attendance running through basic exercises.

Maine Traditional Karate at Bangor PD's Night Out Against Crime

noreply@blogger.com (Maine Traditional Karate) — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 10:39:00 +0000

Special thanks to the brown belts and Sempai Jody for giving their time for a demonstration this week.

See the news story by clicking here.

Hanshi Sei and Kaicho in Kansas

noreply@blogger.com (Maine Traditional Karate) — Tue, 29 May 2012 21:06:00 +0000

Hanshi Sei Kise and Kaicho were in Wichita, Kansas this past weekend for training. Thanks to Hanshi Jeff Ader and Sensei Robert Collins for coordinating this event.

CDS Spring Fair 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Maine Traditional Karate) — Tue, 22 May 2012 17:45:00 +0000

Special thanks goes out to the Orrington PTG for giving us the opportunity and the great students who endured the hot sun and practiced kata and basics. Thank you for all of your support!

Testing - May 12, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Maine Traditional Karate) — Sat, 12 May 2012 22:48:00 +0000

Congratulations to Meg and Christian for their promotions this morning to 9 Kyu. Congratulations also to the youth students who tested this afternoon . Great job everyone!

Hermon Rec Class Completion

noreply@blogger.com (Maine Traditional Karate) — Wed, 09 May 2012 12:41:00 +0000

Hermon Rec Classes completed their 6th week of training last night. Amazing how fast 6 weeks goes by. Both classes did a great job!

They were able to get just a small taste of what karate is all about. Stances, kicks, punches, self defense, speed drills, kata and kobudo.

Thank you to all the parents and family members that made the time commitment so that your kids could train with us.

East Coast Karate & Self Defense

noreply@blogger.com (Maine Traditional Karate) — Thu, 03 May 2012 18:39:00 +0000

Congratulations to Sempai Craig Nichols on his dojo opening last night. Sempai has worked very hard to make this dream of his come true. Many students from the Orrington Dojo were on hand to help Sempai celebrate this event.

Kobudo Camp 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Maine Traditional Karate) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:53:00 +0000

Sensei Steve and Sensei Stan Leach (from the Orland Dojo) recently returned from Kobudo Camp 2012. The camp was hosted by Hanshi John Shipes in Athens, Texas. Students traveled from many different locations to take part in this training. Special thanks to Hanshi Shipes for this training.

May Newsletters

noreply@blogger.com (Maine Traditional Karate) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:27:00 +0000

The First Edition of the Kenshin Kan Quarterly and the May edition of Maine Traditional Karate and Fitness newsletter are now available online.

New pictures now online

noreply@blogger.com (Maine Traditional Karate) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:33:00 +0000

Pictures from the Beginner Youth Class "Hit the Mat Night" are now online. Parents and friends of students were invited to try out karate with the class.