Kyokushin Regional Tournament in Ellensburg

The Ellensburg dojo will host an open tournament on Saturday, October 4 at the Morgan Middle School Main Gym. Format is full contact with padding. There will be two divisions: general division (hand and shin pads and headgear, no punching to face and no throws) as well as a ring-style division (hand pads, headgear, punching to face plus throws). United States IKO-Matsushima Branch Representative and 5th dan Shihans John Adams and Yoshi Ito will preside over the tournament. Entry fee for general and ring-style divisions is $20. The tournament flier, invitation letter (with full tournament details, including travel), and tournament registration forms are now available.

Kyokushin Regional Tournament in Ellensburg

The Ellensburg dojo will host an open tournament on Saturday, September 29 at the Morgan Middle School Gym. Format is full contact with padding. There will be two divisions: general division (hand and shin pads and headgear, no punching to face and no throws) as well as a ring-style division (hand pads, headgear (possibly), punching to face plus throws). United States IKO-Matsushima Branch Representative and 5th dan Shihan John Adams will preside over the tournament. Entry fee for general division is $15, ring-style division is $25. Further details including weight divisions can be found here. The tournament registration form can be found here.

Summer Camp at Teanaway

Sensei Adams has determined that the annual NW Kyokushinkai Summer Camp will be held July 7-9 at Teanaway Campground, which is just outside of Cle Elum, WA.  It is closer to I-90 than last year's camp, and no cars will be driving by.  The campground itself has lots of space (enough for 500 students or so), 3 bathrooms, and a river close by.  It's also FREE to stay at.  There's a store with ice, beer, etc that has convenient weekend hours within 1.5 miles of the campground.  The campground DOES NOT have drinkable water, so be sure to bring plenty for the weekend (drinking, cleaning, etc).  There's a number of fire pits, but not very many picnic tables, so think about bringing a card table or some such.  There will be a $10 training fee for all attendees. 

General information about the camp is available here. Directions to the camp can be downloaded here.

Contact Tournament in Ellensburg

The Ellensburg dojo will host a regional light contact tournament for all members of Northwest Kyokushin on Saturday, November 19. This tournament will give inexperienced fighters an opportunity to compete with light padding. Brown and black belts who want to judge fights will have an opportunity to learn how to corner judge. United States IKO-Matsushima Branch Representative and 4th dan Sensei John Adams will preside over the tournament. Entry fees for all participants is $5.

Training with Sensei John Adams

United States IKO-Matsushima Branch Representative and 4th dan Sensei John Adams will be holding a self defense and fighting seminar in the Morgan Middle School Matt Room on Sunday, April 3 from 10am-12pm. This is an excellent opportunity to learn advanced practical techniques from an experienced instructor. Cost to attend the seminar is $5.

If you are interested in attending the seminar please contact Sensei Ian Quitadamo at (509) 933-4690, (509) 929-2993, or email using the Contact Information link to the left.

Training with Shihan Roman Szyrajew

North American IKO-Matsushima representative and 7th dan Shihan Roman Szyrajew will be giving a series of training seminars hosted by the Quitadamo dojo in Ellensburg Jan 23-25. Workouts are currently scheduled Friday 6-8pm, Sat 10-12noon, 2-4pm, and 5-7pm, and Sunday 10-12noon.

If you are interested in attending please contact Sensei Ian Quitadamo at (509) 963-2745 or email using the Contact Information link to the left.