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History of Stony Plain Kyokushin Karate (SPKK)
The Stony Plain Kyokushin Karate Club was founded in 2004 and is a member of the IKOKC (International Karate Organization Kyokushinkaikan, Canada) Since that time the club has grown to more than 50 students, ranging from entry level to 1st KYU (Brown Stripe). Participants come from Stony Plain, Spruce Grove, and Parkland County.
Members meet three times weekly to train, prepare for tournaments, and hone their karate skills. Members learn self-defense, and work on a variety of skills that encompass balance, stretching, coordinaion, and self confidence. Students are tested on their skills though belt gradings held 2 times per season. The grading consists of preforming Kata(prearanged form and movement), Kihon(basics), Ido Gekco (moving basics),Terminology, self-defense technices and other items as outlined by the IKOC. Komite(Fighting) is the final condition of belt grading, students will spar with moderate to heavy contact depending on belt and ability. Our senoir student Chris Gowan recently completed a 37 man kumite during his 2 KYU (brown belt)grading. The phlosopy of Kyokushin is that if you don't learn to hit or be hit during training, then in a time of need your training will not support your intentions. Students are pushed to their personal limits in a safe and supportive atmosphere, to prepare them for any situation incountered outside the dojo. A feeling of confidence and self awarness will fill your spirit .
New members are always welcome.
History of Kyokushin
Kyokushin (pronounced "key-yoke/shin", meaning "the ultimate truth or reality") This style of Karate is known as a hard style, as students are training utilizing full contact sparring and kumite (tournament fighting) . First introduced by the late Sosai Masutatsu Oyama in Japan. Sosai held the rank on 10th Dan.
Sosai Mas Oyama became a 4th Dan at the young age of 22. Two years later, in 1947, he won the All Japan Karate Championship. In 1948, Mas. Oyama trained alone in the mountains on Mt. Kiyosumi , where he stayed for 18 months, training was intense and grueling . In 1950, after returning from the mountains, he demonstrated his strength against a total of 52 bulls, killing three and breaking the horns off of 49.
In 1954, he opened his first dojo in Tokyo.
In 1964, the Tokyo Honbu (Headquarters)was officially opened and the International Karate Organization-Kyokushinkaikan (I.K.O.K.) was established. Kyokushin Karate today is one of the largest and most famous of all karate styles.
The First Canadain Dojo was opened in 1966.
2010 SPKK Wrap-up Camp
2010 Winter Camp Summerland BC
2009 / 2010 Training season
Well Fall Camp Started very early for us in Stony Plain. We were able to access the facility all day due to a PD day. (I love school!!) After a long set up and picking up Shihan Don from the airport, our guests started to arrive. Soon enough the training started. Shihan had layed out a very intensive weekend.
Session 1 was a 2 hour fighting session. Very tough but so worth it. A Wonderful spagetti supper was served late in the evening but was it ever good. 6:30 am brought the next session and a group of tired eyed students proceeded from the dorms to the dojo. Shihan directed us in a session of taikyoku kumite drill. For those that have never had this training, boy did you miss out! The 3rd training was the 1-8 Ippon kumite's. For some of us a blast from the past for others a great new experience. Training number 4, wow are we getting tired now!! Another 2 hour session on ido geiko and how it translates to fighting.....another great session. After supper Shihan Don led us in a 1.5 hour session on Tamishi wari. Every one got a great lesson in physics. After the training the broken boards were moved to the fire pit. A beautiful evening of music and story telling was had. Many funny stories from Kyokushin past were presented by many people. Sunday morning was review of Tekki 1-3. Now breakfast. Wow have we had 5 sessions already? Session 6 was one of the famous Shihan Don goshin jitsu sessions. A lot of eyes were opened and for me it was great to be back with Shihan as part of the demo.
Now it's the end. Wow what a great experience. As an organizer I have gained a great respect for those that have hosted these camps for years. I would like to thank Shihan Don who said he would be here from the beginning OSU!!! Sensei Larry also brought a crew from Armstrong to attend. Osu Sensei!! My personal hilight of the camp was having my Sensei, Sensei Leo from Langley attend, Osu Sensei!! Thanks you to all who attened because without you we have no camp, OSU!!
Plans are under way for next year, hope to see you there.
Osu
Steve Doyle
Stony Plain
Friday started early with last minute errands and preparations for camp. Excitement for the camp was starting to build and build as the participants arrived for check in.
The first training session was at 6:30pm and was started off with kihon and ended with fighting training. After a late supper, there was some time to socialize and form some new friendships or catch up with friends not seen in a while. Saturday training began at 6:30am and Shihan Don taught me a new way of looking at some basic kata. We started with taikyoku 1 and gradually stepped it up to relate it better to actual fighting training. I had never done this kata so many different ways before and I think that may have been one of the most important things I learned at this camp. Then we moved on to teki and the class was split into 2 groups , Sensei Larry teaching the lower belts teki 1 and breaking down the individual moves of this kata for us. At the 10am session Shihan went over several ippon kumites. The afternoon sessions focus was self defence and the evening session was all about board breaking. Shihan took a lot of time explaining the dynamics and physics of board breaking which was very informative and helpful. Tameshiwari was by far my favourite part of camp. After this session everyone gathered outside around a nice campfire courtesy of all the broken boards and we got to enjoy some guitar playing and singing as well as hearing wonderful stories being shared by Shihan and the Senseis who have been training and teaching Kyokushin for many years. Sunday morning training began, once again at 6:30am and we reviewed the taikyoku kumite drills and then broke into groups again. Sensei Larry reviewed teki 1 with us and then moved on to pinan 1, 2 and 3. At 10am, for our final training session of the camp, Shihan reviewed what was covered over the course of the weekend and then continued with goshin jitsu training.
I have attended several summer camps and what stands out for me with this camp is that there was opportunity for getting some one on one coaching, especially with the goshin jitsu and tameshiwari. I hope that everyone enjoyed the camp as much as I did and that we will be fortunate enough to host this camp for many years to come.
Osu,
Bettina Hoffmann
Stony Plain Kyokushin Karate
Head Instructor and Operator:
Phone: 780-963-1413
Cell: 780-554-0865
Fax: 780-963-1413
Address: 5413-51street Stony Plain, Alberta (The Perc Building)
Email: stonyplainkyokushin_shaw.ca
Class Times
Family Class : Monday, Wednesday _ 6:30pm - 7:15pm
Intermediate Class: Monday, Wednesday _ 7:15pm - 8:00pm
Adult Class: Monday, Wednesday _ 8:00pm - 9:30pm
New Saturday Classes Starting Febuary 5th , 2011
9:00am - 10:00am Advanced Kata
10:00am - 11:00am Mandatory Combined Class (all Ages)
11:00am - 12:00pm Fighter Training
Head Instructor and Operator
Sempai Steve Doyle
Steve started training Kyokushin Karate in March of 1994 at the newly opened Langley Dojo. He has participated in several Knockdown tournaments as both competitor , corner judge and referee. Steve placed first in the coloured belt light weight division in the 13th Canadian Championships, achieving his Shodan (1st degree Black Belt)on August 1, 1999.
Steve successfully completed his Nidan (2nd Degree) black belt testing this Summer. Congratulations from all your students!
Instructor
Sempai Chris Gowan
Chris is our most senoir student at 1st KYU (Brown Stripe ). Chris is heavly involved in instructing Junior and Senior classes. Chris has also taken on full instruction of the 5-8 yr old childrens class. Chris has competed in several knock-down tournaments with asperations of competing at a national and world level. Chris has gained a tremendous respect throughout the club and the organization.Chris has been a member since November 2004, Chris joined us as a 6th KYU(Yellow Belt) Student from the Dawson Creek Dojo.
Phone: 780.968.1896
Chris Gowan
Assistant Instructors and Co-ordinators
Jim is one of our senior belts 2 Kyu (Brown Belt) that helps with instructing classes, coaching, website design and club function coordinator. Jim has been a member since September 2005.
Phone: 780.886.3183
Email: Linhan-jim_telus.net
Derek is one of our senior belts 3rd KYU (Green Stripe ) that helps with instructing and coaching several knockdown tournaments. Derek has been a member since September 2006.
Email: alexkeith_31_hotmail.com
Jim Lindsay
Derek Mcdonald
Under Construction
2010 Kyokushin Canada Fall Camp
On September 24th Stony Plain Kyokushin Karate hosted the brand new fall training camp. It is safe to say that all the particapants had a great weekend of training and friendship. The accomidations, food and training all came together to stand out as one of the great training camps in Western Canada. A specail thanks to our instructors Shihan Donald Corrigal and Sensei Larry. Thanks to all of our out of town guests. And thanks to all the members of SPKK that worked so hard to make this weekend possible. We look forward to seeing you and even more students next year.
OSU!
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Kyokushin Training
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Tokyo Headquarters
Kyokushin Honbu: www.kyokushinkaikan.org/en/index.html
IKO Official Youtube Channel: www.youtube.com/kyokushinkaikanmov
Kyokushin Canada (IKOK-Canada): www.kyokushin.ca
Eastern Canada Branch: www.karate-andregilbert.com
Banff Kyokushin Karate: www.banffkyokushin.com
Edmonton Kyokushin Karate: kyokushin-edmonton.webs.com
South Delta Kyokushin Karate: www.southdeltakyokushin.ca
Vancouver Kyokushin Karate: www.fightingart.ca
Vernon Kyokushin Karate: www.vernonkarate.net
Victoria Kyokushin Karate: www.hayashidojo.com
Calgary Kyokushin Karate: www.kyokushincalgary.ca
Kyokushin Los Angeles: www.kyokushinla.com
Kyokushin New York: www.kyokushinkarate.com
24-26 September, 2010
This Was a First: Fall Camp Stony Plain 2010
My son Tyler and I drove up to Stony Plain for the first annual official Fall Camp. We were looking for the camp and found the signs on the highway which said 'OSU'. We knew we were in the right place. The friendly smile at the check in counter was a warm introduction and the people from the Stony Plain Dojo were gracious and showed us where to go to sleep and where the dojo was. This was our first official camp and we knew from the past family camps at the McKenzie Lake Dojo that we would learn a lot and work hard and have fun. Shihan Don was going to be our instructor with many other black belts training and teaching with us. This was going to be a great opportunity to learn.
The facility we went to was awesome. We had 4 person dorm rooms with bunk beds. We got all set up and checked out the Dojo. It was a new $5,000,000 gym with a smooth surface to slide our feet on, music, floor pads, and lots of space. After training we went to eat in a full cafeteria where Marlene (our cook) laid out a wonderful spread for each meal. No one went away hungry and we had to be careful not to eat too much before the next training session. We had space for a campfire, beautiful trees changing into their fall colors surrounded us and it felt very private. What a great place to hang out for a weekend.
We went to this camp to learn. Wow did we learn. I had my eyes opened in many ways. The focus of the camp was on the fact that every component of our karate training should be done to make us a better fighter. We started our training with a 2-hour session that began with Kihon and developed into sparring. We tried to remember 4 items through the camp.
Loud OSU
Loud Kiai
Proper Gaze
Good Posture
The second day we started early with all belts learning Niahanchi 1 (Tecki Ichi) kata. This was a higher belt kata but all of us students learned it and the best part was that we were shown the bunkai (practical application) of each technique. The Key here was 'quick feet'. We then started with my favorite exercise. We started with Taikyoko Sono Ichi. We must have spent about 1 hour on this kata. Now you might think this might be easy and basic. The amazing part is that each time we did it we developed it into a more complex version, then we had to do it in one spot, then we developed it into a fighting technique, then we developed the complexity of the techniques. What a workout!
The next session we learned some older style Ippon Kumite formal moves. This had a self defense base and was really fun. After that we worked on Ido Geiko and developed those concepts into fighting techniques and self defense.
The last session on Sat night was super fun. With the gracious donation of a lot of wood we had an evening of Tamashiwari (board breaking). It started with a lesson on the physics of how to apply power. We all got to break as many boards as we wanted. Then we got to see the experts do some really fun breaks and even the youngest broke many boards.
On Sunday we had a great work out before breakfast, reviewing kata and fighting techniques. We started stiff and loosened up quickly. Then, after another yummy breakfast, we finished with a training review and a fun workout practicing falling, self defense, gymnastics and philosophy.
This was a super fun camp. The class of people was wonderful. Everyone was super friendly and helped us learn and understand more and more. We moved to different tables each meal and met many people from Alberta and BC. On Saturday night we moved all the broken boards from the Tamashiwari to the fire pit for songs and a big bon fire. We were constantly entertained by Chris and his magic, Chuck Norris jokes and good conversation. This truly was a family event from youth to senior belts, the range of age and experience was gapped by a desire to learn and work hard.
The level of instruction was excellent and I learned so much. I scrambled to write down as much as possible and record as many moves and techniques as we could. I feel fortunate to have gone and will definitely consider going to another camp again. I would encourage everyone to consider going to the second annual fall camp next year in Stony Plain. Thank-you to Sempai Steve, Shihan Don and all the others who helped put together what can only be described as an epic camp. See you there next year!
OSU
Craig Meckelborg
Calgary, Alberta
