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Cocoa Beach to Join World Matsubayashi Karate-Do Association - Feb. 15, 2010

Cocoa Beach Shorin-Ryu Karate School is in the process of becoming a member of the World Matsubayashi Ryu (Shorin-Ryu) Karate-Do Association, directly under Master Takayoshi Nagamine, the son of the founder of this style, Grand Master Shoshin Nagamine, and author of our textbook, The Essence of Okinawan Karate-Do.

The art of Matsubayashi-Ryu was founded in 1947 by Osensei (Grand Master) Shoshin Nagamine (1907--1997), The WMKA was established by him to preserve and perpetuate the art. It has branches throughout the world. We in Cocoa Beach are honored and excited at the prospect of being directly connected to the source of this style of karate-do.

More information about the WMKA can be found online at: http://www.matsubayashi-ryu.com/

All twelve Cocoa Beach black belts and brown belts are on board with the new affiliation with Master Nagamine in Okinawa. Classes here will continue as usual, with the addition of special seminars and training sessions.

All students (adults and children) will need to obtain an annually renewable membership card from Okinawa, at the cost of $25 per student. However, testing fees are reduced for: Yan Kyu $30 (from $60); San-kyu $35 (from $40); Ni-kyu $40 (from $80). All other testing fees remain the same.

We plan on expanding our knowledge and training by training with other practitioners of this style. To this end, On March 20, we have been invited to attend a karate seminar (1pm to 4pm) in Cocoa to be conducted by the head of the North American Matsubayashi Karate Association, Kyoshi' Don Caponigro (see bio at end of this email). This seminar is open to all ranks.

In addition, also in March we will be holding a seminar in Cocoa Beach, to be led by Sensei Peter Van Westering, one of my first Senseis in NYC, and Shihan of Rising Sun Dojo (http://www.dojorisingsun.com) on the applications of kata moves and also on the nunchaku. This seminar is open to Ni-kyu and above only.

We will be holding various seminars and special training from time to time as our instructors are exposed to different ideas and training methods and applications.

This is very exciting news and we, the black belts and brown belts, are all excited by the new possibilities that are open to us in our karate training. I will answer any specific questions you might have at class tomorrow night or feel free to email or call me anytime. Looking forward to moving forward, Zen-Shin.

Arigato ,

Sensei Des Chaskelson, Yondan
Cocoa Beach Shorin-Ryu Karate
www.CocoaBeachKarate.com
321.693.7831
A black belt is just a white belt who never quit

March 20, 2010 Seminar by Kyoshi Don Caponigro

Don Caponigro is the President of the North American Matsubayashi-ryu Karate-do Association. Kyoshi Caponigro began his martial arts training in 1965 in the Japanese style of Koeikan Karate-do in New Jersey under Ed Kaloudis and Ezo Onishi. He started his path in Matsubayashi-Ryu Karate-do in 1970 when he left N.J. and moved to South Florida. Kyoshi Caponigro received his Shodan in 1977 in Matsubayashi-Ryu and opened his first dojo in 1980. Kyoshi also received his Nidan in 1981, Sandan in 1985, Yondan in 1990, Godan in 1995, Rokudan in 2000, and Shichidan in 2008. As a direct student of Master Takayoshi Nagamine and Hanshi Frank Grant, Kyoshi received all his dan ranks from either Grand Master Nagamine or Master Nagamine. When he received his 6th dan (Renshi) in 2000 at the age of 39 it made him the youngest non-Okinawan to ever be promoted to this rank (according to Master Nagamine). Kyoshi Caponigro, has trained under many other notable Okinawan instructors from Matsubayashi-Ryu as well as Shogo Kuniba, Teruo Hayashi, and Fumio Demura from the Shito-ryu system. Kyoshi has also had extensive training in Judo and Kendo.

Kyoshi Caponigro has been training in for 44 years and teaching for 32 years. For the last 17 years Kyoshi has conducted clinics and seminars around the country for Matsubayashi-Ryu dojos and associations as well as other styles of karate and various Police departments. As a result of these clinics, Kyoshi observed the lack of quality instruction and training the students and instructors were receiving and decided to establish a place where quality instruction, philosophy, and traditional Matsubayashi-Ryu Karate-Do can be taught and where good hard training and studying is the backbone.

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