Hall of fame soke hausel offers traditional karate, kobudo, samurai arts, selfdefense, jujutsu and other. T o win 100 victories in 100 battles is not the highest skill. University of wyoming campus shorinryu karate and kobudo club. Arizona hombu karate dojo, 60 w baseline rd, mesa, az 2020. Grandmaster hausel taught martial arts to adults at four major universities prior to moving to the mesagilbertchandler area. Only three people know all of the kata in the seiyo shorinryu system. Arizona karate instructor awarded best instructor in phoenix soke hausel with tonfa. Hall of fame grandmaster hausels onepunch knockout method of shorinryu karate taught at the university of wyoming. Uw karate club members receive promotions and awards. Arizona hombu karate dojo traditional okinawan martial. Demonstrated at the university of wyoming by hall of fame grandmaster, soke hausel of mesa, az. All you have to do is go to your local lumber or hardware store and buy a few materials to. Senpai ryan harden 2nd dan began training in karate under soke hausel in shorinryu karate and kobudo in 2010. Dan hausel, professor of martial arts at the university of wyoming, was appointed soke shodai grandmasterkudan 9th degree black belt of seiyo shorinryu karatekobudo by the zen kokusai soke budobugei renmei commission at the juko kai international.
At the time, i was a lonely, frightened, freshman of 18 tender years. Taught by halloffame martial arts grandmaster soke hausel. Seiyo no shorinryu karate kobudo kai hombu, mesa, arizona, and home of hall of fame grandmaster soke hausel. The shorinryu styles are more about the individuals needs, while the flashy shotokan is much more like military marching. Chandler, mesa, gilbert arizona karate classes youtube. After four months of training and an evening of testing by sensei leonard martin, members of the university of wyoming shorinryu karate and kobudo club received belt promotion awards for excellence. This clinic focused on the okinawan yari spear and kotekitae body hardening. Arizona, who taught martial arts for 3 decades at the university of wyoming prior to moving to gilbert. Another clinic was taught in gillette, wyoming to seiyo kai international members from colorado, nebraska and wyoming. The university of wyoming seiyo shorinryu karate and kobudo club recognized its member pooja gupta, who recently graduated with a ph. Our icon for seiyo no shorinryu karate kobudo kai also reflects. Karate club recognizes gupta university of wyoming. Uw seiyo kais first auunal yudansha clinic is a huge success. The university of wyoming seiyo shorinryu karate club will host a mudansha clinic, beginning at 10 a.
Soke hausel has received some awards over the decades of teaching martial arts. Saturday, june 26, at the college of education gymnasiumdojo. But this time, i went for a thinner board 1x8 inch and. Martial arts at the university of wyoming, was appointed soke shodai grandmasterkudan 9th degree black belt of seiyo shorinryu karatekobudo by the. Arizona seiyo no shorinryu karate kobudo kai hombu dojo. This is a traditional okinawan martial arts system taught by shihan daikyle gewecke. Grandmaster hausel, world head of seiyo kai shorinryu karate and kobudo was presented dozens of international, national and local awards for excellence over the past decades. Grandmaster teaches adult karate classes in mesa, arizona. Arizona school of traditional karate selfdefense classes. Shorinryu translates as shaolin style indicating it originally was developed at the shorinji shaolin temple in china where it was created by combining combat techniques with zen.
When you join our martial arts family, sign a waiver and pay for your first months classes, you can w ear gym clothes to the hombu dojo until youre ready to buy a karate uniform known as gi. Soke hausel, hanshi andy finley and dai shihan neal adam. Soke hausel, a martial arts instructor of more than 4 decades, taught karate. The university of wyoming seiyo shorinryu karate and kobudo club recognized its member pooja gupta, who recently graduated with a.
In fact, since itosus death in 1915, shorinryu has produced countless karate greats, has branched into several variations along with the original art, and is practiced by hundreds of thousands all over the world. People get the wrong impression about true martial arts because they think its all about the good guy beating up the bad guy and thats just not the real wor. Halloffame 10th degree black belt grandmaster of shorinryu karate and. Traditional okinawan martial arts get confused with the stuff you see in the movies. Mesa arizona martial arts classes training in naifanchi kata.
Grandmaster hausels guide to adult karate classes in. Uw karate club gears up for the fall semester leonard. Hall of honors inducts arizona grandmaster of martial arts. In 2006, he left wyoming for gilbert, arizona, where he and his wife reside 3 black belt magazine, november, 1999 wrote. Yan ma from the university of wyoming campus shorinryu karate and kobudo club demonstrates kokutsu dachi back stance during. Soke hausel arizona republic photo how does an adult defend against a child. She is a school teacher in the east valley with very good martial arts technique and one of our. Pillow, 1st dan, came to the arizona school of traditional karate in 2012 after the hombu dojo moved to arizona from wyoming.
Blogger a living encyclopedia of selfdefense techniques. Paula began training with soke hausel right after the hombu moved from the university of wyoming to apollos gym in chandler, arizona. At that point, he began teaching karate to both young students at lakeview elementary and also to adults and also attended martial arts clinics at the casper, wyoming shorinryu dojo, the university of wyoming, the juko kai international hombu dojo in new braunfels, texas, and also scheduling a series of martial arts clinics in gillette. In 2006, he moved the seiyo no shorinryu karate kobudo kai hombu from the university of wyoming to. We do not sell martial arts supplies but provide links to martial arts supply houses. The seiyo shorin ryu karate and kobudo club will continue its normal training schedule of monday, tuesday and thursday 7. Training in naifanchi kata at the arizona hombu on the corner of baseline and macdonald, gilbert mesa. At the arizona school of traditional karate we teach you to defend against adults. The university of wyoming campus shorinryu karate and kobudo club and sensei lenny martin sponsored a group of three. Adult martial arts classes mesa, gilbert, chandler, tempe, phoenix yokoso.
We welcome sensei paula borea to our hall of fame membership. He actively teaches karate, kobudo, selfdefense and samurai arts classes every week in the phoenix valley, teaches martial arts clinics, and stays active in. Soke traveled to gillette wyoming to teach samurai arts to members of the gillette seiyo shorinryu dojo. Gillette seiyo shorinryu is a member of seiyo kai international. Grandmaster hausels guide to adult karate classes in arizona. This school specializes in teaching martial arts to adults and families. Uw seiyo kais first auunal yudansha clinic is a huge. Arizona school of traditional karate shorinryu students. Spring yudansha clinic and refuse to be a victim self defense class march 12th thru 14th. Soke hausel central hombu seiyo no shorinryu karate kobudo kai. Professor hausel, polymath award winning martial artist. It is suggested the okinawan kata is at least 400 years old based on a silk drawing of the kata that was analyzed using carbon isotope age dating.
While at the wyoming geological survey on the university of wyoming campus 19772006, hausel discovered dozens of colored gemstone, diamond. Prior to moving the hombu world headquarters for seiyo shorinryu karate to mesa, arizona, he was instructor of martial arts at golds gym, apollos gym, laramie bushido dojo, arizona state university, the university of new mexico, the university of utah, and professor of martial arts for more than 3 decades at the university of wyoming. The clinic is open to all current members of the seiyo shorinryu. Arizona martial artist inducted into the academy of awards of martial arts. Soke hausel moved to this location in 2006 after teaching martial arts for 30 years at the university of wyoming. Dan hausel a polymath of martial arts, geology, writing, astronomy, art, and public speaking. Adult martial arts classes mesa, gilbert, chandler. Spring yudansha clinic and refuse to be a victim self. Okinawan karate and kobudo at the university of wyoming. Kevin vance shihan5th dan, glenn polk shihandai4th dan, justin roadifer 1st dan. Traditional shorinryu karate and kobudo has origins in okinawa. Today, shorinryu karate remains one of the primary karate arts taught on okinawa, and now in arizona.
But in the precursor of shotokan, nearly all shorinryu systems teach students to stand in more natural stances and recognizes there is a difference to the knees of a young deshi verses that of an old bugeishi. Halloffame 10th degree black belt grandmaster of shorinryu karate and kobudo, mineral exploration geologist who made several gold, colored gemstone, and diamond deposit discoveries in alaska, colorado, montana and wyoming, author of more than 600. It wasnt until much later, while a member of the university of new mexico karate club, the university of wyoming shorinryu karate club and at juko kai international, that i discovered kata contained everything one needed for selfdefense, comprehension, training it. Arizona school of traditional karate martial arts clinics. Shorinryu karate, university of wyoming clinic, by hall. The seiyo no shorinryu karate kobudo kai hall of fame was established to. Soke hausel stands with karate team coach from the police dav school from india, following a week long clinic for the members of the india karate team as they learned to improve their martial arts skills.
Traditional okinawan karate stances the perfect karate stance. He actively teaches karate, kobudo, selfdefense and samurai arts classes every week in the phoenix valley, teaches martial arts clinics, and stays active in his martial arts education through. Okinawan karateka developed an excellent tool in place of a heavy bag that doesnt cost an arm and a leg. We focus on teaching karate, kobudo, selfdefense, womens selfdefense and samurai arts. Headmaster nicole maxwell sensei2nd dan, faculty advisor mark bittner 1st dan. University of wyoming s seiyo shorinryu karate and kobudo club are training again and this time were partnering with uw resident life and dinning services to offer a practical self defense class for beginners in addition to our black belt clinic. She was always helpful to the many members of the university of wyoming. His students carried on his teachings, using the name of shorinryu, and today shorinryu is still a major force in okinawan karate. Soke hausel, retired as professor of budo at the university of wyoming and moved. A mind like water is calm allowing a martial artist to flow with an attack selfdefense clinic university of wyoming, laramie april 1st, 2011 5. While at the university of wyoming, soke hausel taught karate.
Members of seiyo kai international karate dojos from cheyenne, laramie, gillette and casper participated in the twoday clinic. Over 45 years, soke hausel trained in a variety of martial arts that included kokusinkai karate a derivative of gojoryu, american kempo, chinese kempo, okinawan kempo, seidokan, shotokan, wadoryu, jukoryu and others. Hall of fame martial artist, geologist, author, public speaker, astronomer, prospector and artist, grandmaster hausel of arizona, was inducted into action martial arts magazines hall of honors 2012. The version of passai we practice in seiyo shorinryu is similar to the form taught by the okinawan shorinryu karate masters anko itosu and gichin funakoshi. In 2017, his lifetime achievements as a martial artist, martial arts instructor, geologist and author continue to attract recognition with his recent inductions into whos who.
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