Congratulations

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

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

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

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

October Newsletter

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

Testing and Tamashiwara

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

New Photo Gallery is now running

The new Maine Traditional Karate Photo Gallery is up and running.  The gallery has never before seen pictures.  There are new features too, including comments, rating and customized sorting for all registered users.  The gallery can be accessed via the website under the Multimedia Images section, or click here to view it right now: Gallery

Orrington Spring Recreation Class

Thank you to all the great students and parents for the support for all 6 weeks. I had a great time teaching this bunch of kids. A special thanks goes out to the Orrington recreation department for supporting this great class as well. Looking forward to the next one in the Fall already. check us out athttp://www.mainetraditionalkarate.com/

Hit the Mat Night

Thank you to all the parents and friends that joined us for "hit the mat night"!  We had a great turn out and hopefully the students enjoyed this opportunity to share karatedo with someone close to them.

April Newsletter

The April Edition of the Maine Traditional Karate & Fitness Newsletter is now available.  Click here.

Brewer Student Health Fair

Maine Traditional Karate was part of the Brewer High School Student Health Fair on Thursday.  The fair is presented by the Brewer High School Student Health Advisory Board and allows local organizations to present different health topics to the students.  Thanks to Brewer High School and the Student Health Advisory Board for allowing us to participate.

Information and photo courtesy of www.wabi.tv.  Story reported by Laura Roberts.

Tuite Seminar

Students from Orrington and Orland gathered on February 25th for a Tuite Seminar hosted by Sensei Steve Apsega and Sensei Stan Leach.  The 6-hour seminar focused on tuite warmups, the basics of joint locking, flow drills and kyu rank tuite sets.

Breathing to Relax Class

New Class starting on the first Friday of every month at 6:45 p.m.  

Held at Maine Traditional Karate & Fitness, the one hour class will consist of a brief description of how breathing works followed by instruction on proper breathing techniques. Then the techniques are practiced in two sitting sessions followed by savasana, a yoga posture in which you lie still on your back focusing on each body part as you breath to end the class

The cost is $10 per class.  Please bring warm clothing and a cushion.  For more information or to register, please contact Joe Isgro at 944-5711 or 570-5425.

Classes are canceled for the rest of this week, next classes will be Monday, February 20th at regularly scheduled times.  There will be no holiday break on February 20th.

Brewer Winterfest

Maine Traditional Karate & Fitness will be demonstrating some cool stuff at the Brewer Auditorium this Saturday, Feb. 18th, at 10:00 a.m.  Make sure you stop by our table and make some cool Japanese kanji bookmarks also and see the Winter special we are offering to join us.

Women's Self Defense - March 10th from 10:30 a.m. to noon

Next Women's Self Defense class will be offered March 10th from 10:30 a.m. to noon.  Click here to learn more about this class and pre-register.

Stick Fighting Seminar

Thank you Sempai Lou for teaching the Stick Fighting Seminar this past weekend.  Sempai Lou has been studying Kukishin Ryu recently.  Kukishin Ryu is a Japanese martial art allegedly founded in the 14th century CE by Kuki Yakushimauru Ryushin.

Instructor Certification, Athens Karate School

Congratulations to all who tested this weekend at Athens Karate School in Texas.  A number of instructors were certified in Karate, Kobudo and Tuite.  Sensei Stan and Sensei Steve were among those who tested and received Full Instructor Certification.

Special thanks to Hanshi John Shipes and the Testing Board.

Maine Traditional Karate visits Fox News Bangor

Sensei Steve Apsega and Sempai Candice Kiefer stopped by the morning newscast at Fox News Bangor recently for their New Year's Resolution segment.  Special thanks to Fox News Bangor for making this video available online.  To see the video, click here.

February Newsletter

The February MTK Newsletter is now available online.  Find it here.

Adult Testing 2012

Congratulations to all adults who tested this past weekend.

Youth Testing - January 2012

Congratulations to all Youth Students who recently tested.  Great effort and energy was giving by all students.

Pictures of the Adult Beginner Class

This class is held Saturday mornings from 9-10 a.m.  


See more pictures from this class by clicking the image above or clicking here.

Yoga Classes start tonight!

Start the new year out right with yoga taught by Deb Harmon!  Classes start tonight at 5:30 at Maine Traditional Karate and Fitness and run for an hour.  The cost is only $10 per class and drop-ins are welcome. Deb is a certified sport yoga instructor through NESTA and has training in martial arts, as well as a medical background.  Hope to see you there!

To learn more, visit our website http://www.mainetraditionalkarate.com/yoga.html or call 570-KICK.