University of Wyoming's Seiyo Shorin-Ryu Karate & Kobudo Club announce Clinics & Kyu promotions

Jan. 22, 2010 - PRLog -- Mudansha or Kyu promotions (colored belt) were awarded to:

Nicole Maxwell, UW Alumna, was promoted to 1st Kyu; brown
Catherine Kissner, education major. was promoted to 8th Kyu; yellow
Paula Oliveira, exchange student from Brazil, was promoted to 9th Kyu; yellow

The Dec 12th, 2009 UW Seiyo Kai Mudansah clinic was such a huge success the club has decided to continue to offer regular monthly Mudansha clinics. The instructor for these clinics will be Hanshi Andy Finley, 7th Dan from the Casper Seiyo Kai Dojo. The focus of these clinics will be self defense techniques (bunkai& waza) hidden in the Naihanshi Shodan Kata and Pinan series Kata. These clinics are open to all Seiyo Kai International students and will be especially convenient for students from the Colorado, Utah and Wyoming area. For more information about our program at the University of Wyoming visit our website http://www.uwyo.edu/karate

January's Mudnsha clinic will be held on Saturday the 30th at the UW education building gymnasium. We'll start promptly at 10:00 a.m. Bring your Gi, membership card and a sack lunch. The training will wrap up at 3:00 p.m. Our focus for the day will be the Pinan Godan Kata, its bunkai an waza.

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The University of Wyoming Seiyo Shorin-Ryu Karate & Kobudo Club was founded in 1978 by Soke W. Daniel Hausel 10th Dan. Our club offers the equivalent of a non-credit Bachelor's degree in Traditional Okinawan Martial Arts with graduate studies all the way up to 10th Dan. Over the past thirty plus years Our program has trained some of the most highly educated Karate Ka in the world. We train in Traditional Okinawan Martial Arts. For more informatio about Soke Hausel and our lineage visit http://grandmaster.pbworks.com/