Traditional Karate North Central Region

Regional Representative of the AAKF for clubs in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.

UPDATE 2020 – April 21 – WTKF Online training – NCR Newsletter



Traditional Karate North Central Region Newsletter 

Online Training Goes Worldwide – Update – April 21, 2020

The first WTKF online training session was held noon Monday April 20, 2022. The 45 minute session went very well and was conducted by Sensei Pavel Chernousov from Russia. The session was conducted in English with a little Russian sprinkled in and Japanese terms. There were about 198 people online watching and participating in the Zoom video session.  Sensei discussed and demonstrated finishing blow (todome); mechanics of diaphragm breathing (contraction); Kinetic chain, “whip” (muchimi). Several students from our region participated in the online session and followed sensei’s demonstration drills. The video conference call was very clear with very little technical issues, e.g., no lag time.

As a reminder, make sure you sign up for the sessions by registering online to receive the email containing the Zoom link for the next session on Wednesday. Look for the sign up form that will on the foreground image for the next online training session, for example, last Monday’s sign up look like this

An email will be sent to you similar to the one below containing the Zoom video link. They will email you a reminder regarding that day’s scheduled session. The session will start at the posted timezone for your area, for NCR that is noon time, and will last for 45 minutes.

As soon as I find out if the Zoom training sessions are recorded and posted, I will communicate the hyperlink address.

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The World Traditional Karate-do Federation (WTKF)  is hosting a series of worldwide online karate classes. The online sessions will be taught by WTKF world champions and/or renowned WTKF Senseis. Many of us who have competed at the world level and/or judged at the world level have trained with these senseis.  This is your opportunity to also train and learn from these renowned senseis.

Go to the WTKF online training schedule website https://www.wtkfederation.org/online to get more details, theme of the day, links, and timeline the classes will be online.

According to the WTKF website, the sessions will always be at the same hour depending on your time zone. The WTKF website will have a count down meter that will then display the Zoom link for that day’s session. Make sure you have the Zoom application loaded on your PC, mobile phone, and/or tablet.
Here is a list of the time zones when the online class will be held
10 AM LOS ANGELES
12 AM MEXICO CITY (for NCR region)
1 PM NEW YORK
2 PM RIO DE JANEIRO
6 PM LONDON
7 PM GENEVA, Switzerland
7 PM WARSAW
8 PM MOSCOW
9 PM DUBAI / YEREVAN
Online Practice dates and the sensei conducting the class – Note – First Class will be this coming Monday, April 20, 2020. 
  • Pavel Chernousov, Russia | Monday 20 April
  • Narek Iskandaryan, Armenia | Wed 22 April
  • Cristián Hidalgo, Chile | Friday 24 April
  • Paweł Janusz, Poland | Monday 27 April
  • Alexsandro Jobson, Brazil | Wed 29 April
  • Rodrigo Lucio de Souza, UAE | Friday 1 May

Regional Online Training

Some of the local dojos in our region have implemented online training classes via the Internet. Some have implemented live streaming training classes and/or recorded their training sessions that can be replayed. Contact you dojo’s sensei regarding what your club is doing for online training during the Covid-19 crisis.

COVID-19 Impact Status

    MN Executive Order 20 20 – “Stay at Home” is still in effect until May 4, 2020. For the latest information from the MN Governor and MN Health department.

    The dojos in our region continue to postpone all onsite class training and events.  All future NCR/AAKF/WTKF scheduled events whether local, national, and/or worldwide,  continue to be reassessed due to the pandemic crisis.  Continue going to the NCR website, Facebook site for up to date information.  We will continue keeping you up to date through the NCR newsletters as well.

    In summary, for the month of April all dojos (gyms) are closed until May 4, 2020 since it’s a non-essential business.

    • St. Paul dojo –  is closed for the foreseeable future. Click here for more information.
    • Mpls dojo is closed. Click here for more information
    • River Falls –  is closed for the 2020 spring semester ends May 8, 2020
    • Traditional Karate-do Academy at UofM – all in-person classes cancelled at the UofM
    • Northfield Club – Access to YMCA facilities is closed and all classes have been canceled until further notice
    • Jamestown, ND – is closed. Click here for more information.

    As a guideline, the criteria your sensei will use to determine the re-opening of their dojo is as follows:

    1. Federal and state governments give the public the all clear sign for gyms (dojos) to re-open.
    2. Your dojo’s website and/or NCR newsletter has communicated your dojo is resuming classes.
    3. Parents and/or students make a personal decision when to resume classes based on items #1 and #2 criteria.

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    Art Wong – Traditional Karate North Central Region Director, Godan




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