The Traditional Karate Research Institute Presents

                                               Join us for a weekend seminar covering:

• Practical Close Range fighting drills for mid/close range striking, seizing and grappling
• Skills for evaluating encounters with potentially violent individuals
• Affective training, including calming breath training, mirroring, and assertiveness
• A pedagogical framework for relating close range fighting skills to real-world encounters, including strategies for motivating students to think outside the karate “box” and adapt techniques to deal with potential threats.

Participants must be 16 years of age or older.

Session Schedule:

Nov. 7^th/  Friday:          6-8pm                                                             

Nov. 8^th/  Saturday:      9-11am                       1-3pm              4-6pm**         

Nov. 9^th/ Sunday:         10am-noon                   1-3pm

**Depending on weather, we will either gather for a BYOB campfire at Randy’s home (5 min. from Ferrum) or meet at El Torito Mexican Restaurant (also 5 min. from Ferrum) following this session.

Cost 

Friday, Saturday and Sunday: $50*

Saturday Only: $35*
* TKRI, Seijinkai, ISOK members and affiliates: $40 for full weekend, $25 for Saturday

RSVP

Spaces are limited. You must RSVP by October 23^rd if you plan on attending.

RSVP to:    

Randy Simpson           
Resimpson@ferrum.edu
540-365-2777

Facilities and Directions

The Ferrum College Traditional Karate Club and TKRI-Virginia will be hosting the seminar and providing training locations. Directions to the training site will be emailed to you after we receive your RSVP. 

Food

Meals will not be provided. There are several dining options available on the Ferrum College campus:

• Subway           
• Black & Gold Grille (chicken wings and burgers)          
• FC Dining Hall ($6/buffet style lunch)

Near Campus:

• The “77” Southern Diner
• El Torito Mexican Restaurant
• Dairy Queen

Water will be available at the training sites. Feel free to bring your own food.

About TKRI:

TKRI is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing high quality karate training to interested students and to promoting research related to the various interrelated karate traditions of Japan and Okinawa. The focus of our karate practice is self-defense and personal development - we do not teach a sport form of the art - and we do not promote or participate as an organization in karate related competition. The curriculum is primarily drawn from JKA style shotokan and Okinawan goju ryu karate, though we approach the various forms of karate as interrelated folk arts. Students learn a wide variety of martial techniques, including grappling, throwing, locks, pins, use of pressure-points etc. as well as the striking and blocking techniques which many associate with karate. TKRI is affiliated with the Seijinkai Karate-Do Association under the direction of Harry Cook.

TKRI instructors incorporate elements of modern sports science into their classes in order to make training in karate as safe as possible while still maintaining karate’s combative aspects. These aspects are addressed through body contact and vigorous exchange of techniques, but the training attitude is one of cooperation and not belligerence. Though sensitive to the cultural aspects of the art, our instructors utilize contemporary teaching methods, when appropriate, in order to facilitate learning for the western student. Regular classes are held in the states of Missouri and Viginia, and since 1993 we've been regular demonstrators at the annual Japanese Festival at the Missouri Botanical Gardens (the largest such event in the nation.) We also arrange and sponsor presentations, seminars and lectures by important authorities on martial culture. 

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