The Kenryukan Stelton Dojo had an open-air karate class on Monday June 15, 2020in Edison, New Jersey. The world has change since COVID-19. However its great to see Kenryukan students keeping our traditions of training alive.
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On Saturday, February 9, 2019, the students of Kenryukan hosted a family reunion – also known as a the 2019 Winter Regional Tournament.
The Kenryukan Demo Team is made of our elite students and they represent our school in public functions like street fairs, black belt promotions and tournaments. Their performances demonstrate the flashier aspects of our techniques however, the Demo Team is a tradition which started over 30 years ago with Hanshi Myron, Kyoshi Troy, Tashi LeAsia, Tashi Yessenia and myself.
And, the tradition continues. Yesterday, Saturday, January 2, 2016 the Kenryukan has followed and expanded upon a ceremony that a number of the more traditional martial arts school share. Kagami Birake is translated in a number of different ways: the rice cake cutting ceremony, the opening of the mirror, the breaking of the rice cake. Since the Japanese language, as with others, uses words in idiomatic nuances the word kagami means mirror and the word birake is a form of the word hirake or opening so the ceremony for our purposes would be breaking or opening the mirror – a new beginning and dedication.