Seiyo No Shorin-Ryu Karate & Kobudo

April 2-4, 2009, Members of the Utah Shorin-Kai Karate from Murray, Utah traveled to Mesa, Arizona to train under Soke Hausel, at the Arizona Hombu (world headquarters). The Utah group included Kyoshi Rob Watson (7^th degree black belt), Shihan Todd Stoneking (5^th degree black belt), Sensei Jeff Schroeder and others. Soke Hausel is the grandmaster of Seiyo Shorin-Ryu Karate which has members scattered worldwide.

The training center is expecting other members over the next few months from Cheyenne, Boston, and Tamilnadu India. The Mesa-Gilbert traditional martial arts center is located at the NE corner of MacDonald at Baseline.

Nov. 5^th, 2008. Following the opening of the World Headquarters (Arizona Hombu) of Seiyo Shorin-Ryu Karate and Kobudo in Mesa in mid October, several students traveled from India to train in traditional karate and jujutsu. The students from the Police DAV public school in Jalandhar, India, traveled from the base of the Himalaya Mountains to the US.

The students arrived in Phoenix with their team manager on October 15^th and began training. The group was selected from the school’s student body of more than 5500 because of their dedication to karate (which is part of the school’s curriculum). The school plans to send more groups so that the students can experience travel to a foreign country, and also to obtain proper certification in martial arts. The Hombu is also expecting students from other schools in India, Vietnam, the US, and Middle east early next year.

August 8th, 2009. The 2008 Gassuku in East Canyon (near Park City) Utah was held early last month. The training was intense and included self-defense, hanbo, kumite, obstacle course, and more. Several members from the Utah Shorin-Kai were in attendance along with Justin Roadifer from Evanston and Lenny Martin from Laramie. The following Monday, Soke also taught kata at the Murray dojo in the Salt Lake valley.

 April 12th-13th, 2008. The 30th Year Anniversary Clinic at the University of Wyoming was a success. Members from UW along with members from Cheyenne, Gillette, Casper, Evanston traveled to train in Laramie. This was the 30^th continuous year the the UW Shorin-Ryu Karate Club was in existence.  Soke Hausel traveled from Laramie to Gillette with Sensei Kyle Gewecke to teach another clinic in Gillette for the Gillette and Rozet dojos.