Yuma, Arizona - AWC students will have an opportunity to attend a three-day conference led by dignitaries coming from Okinawa, Japan. Isao Kise, a 10th degree black belt and director of the All Okinawan Shorin Ryu Kenshin Kan Karate and Kobudo Federation, will be leading the conference along with his translator Sonomi Atsuzawa-Windley.
Kise teaches traditional karate, sport karate, and sport kumite as well as full contact karate. He is a senior judge for tournaments throughout the Island of Okinawa and is also the All Okinawan Kata, Kobudo, and Kumite Grand Champion.
The conference will be taking place before the start of AWC’s 8-week karate classes, which begin Monday, October 15. The courses focus on basic skills associated with the discipline of karate, with an emphasis on physical conditioning, mental discipline, and self-awareness.
9 a.m. on Friday, October 5, 2018