We will share 2 dates for our students to mark in their calendar:

1. Friday, January 19, 2024 – our regular testing – grading – promotion will take place. It will be held at Herbert H. Carnegie Centre (Arena) – Silver Blade Room (our usual Friday location), from 6 pm till 8 pm. All additional information will be shared closer to the event.
2. Sunday, March 24, 2024 – our yearly tournament date, all detailed information will be shared in February 2024.

Happy Holidays!

During Christmas Vacation, we will not have Karate classes on following dates:

1. Friday, December 22, 2023
2. Monday, December 25, 2023
3. Tuesday, December 26, 2023
4. Monday, January 1, 2024

Beside these dates all other training sessions will take place including December 27, 28 and 29, 2023 and after January 2, 2024.

Earl Bales CC will cancel all kids programs on Tuesday, October 31st – Halloween evening – as they did last year. As a consequence, we will have to cancel our training sessions on that day. Affected students can come instead of Tuesday, October 31st on Monday, October 30th on our other location – Herbert H. Carnegie Centennial Centre – 580 Finch Ave West with the same schedule.

This year, as 9 years before that, Shorinryu Matsumura Seito Suiken Hokkokan and York Centre Karate will participate in 100 Kata Challenge for Karate Day. That will take place at Herbert H. Carnegie Centennial Centre – 580 Finch Ave West – Silver Blade Room on Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 8.00 pm

During last Summer Camp, 3 of our members were promoted:

1. Darina Stoitchkova – 1 Sho Dan – Black Belt
2. Max Atanelli – 1 Sho Dan – Black Belt
3. Stoyan Chalamanov – 2 Ni Dan – Black Belt

Congratulations to all promoted members!

Our Karate based Pankration/MMA program will start on Monday, September 11, 2023 at Herbert H. Carnegie Centennial Centre, from 7.45 pm till 9.15 pm, same time with our Youth/Adults program. And will be 3 times per week: Monday, Wednesday and Friday on same time.

Our programs will resume on Tuesday, September 5, 2023 in Earl Bales CC and on Wednesday, September 6, 2023 in Herbert H. Carnegie Centennial Centre

From September 2023, we are starting new Karate-based Sport Pankration/MMA program. For that, York Centre Karate acquired membership in Ontario Grappling Association – Provincial Sport Organization in charge of sport of Pankration (based on UWW variation) the only allowed Amateur MMA type in Ontario. We are still a Karate club, despite public Karate stereotype, Karate is suitable for MMA type of Sport program, especially Okinawan Karate which we are practising. We have experience of similar type of tournaments (Irikumi Go) in the past. We are hoping that will open new horizons for our Karate and organization development.