I want to specially thank Soke Sensei for attending. It was a very special honer for everyone to receive their medals from Soke Sensei. Morning seiza was amazing. We got very lucky because the weather at 6:30 am was the best it got all day.

I also need to thank Sensei Lee, Sensei Kerr, Sensei Darren and Sensei Jason for their support and for sending so many participants this year.I hope the excitement felt all weekend is contagious.

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Soke Sensei will be in the Dojo from Thursday May 27 – Monday May 31. All class times remain the same except for the Thursday Mission classes at the Mission Community Hall. These classes for that one day are being moved to Chief Tomat Elementary School on the Westside. This is so that everyone gets the opportunity to train with Soke Sensei.

On Monday May 31 the classes at the Shannon Lake Elementary School will run as follows: 4:30 – 5:30 all White & Yellow belts (kids & adults), 5:45 – 7:15 all Orange & Green Belts (kids & adults) and from 7:30 – 9:00 all Blue, Brown & Black Belts.

Soke Sensei Class Times & Locations

Thur May 27 at Chief Tomat Elementary
5:15 – Kids Class
6:30 – Adult Class

Friday May 28 at Queens Park Elementary
5:15 – Kids Class
6:30 – Adult Class

Sunday May 30 at Penticton Lakeside Resort
9:00 – 3:00

Monday May 31 at Shannon Lake Elementary School
4:30 – White/Yellow Belts
5:45 – Orange/Green Belts
7:30 – Blue/Brown/Black Belts

For a map and directions to all the locations please check our Locations Page
For a map and directions to the Penticton Lakeside Resort see our Friendship Weekend page.

Sunday May 16
Saturday May 22
Saturday June 5
Saturday June 12
Saturday June 26
Saturday July 10
Saturday July 24

This year we are planning a banquet after the tournament where we can all get together and have some fun. There will be a buffet dinner, a DJ and a beautiful patio right on the lake.

All the information on this years events are contained in the attachments a little lower on this page. If you have any problems opening any of them please let me know and I will arrange to have them sent to you in a different format. The tournament registration form is included in the PDF file as well as a separate Excel file. Please use this for your tournament registration.

Hotel Info: The hotel we are using for this event is the Penticton Lakeside Resort. All events on the weekend will take place here. For more information please check out their web site. For directions please see the map at the bottom of the page.
Rate: $105 + tax per night (up to 4 people per room) Ask for the Taneda Dojo group rate.
Deadline: Rooms must be booked by May 22, 2010
Phone #: 1-800-663-9400 toll free

Download: Full registration Package (PDF)
Download: Registration Sheet (Excel)

We would like to thank the generosity of the staff and management of the Penticton Lakeside Resort. Your support of this event has been tremendous.

DINNER DIVINE

Saturday May 8th, 2010

KELOWNA SPRINGS GOLF CLUB

This Black Tie dinner event is to raise funds for the Taneda Athletes competing at the 2010 CHITO-RYU karate world championships in Kumamoto Japan. Ben Stewart MLA as guest speaker, Live Auction, Silent Auction, karate demo, dinner and a great night out.

Auction items include: Visa gift cards, movie tickets, golf packages, private wine tour for 6, bottles of wine, diamond necklace, pet grooming & gifts, exercise equipment, bass guitar & amp, mountain bike, lift passes, hotel room and breakfast package, vouchers for restaurants meals & local attractions, gift basket, art lessons.
With more being added daily.

Reception – 6:30pm

Dress – Black Tie

BUY Tickets – $75

Three members of the Taneda Karate Dojo represented their country in two tournaments in Las Vegas over the Easter long weekend. The two tournaments were the Junior Olympics and the US Open.

For Coulson Boothe, Claire Boothe (from Summerland) and Meranda Lloyd (from Kelowna) this was their first experience at a major international karate tournament. The tournament saw over 1200 competitors from over 40 different countries from around the world. The competition lasted over 12 hours for each of the three days.

Coulson competed in the 17 year old division in the Junior Olympics. Coulson fought very well in his three fights on his way to capturing the bronze medal.  Coulson also fought in the 16-17 year old elite division in the US Open. This division had 37 competitors from around the world. Coulson had two difficult fights wining one and losing one. In the end he didn’t receive a medal but he learned many valuable lessons.

Both Meranda and Claire competed in the same divisions. Claire lost her first fight in overtime to the eventual gold medalist in the Junior Olympics but she had one of her best fights to date. Meranda had two very tough and close fights. In the dying moments of her second fight she was able to land a beautiful head kick against a fighter from Mexico which gave her three points and the win. With the win she captured the bronze in the Junior Olympics. In the US Open Meranda was again matched up against the same girl from Mexico in the bronze medal match. This time Meranda fought smarter and didn’t need the last minute heroics to win. Meranda Lloyd won bronze in both the Junior Olympics and the US Open.

The team from the Taneda Karate Dojo was coached by Mike Ditson and Owen Lloyd.

Coulson Boothe competing in his third national championships had to compete in the largest Kata (forms) division of the tournament. There were 16 athletes from across the country in this 16/17 year old division. This was a very tough division that was stacked with competitors with a lot of international experience including medalists at the Pan-American level. Coulson performed to the best of his ability on the day of competition and was able to win the bronze medal.

Coulson was also part of the boy’s 16/17 year old Team Kumite team that captured the Silver medal. It was a bit of a luck that got Coulson on this team in the first place. At the BC Team selection tournament Coulson did not qualify for his own individual Kumite division, but the coaches felt confident with Coulson’s previous Nationals experience and they selected him to be part of the Team Kumite. During the Team Kumite competition Coulson won his first two fights 7-0 and 5-1. In his third fight, in the Gold Medal match, Coulson was matched up against one of the best fighters from Quebec and the coaches asked Coulson to get a tie in this match if possible. Coulson fought the best he could and was able to keep the match 0-0. Unfortunately the remainder of the matches did not go BC’s way and the team had to settle with the silver medal.

Danielle Kumalae competing in her second nationals had an amazing tournament.  Danielle competing in the girls 14/15 -54kg Kumite division managed to fight her way all the way to the Gold Medal match. Danielle fought a very strategic match in the final that ended up going into overtime. Although Danielle did not win the Gold, the match was very close and was decided by only 1 point. By finishing second in her division Danielle was selected to the Canadian National team and may represent Canada in the future. Danielle was also part of the Girls 14/15 Team Kumite team that captured the Bronze.

Sukhresh Kaloty fighting in his first nationals had 2 very good fights. He lost his first fight to the eventual Gold medalist but was able to come back in the repechage and win a Bronze medal. Sukhresh made it to the BC Team by beating his opponents at the Team Selection tournament by a combined score of 19-2.

Claire Booth competed in one of the toughest 14/15 year old Kumite divisions at the Nationals this year. She lost her first fight against the eventual Gold medalist but the fight was very exciting and Claire fought her heart out. It was a great accomplishment for Claire to even qualify for the nationals as she has battled many injuries in the last few months. A few weeks before the BC Championships Claire broke her wrist and was put in a cast and was told she could have it for up to 6 months. There was even some thought from her doctors that she might need surgery on it. In the end surgery wasn’t needed and she was able to get the cast off days before the Provincials where she qualified for the Selection Tournament where she qualified for the Nationals.

The 4 competitors were coached by assistant BC Team Coach Mike Ditson from the Taneda Karate Dojo.

Athletes from the Okanagan Valley returned home with 81 medals from the 2010 Karate B.C. Provincial Championship which was held in Burnaby last weekend.

The local zone 2 team captured 22 gold, 18 silver, and 41 bronze medals at the two-day tourney held at BCIT.

The Taneda Karate Dojo led the way with 52 medals—16 gold, 10 silver and 26 bronze.

The Taneda school’s top athlete was Michela Russo who won three gold medals, while her sister, Raphaela Russo won two gold and one bronze medal.

Kari Taneda topped the women’s masters division with two gold medals wins. Rhianon Jones also fought her way to two gold medals.

Nine members of this club qualified to go to the B.C. Team Selection Tournament, which determines who represents B.C. at the national black belt competition.

Claire Boothe, Coulson Boothe, Meranda Lloyd, Sukhresh Kaloty, Michelle Taneda, Tori Taneda, Julien Spradlin, Raphaela Russo, and  Danielle Kumalae qualified for the provincial tournament.

Hobson Academy

The Rodney Hobson Karate Academy captured two gold, two silver and five bronze medals at the B.C. championships. Eric Pedersen gave the top performance winning a gold and a silver medal. Jessica Saura fought her way to the gold medal in 14/15 intermediate Kumite (sparring).

Lauren Currie and Emily Lacey from the Kelowna Shotokan club both qualified for the B.C. Provincial Selection Tournament. Kelowna Shotokan won nine medals, collecting four silver and five bronze.

Nikola Parker was the top athlete from the Jushinkan Karate Cub. She was first in novice 16/17 Kumite and second in Kata (forms).

Madeline Rigg and Leo Doody also captured gold as the Jushinkan dojo won a total of eight medals.

The Karate coaches for zone 2 were Cheryl Taneda, Mike Ditson, Darren Harpe and Chris Taneda.

Link to the Capital News.

Video of the run is being worked on right now too. It will be uploaded to the Dojo Youtube account once its finished.

For all the pictures HERE