Chapel Hill Shotokan Karate Dojo

Over the October 5-7 weekend, six members of SKA dojos in the Carolinas participated in the 2018 Memphis Kumite Clinic and competed in the tournament. As every year, the event was hosted with supreme hospitality by SKA’s Memphis dojo, and lead with superb instruction and drills by Memphis seniors Bobby Bird (godan) and Keith Kirk […]

Due to the adverse weather caused by hurricane (even if meanwhile tropical storm) Florence, practice is canceled for tomorrow, Saturday, September 15. In the event that severe weather conditions persist into Monday, a separate message will be posted about Monday’s practice. If no update, classes will resume as scheduled on Monday. Everyone please stay safe!

On Saturday September 8, the Chapel Hill Shotokan Karate dojo dedicated its practice to the memory of former member Mirta Mihovilovic, who passed away unexpectedly on August 5. Mirta’s memory inspired an exceptionally spirited class, led by LH Lazarus, godan, with whom Mirta began practicing in 1985. The practice drew both dojo alumnae who had […]

On August 8 I received an email from godan Kitty Gallagher asking whether I had heard from our mutual friend Mirta. Kitty was concerned by a post on Mirta’s Facebook page: “Dear Mirta, I will miss you, but you will always be in my heart.” I told Kitty I was pretty sure Mirta was just […]

Shotokan Karate of America and affiliate members from all over the country and world traveled to the Shotokan Ohshima Dojo this past weekend for godan testing and Ohshima Sensei’s 88th birthday celebration. Also, on the Saturday the 62nd annual Nisei week tournament and exhibition was held at Cal Tech in Pasadena. Five members from the […]

Our new shiny awesome totally cool trifold! Printed and folded with love, patience, and precision. Get them at class, supply is highly limited for now.

We do a hundred of these at the conclusion of Summer Special Training. Here we get ready, at the last practice before the event!

Thanks to Thomas (seen here facing brown belt Jesse) for paying us a visit tonight and bringing his strength and enthusiasm to an exceptionally spirited evening of kumite. We hope he enjoyed his visit as much as we enjoyed having him.

Thanks to everyone who traveled to Chapel Hill/Durham and helped us make Spring in the South 2018 and our dojo’s 40th Anniversary a resounding success. Godan John Teramoto left us with a great deal to work on as we practice what we are aiming to do rather than what we are doing. A special thanks […]

Forty years ago this month, in April 1978, Dr. Larry Lazarus opened the Chapel Hill Dojo. Forty years later, Dr. Lazarus, who obtained the rank of Godan–SKA’s highest–in 2000, continues to lead practices on most Saturdays in his signature style of highly demanding and highly inspiring instruction. This morning, the last Saturday in April of […]