Schedule Note
We greatly appreciate Sensei Pletcher and her colleagues at Dragonfly Therapeutic Massage for sharing their movement space with us for the last fourteen+ years!! Tuesday classes are now at North Club Health & Fitness. We are in a transition to relocate our Wednesday class; temporarily, it is as listed below.
See our dojo calendar for details. Our weekly schedule is as follows:
SCHEDULE as of January 20, 2025
Day & Time Location & Address Instructor & Students
Sun. 5:30pm Boalsburg Fire Company-Boal Hall, 113 East Pine St., Boalsburg Kyoshi Kaplan All students
Tues. 5:30pm North Club Health & Fitness, 1510 Martin Street, State College Sensei Schaefer Women & Girls
Tues. 7:00pm North Club Health & Fitness, 1510 Martin Street, State College Kyoshi Kaplan Brown belts+
Wed. 4:15pm Greenwood Circle, State College** Sempai Gabe All students
Thur. 5:30pm Grays Woods Church, 939 Grays Woods Blvd, Port Matilda Kyoshi Kaplan All students
** Temporary location which will be changing. Contact us for more details.
Dojo Rules, Learning Resources, and Japanese Terminology
- To help new students get started and to assist more advanced students with our Japanese terminology, you may find our Family Karate Dojo rules, Japanese terms, techniques, and more to be useful.
- A list of learning resources (e.g., books, websites, apps, etc) is available here.
- Sensei Schaefer’s online Ueshiro Shorin-ryu flashcards on Japanese terminology, questions, stances, strikes, blocks, & kicks are available in Quizlet here.
Upcoming Events, Tests, and Visits
- Green Tip tests are held every two months (e.g., February, April, June, August, October, & December), usually the third or fourth Thursday of the month. See calendar.
- Belt tests (plus brown & black tips) are held every six months (e.g., February, August), usually on the third or fourth Thursday. See calendar.
- Our dojo periodically holds potluck dinners for all students (deshi).
Additional Events
- All students receive Ueshiro Shorin-Ryu Karate USA system-wide emails about special events and workouts.
- Recent special workouts have included a fall weapons workout for advanced students in NYC. Black belt workouts have been held in Daytona Beach & Cocoa Beach, FL, and New York City, as well as a Cherry Blossom workout in Great Falls, VA to remember and celebrate Master Ueshiro's birthday.
- The latest USRKUSA schedule of events is: USRKUSA 1.1. 25 to 2.28.26 Schedule of Systemwide Events (10.29.24) V4
