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KARATE KOLLEGE – Open Enrollment

KARATE KOLLEGE – Open Enrollment

    KARATE KOLLEGE Traditional Martial Arts for Teens & Adults Located in Social Circle, GA | www.IKKU.org At Karate Kollege, we don’t hand out trophies – we forge character, discipline, and skill. We’re not a daycare. We train martial…

By Ray Howard | May 5, 2025 | Classes, Karate, Kobudo, Kotosu-Ha Shito-Ryu Karate, Membership |
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Renshi Shihan Robert Izzo Presented with Tsuba

Renshi Shihan Robert Izzo Presented with Tsuba

June 8, 2024, marked a special day for the IKKU as a Tsuba Presentation for Renshi Shihan Robert Izzo of the TKA Traditional Karate Association. After bowing in for the 37th annual IKKU Summer Camp session, Soke Ruiz performed the…

By Ray Howard | June 10, 2024 | Awards, Karate |
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Billie and Larry Robinson Promoted to 7th Dan, Awarded Kyoshi Shogo Title

Billie and Larry Robinson Promoted to 7th Dan, Awarded Kyoshi Shogo Title

  Join us in congratulating our longtime International Karate Kobudo Union (IKKU) friends and members, Billie and Larry Robinson. On January 13, 2024, Soke Joseph Ruiz, 10th Dan Hanshi-Sei of the IKKU, awarded both a 7th Dan rank in karate…

By Ray Howard | January 13, 2024 | Awards, Karate, Promotions |
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Renshi Sensei John Malcom Presented with Tsuba

Renshi Sensei John Malcom Presented with Tsuba

Tsuba Presentation for Renshi Sensei John Malcom June 10, 2023, marked a special day for the IKKU as a Tsuba Presentation for Renshi Sensei John Malcom, Sr. Instructor of the Carolina Karate Kai took place. After bowing in for the…

By Ray Howard | August 28, 2023 | Awards, Camp, Promotions |
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Shogo Title – Shihan Dai Barbara Hughes

Shogo Title – Shihan Dai Barbara Hughes

Shogo Title – Shihan Dai Join us in congratulating our longtime International Karate Kobudo Union (IKKU) friend and member, Barbara Hughes. On January 10, 2023, Soke Joseph Ruiz, 10th Dan Hanshi-Sei of the IKKU, awarded both a 6th Dan rank…

By Ray Howard | June 10, 2023 | Kotosu-Ha Shito-Ryu Karate |
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Day of the Kyoshis

Day of the Kyoshis

With the world of martial arts dominated by a male presence, it’s not every day that you run across female masters at this level. But here we are on June 9, 2023, with three advanced female masters, all being promoted…

By Ray Howard | June 9, 2023 | Awards, Kotosu-Ha Shito-Ryu Karate, Promotions |
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Shogo Title – Kyoshi Mike Hoffman

Shogo Title – Kyoshi Mike Hoffman

2022 IKKU Fall Highlight Join us in congratulating our longtime International Karate Kobudo Union (IKKU) friend and member, Mike Hoffman. On September 24, 2022, Soke Joseph Ruiz, 10th Dan Hanshi-Sei of the IKKU, awarded both a 7th Dan rank in…

By Ray Howard | September 24, 2022 | Karate, Kotosu-Ha Shito-Ryu Karate, Promotions |
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2022 35th Annual IKKU Summer Camp – Highlight 2

2022 35th Annual IKKU Summer Camp – Highlight 2

IKKU Camp Award Commemerates Shihan Dai Nadine Oka The Most Outstanding Kobudo Award The IKKU executive leadership board commemorated Shihan Dai Nadine Oka during our 2022 IKKU summer camp banquet ceremony on Saturday, June 11, 2022 by memorializing her name…

By Ray Howard | June 24, 2022 | Awards, Camp, Kotosu-Ha Shito-Ryu Karate |
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2022 35th Annual IKKU Summer Camp – Highlight 1

2022 35th Annual IKKU Summer Camp – Highlight 1

Posthumous Promotion of Renshi Shihan Nadine Oka Welcome to a special edition Camp Highlight fresh from the 2022 35th Annual IKKU Summer Camp. It’s our pleasure to offer stories of significance when the time presents itself. Stories of such significance don’t…

By Ray Howard | June 15, 2022 | Camp, Promotions |
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Shogo Title – Kyoshi Mike Downton

Shogo Title – Kyoshi Mike Downton

2021 IKKU Fall Highlight Join us in congratulating our longtime International Karate Kobudo Union (IKKU) friend and member, Mike Downton. On September 18, 2021, Soke Joseph Ruiz, 10th Dan Hanshi-Sei of the IKKU, awarded both a 7th Dan rank in…

By Ray Howard | September 18, 2021 | Karate, Kotosu-Ha Shito-Ryu Karate, Promotions |
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