Shito Ryu Dojo in Kuching

My friend Senpai Mr Harem Peri has opened his new Karate Dojo (Shito Ryu) at Tabuan Jaya not far from Stutong Market.

Isshinkan Dojo in Kuching, Sarawak

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Karate Kid In The Making

I dedicated myself for  5 years to master this art.

How To Learn Karate-Do

If you interested in Karate-Do , you need to enrol yourself to any of the dedicated Karate Dojo. From there you have to practice at least  two times per week for 2 hours. I obtained my 1st Dan after 4 years of  training. There is no short cut.

Shito-Ryu Karate-do

MASK History in Malaysia

Shito-Ryu was founded by the late Grandmaster Kenwa Mabuni (1889 - 1952) who originated from Shuri in Okinawa, Japan. Kenwa Mabuni was the 17th generation of Kenyu Oshiro, one of the bravest warriors of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Mabuni learnt from 2 renowned masters in Karate-Do history, Ankoh Itosu of Shuri and Kanryo Higaonna of Naha. From Itosu, he mastered the quick lightning-like techniques and from Higaonna, he mastered the slow techniques emphasising dynamic breathing and muscular control. He also learnt from Aragaki and Matsumara as well as the Gokenki (White Crane) system from China.

Malaysian Karate Exponents-Five Gold

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s percentage of gold medals won in the last five SEA Games has seen a marked improvement, averaging 10 to 15 per cent of the medals at stake, compared with just 8 per cent before 2000.

FIVE-GOLD OUTING: Malaysian karate exponents with their gold medals at Chao Anouvong Gymnasium in Vientiane during the 25th Laos SEA Games, in this Dec 12, 2009 file photo. — Bernama photo

A report released by Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) said Malaysia’s best haul was in the 2001 SEA Games, when Malaysia were the hosts and the percentage of gold medals won was 28.3 per cent or 111 of the 392 gold medals offered. In the 2003 Vietnam SEA Games, Malaysia collected 9.7 per cent of the gold medals or 43 of the 444 offered but that increased to 13.7 per cent at the 2005 Manila SEA Games with 61 golds from 444 offered.

The Malaysian contingent, further improved on the achievement during the 2007 Korat SEA Games with 14.2 per cent or 68 of the 477 offered by host Thailand. The recent SEA Games hosted by Laos last December, saw Malaysia achieve 10.8 per cent or 40 gold medals from the 372 total offered. According to OCM honorary secretary Datuk Sieh Kok Chi, Malaysia’s performance in the SEA Games had improved over the last decade.

Since the SEAP Games was expanded to be the SEA Games, Malaysia’s percentage of gold medals won has risen from an average of below 10 per cent from 1977 to 1997 (7.11 per cent in 1981 and 7.66 per cent in 1983), to an average of above 10 per cent since then.
This was the legacy from hosting the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, he said.
“Many intensive programmes were implemented in the run-up to the Commonwealth Games and that had helped improve the performances of athletes in the SEA Games,” he told Bernama here yesterday.

Sieh added that the impact of the Commonwealth Games programmes was evident during the 2001 SEA Games hosted by Malaysia, since 111 gold medals were won, en route to clinching the overall champions title. However, Sieh warned that Malaysia must be careful with the emergence of Singapore and Vietnam.

Singapore, who started their surge since 2000 by collecting 22 (5.6 per cent) of the 392 gold medals in Kuala Lumpur (2001), improved on that figure significantly in Laos by accumulating 33 gold medals (8.9 per cent) from the 372 at stake, he said.

Vietnam have shown great progress since hosting the 2003 SEA Games, when they finished in first position and since then Vietnam have finished in second place once (2009) and in third place twice (2005 and 2007). Indonesia, the powerhouses of the SEA Games in the 1980s and 1990s, have suffered a decline in the last five SEA Games, but as the hosts of the 26th SEA Games in 2011, Indonesia were expected to bounce back, he said.

In terms of percentage of gold medals won, Thailand have been consistently scoring over 20 per cent for the last five SEA Games, with the highest at 38.1 per cent at the 2007 SEA Games, when Thailand were the hosts. — Bernama

Malaysia fourth biggest contingent in Laos

December 5, 2009, Saturday
VIENTIANE: Malaysia is sending 469 athletes and officials to the 25th SEA Games here, making it the fourth biggest contingent in the biennial meet which officially opens on Dec 9.According to the Games organising statistics, Malaysia is sending 348 athletes and 121 officials to the Games.

MALAYSIA BOLEH!: Youth and Sports Deputy Minister Datuk Wee Jeck Seng (centre) with the Malaysian Laos SEA Games contingent after the Jalur Gemilang presentation in Putrajaya.

Except for shuttlecock juggling, muay thai, fin swimming and wrestling, Malaysia will take part in another 21 sports offered in Vientiane. The sports are athletics, aquatics, archery, badminton, snooker & billiards, boxing, cycling, football, golf, judo, karate, sepak takraw, shooting, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball, weightlifting, wushu, silat and petanque. The 2007 SEA Games defending champion Thailand, who is determined to defend its crown, is sending an 842-strong contingent, comprising 550 athletes and 292 officials, making it the biggest team in the Games.

Second is host Laos with 743 contingent members (482 athletes and 261 officials), followed by Vietnam (671), Malaysia, Indonesia (465), Philippines (413), Myanmar (400), Singapore (392), Cambodia (204), Brunei (79) and Timor Leste (77). The smallest contingents are Brunei and Timor Leste with 30 and 37 athletes respectively. Brunei will contest in six sports and Timor Leste, seven.

A total of 4,869 athletes, who will vie for 370 gold, 370 silver and 539 bronze medals, with athletics being the most popular sports with the participation of 288 athletes, followed by football (280), shooting (169), sepak takraw (167), swimming (140), karate (130), cycling (116), archery (114), badminton (114) and judo (101).

Shuttlecock juggling, which is popular among the Indochina nations, received the lowest participation among the 25 sports offered here. It recorded 22 participants from Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos. — Bernama