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Details:	Glenside Shotokan Karate Club. G.S.K.C. is a not-for-profit organization located at 43 South Easton Road, Glenside, PA. We are an affiliate of the International Shotokan Karate Federation (I.S.K.F.) We welcome any individual who wants to learn traditional Shotokan Karate, one of the more traditional karate styles from Japan. The emphasis is on mental and physical development. The club's Chief Instrutor is Joe Faracchio (7th Dan). Sensei Faracchio is a senior ranked Examiner and Judge in the I.S.K.F. Training for over thirty five years, Sensei Faracchio is highly regarded in the orginization. Our instructors have all trained directly under Master Teruyuki Okazaki (10th Dan) a leader in the martial arts who has been recognized nationally and internationally for over 50 years. On average, our instructors have over 25 years of martial arts experience and are dedicated to sharing the art with you. Instuctors volunteer their time teaching and managing the Club. Men, women, and children, as young as seven, who wish to benefit from traditional karate training, may visit us anytime. Visitors and observers are welcome. Please feel free to drop by as often as you like and talk to any of our students and or instructors. Take off your shoes and join in a class! We will work one-on-one with new students until they are able to follow along with the class. The classes combine self-defense skills and mental discipline in a thorough physical workout. Students frequently begin training in karate for different reasons, such as self-defense, exercise, curiosity, or self-discipline, but generally remain dedicated to the art because of completeness of training in both mind and body. Students begin at white belt, or beginner level, working at their own pace to build strength, agility, speed, and understanding as they advance in rank to yellow, orange, green, purple, brown, and finally black belt level. Classes are run in a disciplined, structured manner. The usual sequence of events for each class is: 1. Opening ceremony 2. Warm ups consisting of light stretching exercises. Proper warm up is essential for a good training. Neglecting the warm up will ultimately lead to injuries; therefore we put a special emphasis on warm-up. 3. Kihon (basic practice, stances, kicks, punches, etc.) During this part of the training different techniques are practiced many times. The instructor highlights the important points about each technique, illustrates the proper execution of them as well as common mistakes and improper executions. The main emphasis during this part of the work-out is that the students will understand how to perform various techniques and why to perform them in a certain way. 4. Kata (forms training) Forms training combines basic punches, kicks, and blocks into set forms that have to be executed according to their proper rhythm, speed, and timing. These exercises simulate real-life fights; therefore they have to be executed with a fighting spirit. 5. Kumite (Sparring practice basic to advanced, depending on proficiency level) During sparring exercise safety is of primary concern; therefore free sparring is reserved for advanced students (brown belt and above) beginners and intermediate students spar in a very controlled manner. During these controlled sparring exercises the attackers announce the target area and the techniques they will use, so the defender can execute proper defense. 6. Warm downs (similar to warm ups) 7. Closing ceremony (recite the Dojo Kun) DOJO KUN Seek perfection of character Be faithful Endeavor Respect others Refrain from violent behavior
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