This weekend’s Minnesota in May will be hard to forget! With 15 visitors, 5 testing candidates, and over 40 participants over the course of the weekend, we covered a lot of ground with a lot of people. The official write-up has gone out to the USRK mailing list, and...

I had the honor of writing the USRK Technique of the Week for May 3rd, 2026. Here is the message sent out to the mailing list: Onegai shimasu, Hanshi, Sensei, and all Deshi – Students of Karate often get discouraged by the doldrums of repetition. They get frustrated that...

Onegai shimasu, Hanshi, Kyoshi, Sensei, and all Deshi – Yesterday, April 21, 2026, twenty-five deshi at the Ueshiro Carleton Karate Dojo dedicated their hour of training to Master Ansei Ueshiro in celebration of his birthday. In our 60 minutes together we executed 40 rounds of Fukyugata Ichi, starting with nearly...

Onegai shimasu Hanshi, Kyoshi, Sensei, and all Deshi! The Northfield and Carleton College dojo held a combined tip test on Saturday, April 18th 2026. Congratulations to the following students: Ro-Kyu (one green tip) Mya Lucas – Northfield (child)Eli Lucas – Northfield (child)Dylan Lucas – Northfield (child)Kolt Lucas – Northfield (child)Wyatt Lucas – Northfield (child)Pax Hayman – Carleton Go-Kyu (two green tips) TJ...

Onegai shimasu! We have settled on the schedule for our May event, and we are expecting eleven fifteen guests to join us, including Kyoshi Michael Mackay, Kyoshi Kevin Reymond, several high-level black belts from New York, Connecticut, and Florida, as well as two Sho Dan candidates who will test...

See the results of our February Testing and Promotion event held Saturday, February 28th, 2026. Onegai shimasu Hanshi, Kyoshi, Sensei, and all Deshi! The Ueshiro Carleton and Ueshiro Northfield dojo are pleased to announce the results of our joint promotion event, held Saturday February 28th! Congratulations to seven students who...

The following message was just sent out the the USRK Deshi (student) mailing list. It’s an exciting opportunity that I hope many of you will take advantage of. The chance to train with the Kyoshi — 8th- and 9th-degree black belts — is an uncommon opportunity! Please join us the...

For years, Ueshiro Shorin-Ryu Karate USA has maintained a mailing list for dues-paying members of the organization. One of the services of that membership is not just the list, but a weekly “Technique of the Week” (a partial archive is available), written by a Shihan or other member of...

Sho-Shin In his book Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, the Zen teacher Shunryu Suzuki writes: In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few. Shunryu Suzuki Approach your karate, and really any opportunity to learn, as a “curious fool”. The Zen concept, “beginner’s mind”...

Onegai shimasu Hanshi, Kyoshi, Sensei, and all USRKUSA Deshi – The Ueshiro Carleton Karate Dojo in Minnesota held an end-of-term testing and promotion event on Monday, June 2nd, 2025. We were supported by our Ueshiro Northfield dojo community in spirit and in actuality, as we held the test during...