Karate
THE CLUB NAHA KARATE-DO OVERVIEW
CLUB NAHA KARATE-DO located out of the Alfond Youth Center in Waterville, Maine. We offer two classes per week for a seven week session for ONLY $49.00.
THE CLUB NAHA KARATE-DO MISSION
Here at CLUB NAHA, our goal is to inspire and enable our students through karate training to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring individuals. CLUB NAHA Karate-Do will help strengthen their spirit, mind, and body, by providing a positive karate dojo for kids by focusing on caring, confidence, honesty, leadership, respect, and responsibility.
THE CLUB NAHA KARATE-DO INFORMATION
THE STYLE OF KARATE-DO
 
Hensen Ryu (Way of Change) is the style of karate taught at the CLUB NAHA dojo. It was founded in New York in 1986 by Shihan Ken Walsh. A Sixth Degree Black Belt in Wonhwa Do, Shihan Walsh combined his knowledge of Wonhwa Do and Shodokan to form the diverse art of Hensen Ryu. Several years later, Shihan Walsh moved to Waterville, Maine to become the director of the Waterville Area Boy’s and Girl’s Club. He brought his martial arts experience with him and established the first Waterville CLUB NAHA (named after Renshi Javier Diaz Piscil's dojo in Mexico) in 1992. During this beginning period, Hensen Ryu was primarily a Wonwha Do based dojo with slight influences from Shudokan and other styles such as Vee Arnis Jujitsu, Isshin Ryu, and Ngo Chu Kun. During the summer of 2000, Shihan Ken’s Shodokan instructor, Renshi Javier Diaz Piscil, visited the Waterville, CLUB NAHA Dojo to teach the Hensen Ryu students the Okinawan karate style of Shudokan. Throughout Renshi Javier's two-year stay, Hensen Ryu began to evolve as it slowly incorporated the art of Shodokan Karate. Today’s Hensen Ryu has an equal balance of Shudokan and Wonhwa Do, making it a diverse, well-rounded martial art.
WONHWA DO
Wonhwa Do is a Korean martial art that emphasizes many powerful kicking and throwing techniques much like Tae Kwon Do and Judo. Wonhwa Do (also known as Tong Il Moo Do) was created by Dr. Joon Ho Seuk in the mid to late 70’s. Wonhwa Do was developed as a comprehensive and unified martial art that is able to harmonize and unify the best essence of all the different techniques of the various schools of martial arts through scientific analysis and improvements. By theoretically organizing all the different martial arts centered on universal values, Wonhwa Do seeks to bring martial arts into one perfect martial art. Since one aspect of the Wonhwa Do philosophy is that man is a creative being with both internal (mind) and external (body) traits, students of Wonhwa Do are required to train in both martial art skills and to perfect their character by following the "Tenets of Wonhwa Do". The "Tenets of Wonhwa Do" is a creed that the students follow to better themselves in their daily life.
SHUDOKAN
The other major influence of Hensen Ryu is the Okinawan martial art named Shudokan (The Hall for the Study of the Way). Shudokan emphasizes strong traditional stances and explosive hand techniques. Shudokan karate is a sister style of the popular Shotokan karate system. Shotokan was the first Japanese system of karate and was developed by Gichen Funikoshi. Shudokan was created and refined by Sensei Toyama Kanken who learned his karate from many of the same Okinawan masters as Funikoshi. Sensei Toyama refined his karate for many years and merged many of the straight-line power techniques characterized by Shotokan, with softer (as in striking with speed and accuracy vs. striking anywhere with overwhelming power), circular, and more angular techniques imported from Okinawan and Chinese fighting systems. This blend of “Hard/Soft” techniques makes for a sophisticated and effective fighting system.
THE INSTRUCTOR
RENSHI CRAIG SARGENT
Renshi Craig is a Yondan (4th degree black belt) in the art of Hensen Ryu Karate. He began studying Hensen Ryu Karate in 1992, at the Waterville Area Boys and Girls Club in Waterville, Maine. His Sensei is Shihan Ken Walsh. He also studied Shudokan Karate under Renshi Javier Diaz, and Full Contact Karate under Sensei Bob Hartley. Renshi Craig teaches the karate class at the CLUB NAHA Karate-Do Dojo at the Alfond Youth Center, in Waterville, Maine. He also practices Shoshin Ryu Jujitsu under Sensei Rich Charlebois
CLUB NAHA Karate-Do
Contact Renshi Craig Sargent at (207) 873-0684 or at csargent@alfondyouthcenter.org.
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