2020 - Year of the Rat
JANUARY
FIRST CLASS OF THE YEAR
- January 3rd (Friday)
- 6PM
- Children and Adults combined
- There will be no other class
SO HONBU DOJO BELT TESTING (KYU)
- January 18th (Saturday)
- 1PM - Children Karate
- 2:30PM - Iaido
- Jacksonville, FL
15TH ANNUAL SO HONBU DOJO CONSTRUCTION ANNIVERSARY
- January 25th (Friday)
- Late Soke Masaharu Sakimukai's birthday
MAY
SO HONBU DOJO BELT TESTING (KYU)
- May 16th (Saturday)
- 1PM - Children Karate
- 2:30PM - Adults
- Jacksonville, FL
JUNE
SUMMER ELITE CAMP
- June 10th (Wednesday) Started
- August 5h (Wednesday) Ends
JULY
10TH ANNUAL SOKE MEMORIAL SERVICE (ZOOM)
- July 10th
SEPTEMBER
SO HONBU DOJO BELT TESTING (KYU)
- September 12th (Saturday)
- 1PM - Children Karate
- 2:30PM - Iaido
- Jacksonville, FL
OCTOBER
30TH USA CHINTOKAN KARATE-DO ANNIVERSARY ZOOM GASSHUKU
SO BUDO KAI JAPAN TOUR V is postponed to 2022
DECEMBER
ANNUAL DOJO DAY (TENTATIVE)
- December 5th (Saturday)
- 9am ~ 2pm
- Dojo Project Day
- No Class
- Maintenance and Clean inside and outside of the Dojo
END OF THE YEAR PARTY
LAST CLASS OF THE YEAR
- December 26th (Saturday)
- 10 AM
- Children and Adults combined
- There will be no other class
SO HONBU DOJO OBSERVES THE FOLLOWING HOLIDAYS
Jacksonville, FL
"New Year's Eve and Day" - "Memorial Day" - "Independence Day (4th of July)" - "Labor Day" - "Thanksgiving Day & Friday" - "Christmas Eve and Day"
ADDITIONALLY - It is a Japanese custom to close the Dojo for the New Year from "Last Class of the Year" to "First Class of the Year"