New England Shotokan Karate-Do
About Shihan Kenneth Funakoshi Sensei Kyle Funakoshi About Sensei Leonard Lafferty
Sensei Kyle Funakoshi annually visits our dojo for seminars and black belt testing.
Sensei Roger St.pierre
Sensei St. Pierre started in his studies of martial arts in 1973 when he began studying the Okinawian style of karate called Shorin Ryu. Kobudo (traditional Okinawian weapons) was a requirement for this style of karate. He then obtained his first degree black belt (Shodan) in Shorin Ryu 1977. In 1984 Sensei St. Pierre took on another style of karate that has since become his lifetime study, Shotokan (Japanese style of karate) and becoming a member of the Japanese Karate Association (JKA). In 1990 Sensei then moved to California and was introduced to the Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Association. He became a student of Sensei Leonard Lafferty, currently a 7th Dan Black Belt. Sensei Lafferty then prepared Sensei St. Pierre for his Shodan (1st degree black belt) and Nidan (second degree black belt) under Master Shihan Kenneth Funakoshi, 9th degree black belt (A direct descendent of the founding Grand Master Gichin Funakoshi). Once Sensei had achieved his Nidan he then became a direct student of Shihan Kenneth Funakoshi and obtained his 3rd (Sandan) and 4th (Yondan) degree black belts.Sensei then moved back home to Rhode Island in May of 1999 and quickly set out to establish the first FSKA affiliated dojo in New England. The New England Shotokan Karate-Do dojo was established in July 1999. Today Sensei is a (godan 5th dagree black belt).
Affiliate of Funakoshi Karate Association
Sensei Antonio Melo and his students of CPC Karate-Do Academy,
actively participates in seminars and dojo functions
CPC Karate-Do Academy and New England Shotokan Karate
would like to thank the Portuguese community for their support at the 2009 annual
New England Shotokan Karate Seminar with Sensei Kyle Funakoshi