JAMES Augur

GODAN
(5th Degree Black Belt)
SHOTOKAN KARATEDO

SHODAN
(1st Degree Black Belt)
USKL OKINAWAN KOBUDO

Sensei James has been training since 1979. He has lived in the Claremont/Upland area for most of his life, four of which he spent at the University of Redlands earning a bachelors degree in history. In 1992, after receiving his masters degree in library science from the University of Michigan, he resumed his training and received his 5th Degree Black Belt in October 2015. He is training in Matayoshi Kobudo under Michelson Shidouin.  A former reference librarian at the Ontario City Library, James directed the Veterans Resource Center to help veterans and their families obtain the benefits they have earned through their service to our nation and retired in 2020.

Timeline

USKL
Started  1979 (Shorin-Ryu)
Shodan 1997 (Shotokan)
Nidan     2002
Sandan  2006
Yondan2012
Godan    2015 - Sensei Aponte/Whiteside, Shihan Pickard and George Sasano (JKA)

USKL Kobudo  
Shodan 1998 (Ty Aponte)

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Articles
Gankaku Bunkai and Oyo
S. James Augur
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Gankaku Bunkai and Oyo
S. James Augur
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We will examine the kata Gankaku to illustrate these traditional bunkai and also explore oyo for certain techniques.

S. James Augur
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Karate Ni Sente Nashi
S. James Augur
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Karate Ni Sente Nashi
S. James Augur
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Funakoshi Sensei left Shotokan with twenty precepts or concepts of training. The second of these concepts is: “Karate Ni Sente Nashi” or, loosely translated, “There is no first attack in karate”1 This precept seems to be simple, and yet has hidden depths of meaning.

S. James Augur
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