{"id":31,"date":"2018-09-30T03:04:40","date_gmt":"2018-09-30T03:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2021-11-13T15:08:40","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T19:08:40","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/?page_id=31","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dojo Locations<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>ORRINGTON<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>CORINNA<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>136 River Rd<br \/>Orrington, ME 04474<\/td>\r\n<td>42 Stetson Rd<br \/>Corinna, ME 04928<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1303\" style=\"float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/sensei-breaking-concrete.png\" alt=\"Sensei Steve breaking 4 concrete slabs\" width=\"40%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/sensei-breaking-concrete.png 419w, https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/sensei-breaking-concrete-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/sensei-breaking-concrete-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/sensei-breaking-concrete-350x350.png 350w, https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/sensei-breaking-concrete-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/sensei-breaking-concrete-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/>Maine Traditional Karate &amp; Fitness is a charter dojo in the <a href=\"https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/?page_id=680\">OSMKKF<\/a>. The dojo is rooted in the traditional style of Okinawan Shorin Ryu. Our goal is to develop each student with practical martial arts for self-defense usage as well as improve overall fitness, confidence and knowledge. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/?page_id=370\">Grandmaster Fusei Kise<\/a> in Okinawa said it best himself, &#8220;My only wish is for you to develop good heart, good family and good karate.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n<p>The dojo\u00a0is owned and operated by <a href=\"https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/?page_id=485\">Sensei Steve Apsega<\/a>. His training in the martial arts extends over 30 years and he fully joined the Shorin Ryu Matsumura Seito orthodox karate organization in 1986. He was bestowed the honorable title of Renshi by Grandmaster Kise. Sensei Steve has completed Kusanku and Sakagawa no Kon Sho, two of our system&#8217;s highest level katas.<\/p>\r\n<p>His first dojo was opened in Whitneyville, ME in 1990. In 2000 he opened a new dojo in Hermon, ME. He then founded his current active dojo, Maine Traditional Karate in Orrington, ME, in 2003. Most recently, an additional dojo location, Corinna Shorin Ryu, was opened in January 2020!<\/p>\r\n<p>Over the last couple decades he has trained many students with several promoting to the black belt ranks, each earning the title &#8220;Sempai&#8221;. Current Sempais help train the &#8220;color&#8221; belts (white, blue, green, brown) and several hold official instructor certifications.<\/p>\r\n<h2>More About Us:<\/h2>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/?page_id=370\">Okinawan Shorin-Ryu Matsumura Seito Lineage<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/?page_id=21\">OSMKKF Charter Dojos Around the World<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/?page_id=485\">Maine Traditional Karate Black Belts<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/?page_id=784\">Maine Traditional Karate Dojo Members<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/?page_id=419\">Pricing &amp; Discount Programs<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/?page_id=33\">Blog Posts &amp; Updates<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/?page_id=32\">Contact Us<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/?page_id=818\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dojo Locations ORRINGTON CORINNA 136 River RdOrrington, ME 04474 42 Stetson RdCorinna, ME 04928 Maine Traditional Karate &amp; Fitness is a charter dojo in the OSMKKF. The dojo is rooted in the traditional style of Okinawan Shorin Ryu. Our goal is to develop each student with practical martial arts for self-defense usage as well as &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/?page_id=31\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About Us&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1579,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1795,"href":"https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/1795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainetraditionalkarate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}