News archive of

Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate-Do, Urals.

2004 January - December

• There were many events that had not been discussed on our web site. It was only my fault. I was work overloaded and had no time to keep web site up to date.
  So, shortly about main events:
1. There were several seminars in spring and autumn.
2. Our students took part in VI^th International "Naha-te" Tournament on Karate and Kobudo, group «A» in Odessa (Ukraine). Our students took 7 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 4 bronze medals. And our team get a second team place cup.
3. Our teacher Vladimir Sitnik took part in World Budo Sai 2004, which took place on Okinawa and was dedicated 25^th anniversary of I.O.G.K.F.
4. There will be tournament in our town soon (see invitation in Russian only. Sorry!)
5. Take a look at Vladimir Sitnik's seminar invitation.
6. There were Vladimir Sitnik's seminar at Tomsk (Russia) on November 26-28, 2004. Seminar were attended by 40 students.

2003 December

• Take a look at seminar invitation.

2003 October - November

• Corrected several misspellings (thanks to Andy Barker).
• Revised content of several pages to match Andy Barker's comments.
• Added new page in seminars section.
• Added new links in links section.

2003 September

• Vladimir Sitnik returned from Okinawa where he taken part in 2003 Okinawa Karate and Kobudo International Tournament.
• Photos from 2003 Okinawa Karate and Kobudo International Tournament will be placed on site as soon as possible.
• Corrected several errors and misspellings in texts section.

2003 August

• Vladimir Sitnik went to Okinawa to take part in 2003 Okinawa Karate and Kobudo International Tournament.
• Take a look at photos from V^th International "Naha-te" Tournament on Karate and Kobudo, group «A».
• Updated exhibition fights photos.

2003 June-July

• Great news: Vladimir Sitnik had received 4^th dan I.O.G.K.F. from Morio Higaonna sensei during seminar in Moscow.
• Photos from Odessa (Ukraine) from V^th International "Naha-te" Tournament on Karate and Kobudo, group «A» still cannot be placed on our site due to technical reasons. Pack of photos will be placed as soon as will be converted into computer format.

2003 May

• Vladimir Sitnik and students have returned from Odessa (Ukraine) from V^th International "Naha-te" Tournament on Karate and Kobudo, group «A». You can see results of their participation.

2003 April

• Revised ALL pages of the site to make them more compatible with Netscape ® browser (pages were tested with IE6.0 and Netscape 7.0)
• Added new photos from Vladimir Sitnik's archive. There are several "historical" photos made in 1992. Take a look at photos section.
• Students prepare themselves for V^th International «Naha-te» Tournament on Karate and Kobudo, group «A», which will take place in Odessa (Ukraine) from 8 to 11 May 2003.

2003 March

• There was seminar attended by more than 30 students of Vladimir Sitnik. Most of them were promoted to new kyu.
• Students prepare themselves for V^th International «Naha-te» Tournament on Karate and Kobudo, group «A», which will take place in Odessa (Ukraine) from 8 to 11 May 2003.
• There were several errors and misspellings in texts, which were found and corrected.

2003 January-February

• There were seminar and club tournament during Christmas Holidays (Note! our Russian Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas in the beginning of January)
• There were several errors and misspellings in texts, which were found and corrected.

2002 December

• Updated pages with photos for memories
• Updated pages with teachers photos and texts

2002 November

• I am back and I publish an article about our club and Odessa 2002 tournament results
• Updated pages with photos and texts

2002 June-October

• There were many events but site was without guidance. I am sorry.

2002 May

• Our students' team have left for Odessa (Ukraine) to take part in IV International tournament "Naha-te"
• Several corrections of found errors, misspellings etc.

2002 April

• Attention! Since April 2 2002 file upload politics of www.geocities.com has changed. Hence all updates on that mirror could be applied later.
• Several corrections of found errors, misspellings etc.
• New texts are added in texts section
• Our students are preparing for trip to Odessa (Ukraine) to take part in IV International tournament "Naha-te"

2002 February-March

• Several corrections of found errors, misspellings etc.
• New texts are added in texts section
• Updated seminars section

2002 January

• Several corrections of found errors, misspellings etc.
• I am very busy - updates are postponed

2001 December

• Numerous corrections of found errors, misspellings etc. Special thanks to Boris Ivanovich Khodov (GOJU-RYU WORLD digest) for helpful hints
• Attention! Our postal address has changed!

2001 November

• Numerous corrections of found errors, misspellings etc.
• I am very busy - updates are postponed

2001 October

• Numerous corrections of found errors, misspellings etc.
• Updated texts section

2001 September

• Updated photos and texts sections
• Added new section - Texts
• Added new photos

2001 August

• Changed the way to show pictures
• Updated links page

2001 July

• Changed design of front page
• Updated links page
• Added link to Karate-Dojo forum (Russian language only)

2001 June

• Added new links
• Updated almost all pages of site to simplify navigation
• Updated pages of photos. Added photos of our winners of tournament in Odessa (Ukraine)
• Added new section - Tournaments

2001 May

• Updated pages of photos and seminars
• You can leave a note about anything you like in our user forum (Russian interface!)
• Vladimir Sitnik returned from Odessa (Ukraine). Tournament results report coming soon

2001 April

• Added page with information about author
• I made some minor correction and reduced size of pictures in gallery
• Added a set of new counters (thanks a lot to Yevgenia Ustinova from Irbit)
• Vladimir Sitnik left for Odessa (Ukraine) to take part in international tournament. He will be back within at least two weeks

2001 March

• Added more new photos in gallery (photos of our dojo and young students)

2001 February

• Added new photos in gallery (photos of our dojo)

2001 January

• Added Russian pages
• Seminar took place in Artemovsky on January 3 to 6, 2001.

2000 December

• Regional tournament dedicated to birthday of Morio Higaonna Sensei had taken place on December 23 to 24, 2000.

2000 November

• You can find our site at two different places: www.goju-fan.narod.ru and www.geocities.com/nick_the_knell/. It was made to simplify access to our information.

2000 July

• I am on vacation - no updates.

2000 June

• A set of photos added
• Links page added

2000 May

• All New - Start of Project