Pennsylvania Shotokan Karate Club
Sensei Dustin J. Baldis, the Chief Instructor, founded the Pennsylvania Shotokan Karate Club (P.S.K.C.) in 1992 at the downtown YMCA in Pittsburgh. In late 1993 P.S.K.C. moved and made its home for the last 15 years in Sewickley, Pennsylvania. Sensei Baldis has been involved with traditional Japanese karate-do for over 25 years and is a Fifth degree Black Belt in the art of Shotokan Karate. As a current USA National Karate Team Coach and former USA National Karate Team member, Sensei Baldis has worked tirelessly to establish the Pennsylvania Shotokan Karate Club as a premier karate school within the Pittsburgh area and the United States. P.S.K.C. is known nationally and internationally for producing top elite martial art students that are disciplined, well mannered individuals who are respectful of themselves and others. To learn more, visit Sensei Baldis .
Family Safe Fun Fair -- October 19th
The FIRST Annual Family Safe Fun Fair, hosted by The Pennsylvania Shotokan Karate Club, is being held on Sunday, October 19th, at the Double Tree Hotel in Moon Township (10 am to 3 pm). This FIRST Annual Family Safe Fun Fair will be a fun day filled with many different vendors and organizations that pride themselves on SAFETY and FUN. The First Annual Family Safe Fun Fair, hosted by The Pennsylvania Shotokan Karate Club, is a FREE community event that will give important information to parents, children and all family members to help keep our children safe in and outside the home, AND for them to have fun while in safe places!
Admission is FREE!!! The first 250 kids to attend, ages 5 to 12, will receive a FREE T-shirt! We will have many raffles of donated Gift Baskets. FREE karate classes and FREE self-defense classes will be available for adults and children. The Moon Township Police Department will be speaking with each and every child that attends about D.A.R.E. and also doing FREE fingerprinting. The Pittsburgh Pirate Parrot will make a special appearance from noon to 1 PM-please remember your camera. The Pajama Program will be collecting new PJ’s during the event, so don’t forget to bring a pair or two to donate! And we have many other exciting organizations coming!!! This is a fabulous FREE community event that each and every child and parent will enjoy, and each and each family member will embrace. We hope to see you in attendance.
Please click here to see the brochure .
To register for FREE Karate Class, please email pskc@comcast.net or call 412-741-7448.
Please provide the following information: Name, Address, Age, Email address and Telephone number. Also, please specify time of FREE Karate Class, either 10:30 AM or 11:30 AM.
To register for FREE Self-Defense Class, please email pskc@comcast.net or call 412-741-7448.
Please provide the following information: Name, Address, Age, Email address and Telephone number. Also, please specify time of FREE Self-Defense Class, either 1:00 PM or 2:00 PM.
Our Mission
The Pennsylvania Shotokan Karate Club is a dynamic school of traditional karate-do dedicated to providing its members with elite martial arts instruction while developing them as focused, self-disciplined and confident persons who are respectful of others.
Shotokan Style
PSKC is dedicated to the art of Shotokan Karate . The father of modern day karate, Gichin Funakoshi , writes:
"...Karate-do is a noble martial art, and [one] can rest assured that those who take pride in breaking boards or smashing tiles, or who boast of being able to perform outlandish feats...really know nothing about karate. They are playing around in the leaves and branches of a great tree, without the slightest concept of the trunk"
PSKC in 2008 National Championship
CONGRATULATIONS JARED SMITH, NATIONAL KUMITE CHAMPION!!
National Championship Results
Sereen Askari Silver medal old open and +59 kilo
David Lipton Silver medal kata and Bronze medal kumite
Clifford Krey Silver medal kumite
Riley Smith Silver medal kumite
Pavel Grebenyuk Bronze medal kumite
PSKC won 8 medals (1 gold, 5 silver and 2 bronze) at this years USA National Karate-do Federation National Championship (recognized member of US Olympic Committee).
Honorable mention goes to Camron Deiss, Michael Cox, Eric Nelson and Ziah Baldis who performed outstanding at this event.
Click here to view all pictures from this year's National Championship.
Pictures courtesy of Shelley Lipton.
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