Anderson Karate

My cabin besties, no. 24 at the recent ISKF Master Camp!

Congrats to Anderson Karate students on their latest kyu test! (May 2026): Tyler Combs (front/center), Depree Gillyen (front left) and Jack Goebel (center/back-row).

Awesome training and visit from South Atlantic ISKF chief instructor Kim Weber (Anderson Karate’s co-founder, too!) on April 23, 2026!

Congratulations to Anderson Karate youth who earned new belts and stripes! Tyler Combs and Penny Johns (green belts!), Jack Goebel (orange belt!), Ira Chatterjee, Greyson Sanner and Depree Gillyen II (yellow belts!) and Ezra Lughinbuhl (white w/ black stripe). Thanks also to the examiners and sempai (Margaret Williams, Bev Pugh, Adam Piccirillo, and Dick Williams).

More than 20 karate-ka participated in Anderson Karate's annual Youth Shiai in Cincinnati! Congratulations to all who competed, and special thanks to all the volunteers who made it possible.

Anderson Karate students attended the Mid-America region's annual Kangeiko (winter training) Jan. 17-18 at OSU. Hats off to their commitment to training! Pictured L-R: Caleb Horner, Adam Piccirillo, Sensei Jim Oberschlake, Bev Pugh, Marcus Gates, and Richard Williams.

It’s 2026, y’all! What are your karate goals for the year? Today (Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026), Bev Pugh, Caleb Horner and I launched our 2026 training by doing the “core 15 kata,” along with Chinte and Kanku-sho. How will YOU train for 2026?

ICYMI Congratulations to our newest ni-dan: Tyler Sheldon!

Great December 2025 clinic with Shihan Cathy Cline! Anderson brown and black belts attended: Bev Pugh, Margaret Williams, Adam Piccirillo, (Shihan Cline in the middle), Tyler Sheldon, Caleb Horner, Marcus Gates, and Richard Williams (not pictured here)