Gateway Shidokan’s Dojo - 2024 Milestones
December 14th
Annual Karate Holiday Party
We had a great time at our Annual Karate Holiday Party! The annual “Rob Your Neighbor” game was a lot of fun with the typical mischief. The annual nerf war was in full swing with lots of strategy and fun! We missed those who could not make it and hope that next year the schedules better align.
August 24th
Annual Karate Picnic
We had a wonderful time at our Annual Karate Picnic. We are so pleased so many could make it. We loved seeing everyone having fun and strengthening friendships.
August 3rd
Our Beloved Sensei Iha
It is with a heavy heart that we share the following news from August 3rd, 2024. May Sensei rest in peace.
Dear Friends,
Today at 10:25 am, Iha Sensei peacefully passed away in his home. It was a beautiful transition.
Through the night and morning, Iha Sensei had Hiro and Uto at his side, as well as MANY friends sharing stories, holding his hand, caressing, and giving love to our beloved Sensei.
In the coming weeks, we will be putting together a memorial service to celebrate the wonderful life of Iha Sensei. Thank you for all the love you’ve shared. As Sensei always reminded us, we are one family.
July 27th
Sensei Faulkingham had the great honor of receiving an award for Gateway Shidokan Karate, LLC’s official 10-year anniversary. The following is the introduction that accompanied the award presentation.
“Sensei Stephanie Faulkingham officially opened Gateway Shidokan Karate in 2014. In 2016 they had their first student earn a black belt. Since then, they have had the pleasure of seeing four students earn various degrees of black belt, the current highest ranked student holds a 3rd degree black belt. Gateway Shidokan Karate was housed in the Maryland Heights Community Center for years. In August 2022 Sensei Faulkingham moved the dojo to a retail space in Maryland Heights. With this move they were able to customize the space for their training needs and offer more classes. Additionally, two high ranked students have taken on official instructor roles in the dojo, with each of them teaching one night a week. Sensei Faulkingham expresses that it has been an honor and privilege to provide quality training within the diverse community for so many years and looks forward to many more.”
March 19th
Faulkingham Sensei recently did an interview for University of Missouri-St. Louis. She was honored to be featured.
https://blogs.umsl.edu/news/2024/03/18/stephanie-faulkingham/
