The Desert Warriors held thier 1st inaugural Self Defense tournament on Saturday, January 17, 2012. Nearly every student competed in the event!
 
Here are the results:
Beginner Division:
1st place - Karsten Householder
2nd place - Kiana Wong
3rd place tie -
Hayden Shelly & Tristen Gonder
 
Advanced Division:

Photos from the 8th Annual Hoteikan Desert Warrior Workshop Photo Gallery have been added to the website.  Please click on the event name to see photos or go to the photo gallery under Desert Warrior.  

Greetings all,
The Desert Warriors had their annual workshop weekend on October 14th and 15th. In addition, we held a Shodan exam in San Do Ichi Ryu Jujutsu with Carlos Trujillo as the candidate.
 
On Thursday night, Oct. 13th, the 1st part of the exam was administered. This was the Judo portion. The Board consisted of: Soke Emilio Claudio, Soke Santiago Armstrong, Shihan Paul Farley, Sensei Steve Hust and Sensei Ken Wong. Carlos demonstrated good technique and excellent ground work as well.

Horizons Martial Arts participated in the USKA Arizona State Championship tournament in February 2011 and National qualifier tournament in March 2011.

New Content added to "The System" section of website.  You can now view the Origins of the Hoteikan Patches.

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On January 22, 2011, at the Arizona State Karate Championships, Ms. Victoria Marcus from the Desert Warriors won both the Kata and Sparring division for her age group. She is awarded the Arizona State Championship for 17 year old female Black Belts.
 
Congratulations Victoria!

In the Hoteikan System, whether we train in Karate, Judo or Jujutsu we begin with a bow and end with a bow. Why so much attention to bowing? We bow to the dojo before we enter. We bow towards the shomen(front) before class begins. we bow to the sensei. We bow to our sempai, to our kohai, to our dohai. (senior, junior, equal). All this bowing. To what end? For what purpose? Why this emphasis on bowing?

To all our members,
Let us be thankful for all our blessings this Thanksgiving weekend!
On behalf of the entire Hoteikan Family, have a very Happy Thanksgiving!!
Soke Saint Armstrong