Lorraine Harvard Karate Empi + Kumite games seminar

10/02/2022

Lorraine Sin was invited to give a Karate seminar for the Harvard Karate Club this semester on October 2, 2022 in the Mezzanine inside of the Malkin Athletic Center. Lorraine started her Karate career training at the Boston University Karate Club, where she was part of the eboard and helped the club grow. After graduating, she began to teach at BU and became a proficient instructor. She then did her Masters at Lesley University in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. While at Lesley University, she helped start the Shotokan Karate club there and taught students helped Lesley University Karateka participate in belt exams and tournaments. Lorraine is a Nidan through the HDKI and a Nidan through the JUKF.

At Harvard, Lorraine taught a class focused on one of her favorite kata, Empi (Flying Swallow). This is a kata that Lorraine has used to promote to Nidan with as well as competed with in tournaments. The kata is very dynamic, and has both high speed combinations as well as slow, graceful movements. Lorraine taught the choreography to students in a structured manner so that even beginner students could learn and appreciate the beauty and strength of the kata. Lorraine also taught some unique kumite speed drills / games that she picked up training in Japan to help beginners learn how to use footwork and hand speed to get better at free sparring.