ASKF stands for the American
Shotokan Karate Federation and Silversprings Gin Sen Karate
Do has close affiliation to the federation. Senei Gould of
the ASKF awarded Senei Paul Allan of Silversprings with his
7th Dan. Here we provide a little more about this important
Karate Federation.
About the
ASKF
The American
Shotokan Karate Federation is a non-profit association
of clubs devoted to providing low-cost, high-quality instruction
in traditional Okinawan karate of the Shotokan school.
The ASKF was founded in 1983 by Richard Gould sensei,
with the goal of providing American practitioners of karate
the opportunity to learn karate from world-class instructors
in local clubs at the lowest possible tuition. Since it's
inception the ASKF has remained committed to the development
of strength of all individuals in the organization through
the highest level of karate instruction.
Richard
Gould sensei
National Director
Other
Founding members of the ASKF include:
Tom Langrehr, Jerry
Larson, Stu Giere, Twyla Fritz, Ron Trimble, Doug Scheible,
Doug Raitz, Al Morland, and Jeri Morland.
