The Ole Miss Karate Club was founded in 1975 in the fall semester by Mr. Bob Nance and Tony Giardina. The club has been located in various places on campus; the education school gynmasium, a classroom in the Turner Center (it was fun moving the desks around to practice kata), the gymnastics room in the Turner Center, and our current location in the dance studio in the Turner Center. Over the years we have evolved into a club whose members don't particularly want to participate in tournaments (although, in past years we have produced several state champions in both kata and sparring), rather, we train to improve our health and increase our awareness of self-defense. Our "dojo" is our laboratory where we experiment with our ideas.

Our class meets on Mondays and Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:00 in the Turner Center in the large raquetball court.

History of the Ole Miss Karate Club

Instructors

Our current officers are:

Wheeler Howard- President - whoward@olemiss.edu

Randy Ware - Head Instructor- rware@olemiss.edu

Ron Parker - Instructor- tyroneron@hotmail.com

Cherry Douglas - Advisor - cdouglas@olemiss.edu

Arsenio Advincula - Technical & Historical Advisor