The club is open to WWU students, faculty, staff and community members. Beginners are welcome anytime. Our club is composed of a diverse group with players from 12 to 65 years young. Currently, we have 20 regular students that includes 4 black belts and several Japanese exchange students. This card provides athletes with a secondary insurance plan, and allows competition in tournaments.
Sweats are fine for the first few practices.
The club was originally started about 1980. Early on the club was run by Joel Carlson. When Sensei Carlson moved on from Western Washington University in 1982 or 1983 the club was left without a regular sensei and kind of drifted with no real direction until 1987. From that point he worked on setting up consistant class times and a consistant place to work out. In 1989 the club applied for and was accepted into the WWU Sport Club Council.