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Okinawan Shorin Ryu Shidokan Karate Dojo
We're different from other karate & martial arts schools.
* We teach Only Adult Self Defense Karate.
* We believe all adult Men and Women should know self defense to keep you safe, improve balance and flexibility, and to have fun.
* Our members range in age from a few teenagers to 75+ years old. Our members' average age is
about 45 years old.
* Imagine Fun, Cooperative Classes that Quickly Improve Your Self Defense Reactions.
No worries about getting hurt in class.
* Classes taught by:
- a
9th Degree Karate Master with over 45 years of teaching experience, and
- Women's Classes taught by a
4th Degree Black Belt
with over 20 years of Karate experience
* Our Training Goal is For You to learn self defense so You Get Home Safely and/or discover the art of Okinawan Karate.
- Okinawan Shorin Ryu Karate
- Women's Self Defense Karate
You can observe in this video how the student in learning the self defense applications:
Can You Imagine a Karate Dojo where
- Women make up Over 30% of the members!
- Members' Average Age at 45 Years!
- Adult Karate Classes every day of the Week!
If Others can do it, So Can You
What are You Waiting for?
We focus on self defense Karate
* We start with the punch, kick, blocks found in all karate and martial arts.
* Then we explore the simple, obvious, hidden hand (kakushite) Self Defense Karate applications that are in plain sight yet mostly overlooked. Okinawan Karate Masters teach them only to a few of their most trusted senior students.
* Sensei Iha often mentioned, most people only need the punch, kick, blocks of karate. Because my students and I were often in dangerous situations overseas, often without weapons, requiring karate for self defense, Sensei Iha trained me in the grappling and breaking applications hidden in Karate Kata.
* Once you see these obvious, easy to learn, natural body movements, self defense Karate reactions, you will be amazed that they were always there in plain sight. You just didn't understand them.
"I really appreciate learning the grappling & tussleing Okinawan Shorin Ryu Karate responses because it reveals a new meaning to Self Defense Karate!"
