Martial Arts Styles Available For Instruction

From top to bottom, standing or on the ground, we teach a variety of martial art styles and self defense techniques for everyone ages 7 and older. We promote discipline as well as having fun while helping us all to become better people.

Karate (空手) is a martial art that developed from a synthesis of indigenous Ryukyuan fighting methods and Chinese kempo. "Karate" originally meant Te, or hand, i.e. Chinese hand, which was later changed to a homonym meaning 'empty hand' in Japanese. It is known primarily as a striking art, featuring punching, kicking, knee/elbow strikes and open handed techniques as well as Kata. The Kata is a series of moves or a pattern that reveals all the elements they have learned in a combined form.

Karate is the foundation of our curriculum that we start the majority of our new students in. This martial art style is easy to learn, helps students quickly understand balance, power, and to stay focused. Several techniques in this style also correlate to other styles they will learn later on.

Jujitsu (柔術), meaning "gentle/yielding/compliant art", is a Japanese martial art whose central ethos is to yield to the force provided by an opponent's attack in order to apply counter techniques from the resultant ensuing situation. This martial art form may use throwing, trapping, locking, holding down, grappling, and other submission techniques.

Generally, students with at least some training in Karate would be able to start learning this art form. Older students; typically twelve and older; will adapt to this art form very quickly. This form is more “partner based” in its nature and combines several different opportunities for both offense and defense.

Judo (柔道, jūdō), meaning "gentle way", is a modern Japanese martial art and combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late nineteenth century. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an opponent to submit.

Basically the students learn throwing, sweeping, and takedown techniques that allows them advantage of overcoming an attack before the attack actually happens. By using your opponents movement and force, you quickly apply it back to them reversing the attack. Generally, students with some Karate and Jujitsu experience will adapt well to this martial art style.

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