Karate Blog

Each month, we discuss a rotating character theme.  This month’s theme is potential.  In our first week, we are teaching students what potential actually means.  Simply put, potential is something that can happen but hasn’t happened yet.  We are explaining … Read More

“How much do classes cost?” It’s one of the first questions asked by many perspective students. It’s always painful to me as a Karate instructor when someone hears the price and says it’s too much. It’s painful because I know … Read More

This month, our character lesson is centered around Gratitude.  It’s a topic that is so valuable in our throw away, negativity based society.  It’s never about what you have but what’s coming next.  The feel good story about someone helping … Read More

Tell someone you do Karate and there are usually the same couple reactions.  One is they ask if you could beat them up.  Another is they ask if you break bricks with your head.  And most often, they break into … Read More

When thinking about a topic for my first blog I said, “what’s easier than talking about yourself?”  So here is some background about my journey of Martial Arts. I started Karate at almost 7 years old.  It all started because … Read More

We live in a distracted age.  With all the digital devices constantly pulling our attention away from the task at hand, no wonder we have so many kids diagnosed with ADD, ADHD etc.  Karate is often prescribed for children with … Read More

Welcome to the Academy of Traditional Karate’s new WordPress based web site. There are currently a number of newly redesigned and built pages running on the new WordPress backend. Some of the deeper pages on the site are still online … Read More