I wanted to take a moment to let you know how seriously I take my position as my student's success coach. As you may know, martial arts can offer you a lot – more than just a physical work out.  At this time, I would like to introduce the concept: The Clock and the Compass Our struggle [...]

Belt Presentations today and all of the students were awesome! We covered some great self defense techniques to prevent someone from grabbing you and the students presented their katas with fantastic focus and effort! Picture Day has been set for Wednesday June 2. Make sure you clear your schedule to take part because everyone who [...]

Sempai and I will be attending a Business Women's Expo this Thursday being hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. There will not be an 11am, 3:45pm or 4:30pm class. The first class for the day will be the 5:15pm class. Please make a note on your calendar. This is for this Thursday only!

Stripe testing begins today and ends with Belt Presentation on Saturday for all students who have 3 stripes on their belt. Remember to bring your Victory Report to class so we can see how you are progressing with it.

For the past three months, Sempai Strecker has been leading a group of adults through a great stretching class to help improve their flexibility, stability, and core strength. Friday nights from 7:30pm to 8:00pm students learn different breathing and stretching techniques to help any trouble spots they have. Do you want to reduce the effects [...]

Black Belt Camp enters week 8 for our three campers and things are going well. They are hard at work on their katas and self-defense. Keep up the great work! There is a new Spring 2010 School T-shirt which is on sale for $10 until noon this Friday. After that, the t-shirt can be ordered [...]

I received a call from Dr. Donna Anderson who is the principal at Schofield Elementary School asking me to conduct a seminar for her 4 kindergarten classes. The seminar will focus on self-control and self-discipline. The students will learn that it is important to keep your hands to yourself and to do the things you [...]

There are some new faces in our Friday Night Stretching class. The word is getting out about the program and more adults and seniors are beginning to attend. There are a multitude of health benefits to improving your flexibility the biggest being your overall quality of health and reduction of stress. The Stretching class is [...]

Classes continue to grow in size which is fantastic for the energy of the group and the number of drills and games we can do with the students. We have been receiving calls all week from concerned parents who want our help teaching their child the valuable Life Skills that our school has become known [...]

I have posted several new videos today in the Members section of the karate school web site. Make sure you login to your account and watch them. If you have a question about the process or way we do things, please email me and I will add it to my list of questions to answer [...]