Whether you're an experienced martial arts student or are thinking of pursuing your dream of becoming a karateka, you've come to the right place.
The ultimate aim of karate lies not in victory nor defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants.
Gichin Funakoshi,
Godan (Fifth Dan Blackbelt),
An Influential Founder of Modern Karatedo
We teach Karatedo (“the way of karate”).
Karate is about building the best possible You. That means becoming the best possible mom, dad, son, daughter, boss, worker, leader, follower, student, teacher, and community member that you can be.
We have programs for Adults, Kids, Martial Arts Competitors, and Special Needs students.
This is a moving target, and one that you’ll never reach: there is no such thing as the “best” you, but as a karateka (“a student of karatedo”) you will work every day to strive for that goal.
In fact, the whole point of karatedo is work every single day to become just that much better, even if by the smallest, most microscopic, margin.
How We Train
We do this at the dojo by training hard, taking classes, studying techniques and polishing our form. We do exercises to get physically stronger, we hone our spirit to get mentally sharper, and we work together to support one another.
Sensei has often said that every pushup on the dojo floor is an opportunity to become more focused, every new self-defense technique learned is an opportunity to become more empowered, and every fellow student that we help learn a difficult subject is a chance to hone our compassion and understanding.
At the dojo, we use the physical parts of karate to make our mind and our hearts stronger. And we use the focus of our minds and the great spirit in our hearts to make our bodies stronger.
Yes, we do lots of push-ups. And we practice self-defense. And we learn kicks, punches, blocks. We practice sparring, we do kata. We meditate. But in the end, all of these things are just tools – tools that we use to become better.
Karate is an amazing exciting journey on a path that quite literally never ends – karate is about “constant polishing”, and if this is the right time for you, Goju Karate is the right place.
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