Current/Upcoming Events/Announcements: *COVID-19 update: The entire SF Bay Area is currently in an official “shelter-in-place.” During this time, we are offering virtual training options using ZOOM to broadcast our classes to students – approximately 16 hours/week.* If you are a current member, please check your email for invitations and reach out if you didn’t see […]
On Saturday, May 30, 9-10:30am California time, we will have a special training session. As opposed to the normal “cerebral” teaching Silicon Valley is known for, this one will be a pure workout involving many repetitions of kihon techniques, strengthening exercises and kata. FREE and open to the public. The session will be broadcast over […]
As we are doing “virtual Karate training,” the timing seemed right to have another one of these competitions. We had quite a few great submissions for our latest Minecraft competition. The objective was to create a Karate-themed image. Students interpreted this a variety of ways. Third Place: Nice work, Aaron! Second Place: This was a […]
From March 16, we are offering our active members access to online training options via Zoom. On March 16, we had physical classes that were broadcast to those who are unable to attend in person. From March 17, we are offering online classes ONLY, due to the SF Bay Area official “shelter-in-place” orders. For more […]
Friends and family welcome. Bring a snack…and a pillow if you want. we will be watching the movies from the floor as it is projected onto the wall.
We are now studying Jiin (慈陰) in our Saturday classes. You can see a very good example of JKA’s Ogura Sensei doing the kata here. Quite similar to last month’s kata, Jion, Jitte features relatively basic techniques and stepping patterns. In fact, it is believed that the reason it was dropped from the official JKA […]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are pushing off this camp to a later time. Please check back here for updates. The Hoitsugan Seminars camps (also known as “Shotokan Legacy camps”) are an unparalleled opportunity to train with a dozen or more instructors who have lived in Japan to further their karate abilities and understanding. […]
Sensei Zack Stewart will be teaching at Silicon Valley Karate on Wednesday, Feb 12, 7-9pm. This seminar is open to all ranks, minimum age 15 (or slightly younger with permission from instructor). Sensei Stewart is the National Director for the WTKO in the US and runs his own dojo in Nashville, TN: https://www.traditionalkaratenashville.com/ To sign […]
Ready to be impressed? Our dojo is known for taking on challenges most people cannot even imagine. And January’s Exercise Challenge was no exception to being exceptional! Quite a few of us worked up to over 100 push-ups + 100 sit-ups in a day, for multiple days in a row. Top finishers, with their max […]
We are now studying Jion (慈恩) in our Saturday classes. You can see very good examples of people from the JKA doing the kata here and here. And here is part 1 of 3 of Yahara Sensei teaching Jion details. This is a relatively “basic” kata for advanced practitioners. It is composed almost entirely of […]
