As many already know, Sensei Jon Keeling has a long and deep history with Karate. He started his journey in his hometown of Newtown, CT, on September 3, 1982 and instantly fell in love with the activity, attending every class offered. He eventually started teaching at that first dojo in 1984 and after attaining his […]
BAY AREA PARENT Magazine awarded Silicon Valley its GOLD award in the “BEST MARTIAL ARTS” category for Silicon Valley in both 2019 & 2020. And we just won again! Here is the link to the 2022 results:https://www.bayareaparent.com/Article/Best-Bay-Area-Martial-Arts-Schools/
The awards keep coming in for Silicon Valley Karate! The latest is “Top Sports Educator” in the San Jose area. This is our third time in a row winning this one. Please note that this is a very large geographical area. So this is quite an achievement. It is important to understand that this isn’t […]
The Shinkyu Shotokan tournament on April 10 was the first (apart from just our dojo) in over 2 years. We had 11 competitors representing our dojo and all but one only took part in kata. Partial list of results (just those in top 3 for their event): Individual Kata:Louise 2ndUta 3rdNovely 2ndKeira 3rdArman 3rdBrent 3rd […]
Join us! We are raising money for charity – this year for Mully Children’s Family (see below). During the week of December 10-16, we did kicks – LOTS of them… For the entire week, we held kick-a-thon events in all youth classes, building up to the finale on Thursday evening. In that 7pm class, we […]
The awards keep coming in for Silicon Valley Karate! The latest is “Top Sports Educator” in the San Jose area. Please note that this is a very large geographical area. So this is quite an achievement. https://sanjose.kidsoutandabout.com/content/top-20-places-take-kids-and-around-san-jose
Join us! We are raising money for charity – this year for Direct Relief (see below). During the week of December 11-17, we did kicks – LOTS of them… For the entire week, we held kick-a-thon events in all youth classes, building up to the finale on Thursday evening. In that 7pm class, we did […]
WTKO held its first virtual dan exam, over Zoom, on July 16. Susan put significant effort into preparing for this exam, making the most of online training options the past four months. She successfully passed to nidan (2nd degree black belt), joining other senior black belts at Silicon Valley Karate. Congratulations!
BAY AREA PARENT Magazine awarded Silicon Valley its GOLD award in the “BEST MARTIAL ARTS” category for Silicon Valley in both 2019 & 2020. Here is the link to the 2020 results:https://www.bayareaparent.com/Article/Best-Bay-Area-Martial-Arts-Schools/
