Category Archives: In the News
SV Karate Members Do Well in Local Tournament
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 […]
Charity Kick-a-Thon 2021
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 […]
Charity Kick-a-Thon 2020
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 […]
Another Nidan! Results From WTKO’s First Virtual Dan Exam
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!
Best Martial Arts Classes in Silicon Valley – Bay Area Parent Magazine…AGAIN
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/
Minecraft Competition Results
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 […]
A Little Exercise?
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 […]
Sensei Keeling Interviewed by Local High School
Sensei Keeling was at Los Altos High School for a presentation by their robotics club recently when his wife noticed a poster on the wall saying there was going to be a self-defense class the following Monday. So immediately after his blood donation that Monday, he stopped by the school to see what they were […]
Another Record-Setting Kick-a-Thon!
Our grand total for the week-long kick-a-thon event: 114,520 kicks + 26,260 punches = 140,780 reps! And that is just counting the official group kicking & punching events. Additionally, some students did a total of well over 1000 kicks while at the dojo, outside of regular classes. And some people did many extra kicks at […]