Silicon Valley Karate black belts Sonali & Keira get recognized as a “Star Student Athletes”: https://patch.com/california/paloalto/palo-alto-star-student-athlete-excels-karate https://patch.com/california/redwoodcity-woodside/redwood-city-star-student-athlete-keira-excels-karate
Join us for our 18th annual charity kick-a-thon! We are raising money for charity – this year for Community Services Agency (see below). During the week of December 16-22, 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 […]
Sonali passed her shodan (first degree black belt) as a result of her re-exam this Thursday evening. She is still a teenager but has already been teaching kids’ classes for a while. Her 9+ years of dedicated training have, and continue to pay off. Silicon Valley Karate is proud of Sonali’s accomplishments and her promotion […]
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
