Silicon Valley Karate has just opened its new headquarters dojo in Palo Alto’s Cubberley Community Center. We are in unit G7, which is all the way in the back of the complex, near the tennis courts. Our grand opening event is this Saturday, December 3, 12-4pm. Please stop by and check out our new facilities!
Ethan P! Congratulations! We had quite a few very good images submitted. But this one was voted best by our impartial 12-year old judge. Nice effort by all who entered the contest.
We will have our annual Shotokan Kata Review on Saturday, January 9, 8-10am, in our Redwood City location. This special event is open to anyone who knows any of the kata and participants are welcome to try all 27.
Due to external schedule conflicts, the following changes had to be made: Friday, October 23 – Class will not be at the Buddhist Temple but instead will be a couple blocks away, at Greer Park. Saturday, November 7 – We will only have our 8:00am Kata class. There will be no Adult Kumite class nor […]
Silicon Valley Karate has a new black belt: Susan! She passed her exam on June 18, at WTKO headquarters in New York. Congratulations!
We’re adding even more classes! Two new classes have begun spring sessions through the City of Palo Alto: Teens’ Karate Wednesdays, 5:00 – 6:00 pm, April 1 – June 3 At the Mitchell Park Community Center in Palo Alto Women’s Self-Defense Fridays, 7:00 – 9:00 pm, April 3 – May 29 In the ballroom at […]
We are happy to announce the start of classes for students of Crittenden Middle School in Mountain View. On April 1st we began a weekly karate class for Crittenden students, held before school from 8:15 – 9:15 am. (Wednesdays are late start days for the school.) Students will have a chance to learn basic techniques […]
The next instructors’ class in the series will be Saturday, February 7, 12:00 – 2:00 pm at our Redwood City dojo. As usual for these events, we continue to focus on how to become a better teacher. We may work on fairly complicated kata/techniques and work up a sweat. But the main point is on […]
Our annual “Shotokan Kata Review” is coming up on January 10th (Saturday), 8-10am. We will go through 27 traditional Shotokan kata, twice each. And if time permits we will review additional kata. This is a great opportunity to discover (or re-discover) the breadth of the traditional Shotokan kata syllabus. Maybe you’ll find your new tokui kata. For […]
We will start new kids’ classes at our Redwood City location in September: Thursdays, 6:00-6:45 pm Saturdays, 9:00-9:45 am These classes are open to children 6-12 years old and will follow the format of our classes in Palo Alto and the enrichment classes at schools in Los Altos and Mountain View.
