For many years at Silicon Valley Karate, we have had a monthly exercise challenge. For July 2021, we are doing sit-ups. How many will you do throughout the month? For those on Facebook who would like to keep up with everyone’s activity – and brag about your own – please see here: https://www.facebook.com/events/489131919033966 No pressure […]
Open to all Karate people in the area! Free!* Training will begin at 9:00am on Sunday, July 11, on the beach. Please prepare time for driving, parking and getting situated. We are starting relatively early to beat the crowds that will be there a little later. Please plan to arrive by 8:30. Take a right […]
Open to all Karate people in the area! Free!* Training will begin at 9:00am on Sunday, June 27, on the beach. Please prepare time for driving, parking and getting situated. We are starting relatively early to beat the crowds that will be there a little later. For Silicon Valley Karate members, please see email for […]
From March 2020, we have been offering online training options via Zoom. On March 16, 2020, we had physical classes that were broadcast to those who were not able to – or preferred not to – attend in person. On March 17, Santa Clara County restricted physical interaction (the first county in the entire country) […]
Silicon Valley Karate PRIDEs itself on being inclusive. We are accepting of all types of people (and pets as well – but only over Zoom 😉 ). We welcome everyone, regardless of background or preference, provided they are not mean or reckless. 🙂 June is “Pride Month” but we believe that we should not limit […]
On Sunday, May 30, 10:00-11:30am 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 […]
For the first 50 members to come back to the dojo, we are giving away FREE MASKS! Use it while at the dojo and/or whenever you go outside. After this is all over, it will make a great souvenir!
Our annual “Shotokan Kata Review” is coming up on January 9th (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. Sensei Jon Keeling has been running this annual […]
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 […]
In order to give our dojo members the best possible training options, we are continuing to offer all our classes over Zoom in addition to having the dojo physically available as well. We currently offer 19 classes/week and will soon be adding more. We have a large monitor, condenser microphone, high-quality HD webcam, new computer […]
