Hey Dads! Did you know that many of our adult students started as parents that joined their kids in class? Would you like to learn a bit of karate and train with your student(s) during class? Are you ready for some fun and hard work?

I hope you answered “yes” to those questions, because we invite you to do just that… train with your student!

If you’re interested in joining your student in class, please contact Sei Shihan Karen (karen@kellskarate.com). She’ll get you signed up and having fun in no time!

Bring a yoga mat and some water and your best Dad energy! It’s going to be a great to have you in class!

*New students only

Everyone has been working hard this Spring and we are very proud of you! You have earned a break and we want give you a chance to enjoy your Memorial Day Weekend.

Thus, the dojo will be closed and no classes will be held from Saturday 5/24 – Monday 5/26. Our normal schedule will resume with classes on Tuesday 5/27. We’re looking forward to seeing you both at the outdoor classes and online.

Have a great Memorial Day Weekend!

In celebration of Mother’s Day and moms everywhere, we are offering moms of our members a chance to train for FREE for the entire month of May!*

This is a wonderful opportunity to train with your student and learn about the benefits of Seido Karate! We’ll work on conditioning, focus, setting goals and of course: karate!

To get started, contact Karen: info@kellskarate.com

*May not be combined with other offers. First time students only.

In celebration of the Easter weekend, the dojo will be closed on Friday April 18 through Monday April 21. Our normal schedule will resume on Tuesday, April 22.

Happy Easter and we’ll see you soon!

Click here to register for this event
Note: Only buddies should register, not current students

On Monday, March 17, join us for special classes just for the students and a friend, in honor of St. Patrick’s Day: Green Hair Buddy Day! This will take place during our regular class hours:

PeeWees (4 – 6 y.o.): 5:00pm
Juniors (7 – 9 y.o.): 5:35pm & 6:10pm
Youth (10 – 12 y.o)/Adult (13+): 6:10pm & 6:50pm
Adult: (13+): 6:50pm

Every student is encouraged to bring a friend*. We will all work on our karate basics and our conditioning and best of all… HAVE FUN!

* Friends must register using the link below, in order to attend.

To be silly and fun, we’d like you all to wear some kind of green “hair”. Be fun, be creative, but please don’t use any hair coloring or sprays. And we’re going to work out outdoors, so buddies should wear comfortable, weather-appropriate clothes.

Click here to register for this event
Note: Only buddies should register, not current students

Looking for some time without the kiddos? Want to enjoy a romantic night out? The drop the kids off at our Valentine’s Parent Night Out!

Let us entertain your student(s) with some karate training, weapons training, arts and crafts, games, pizza, and a movie. Looking forward to seeing you all!

Date: Friday, February 14
Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm
Location: Our dojo

Click here to register.

Please remember to register early since we have limited spots and this is our most popular PNO. 

Kyoshi David will be offering a special seminar on jumping kicks Tuesday, February 25th in lieu of normally scheduled kumite classes.

The seminar is open to youth and adult students at green belt and above and will cover the fundamentals of all the basic jumping kicks, including roundhouse, front kick, side kick, and tornado kick. Come jump start your kicking skills with us!

The classes are limited in size and popular, so register today!

Click here to register for 7-12 year olds
Click here to register for 13+

We hope that everyone had a fabulous holiday season and enjoyed their time off from karate spending quality time with family and friends.

We are excited to start back to training today!  However, the weather is only allowing us to do that via the Zoom classes.  If you were reserved in the dojo for classes, please reschedule yourself for the Zoom option in ZenPlanner (PeeWee students were already transferred and do not need to do this step).

We look forward to seeing you and we’ll be back in the dojo as soon as the weather allows.

The dojo will be closed a few days during the Holiday Season.

The dates we’ll be closed are:
Monday December 23 – Friday January 3, 2023.

Our normal class schedule resumes Tuesday January 2nd.

Join us for Kagami Biraki, our first training of the New Year on January 4th. Read more here.

Please have a happy and safe holiday season, keep working on your material and conditioning and we’ll see you back in the dojo in the New Year!

Date: January 4th, 10am to 11:30am – Kagami Biraki!
Location: The Dojo

In keeping with Japanese martial arts tradition, we will hold our first class of the year, Kagami Biraki 鏡開き, (read more here) on January 4th.

This class will be open to all students of all levels and ages and to our parents and caregivers as well! So we hope everyone will show up and help us work up our first sweat of the New Year!

We’ll be on the in dojo… please wear your full gi. And please bring a bottle of water.

Looking forward to everyone being there and to having a great time training together!