Silicon Valley Shotokan Karate

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Traditional Shotokan Karate

Offering both in-person and virtual training options for kids, teens and adults.

Silicon Valley Shotokan Karate has been offering instruction in authentic, traditional Shotokan karate as practiced in Japan as Budo, rather than simply sport, since 1998. But its primary instructors actually have been teaching elsewhere since the 1980s. Shotokan is the most widely practiced style of karate and one of the most widely practiced martial arts worldwide.

Physically, the emphasis in Shotokan karate is on efficient movement to develop tremendous speed and power, regardless of size or strength. Ultimately, blocking an attack and countering can become the same effortless motion, executed with complete commitment to devastating effect.

But sharpening our minds and developing our character are also very important. Karate-do, the way of karate, offers a framework for how to live. Karate is defensive. Serious students of karate-do learn that working to strive towards perfecting themselves, holding respect for everyone around them, and remaining peaceful help them to remain on the right path through life.

We train for excellence.

One goal of karate training is to put in maximum effort and experience the reward of improvement. We have spent decades understanding what works to help people excel at karate, and we enjoy sharing that in the dojo. If you put in the effort, we can guide you to world-class excellence.

We maintain extremely high standards. Those coming to our dojo from elsewhere are often surprised to see that our purple belts (intermediate level) are typically more knowledgeable and skilled than many black belts elsewhere.

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