Fitness Isn't a Chore

By Shotokan Karate Leadership School in Santa Rosa, CA Training at your local Martial Arts facility provides a remarkable series of experiences that are anything but boring, same-old same-old routines! Training gradually improves your abilities, incrementally reaching personal goals in a safe and fun environment. Martial Arts are well known for their ability to develop Read More

How Kids Karate Teaches Discipline

By Shotokan Karate Leadership School in Santa Rosa, CA Parents bring their children to train at Shotokan Karate Leadership School for a variety of reasons. Top quality Martial Arts programs motivate and lead youngsters to slim down, improve their body image, and increase self-esteem. Martial Arts bolsters their self-worth and helps them learn to become Read More

Physical Health Benefits

By Shotokan Karate Leadership School in Santa Rosa, CA Taking up a martial art is not only an excellent method to help you be prepared to defend yourself, should the need arise; but it also provides a number of passive benefits to those who practice it. Among the physical benefits of practicing a martial art, Read More

Karate Works With Kids

By Shotokan Karate Leadership School in Santa Rosa, CA At Shotokan Karate Leadership School  we believe Karate is a very good way to teach your children good qualities like respect, self-discipline, confidence and humility. We work with kids not only to teach them how to defend themselves but also how to become better people in Read More

Focus on Respect

By Shotokan Karate Leadership School in Santa Rosa, CA The roots of Karate date back to ancient Japan, possibly as early as the 14th Century by some accounts. Today, this martial art is popular all across the world and has many adherents and new trainees joining up all the time. It is especially popular among Read More

Focuses on Respect

By Shotokan Karate Leadership School in Santa Rosa, CA At Shotokan Karate Leadership School, martial arts is not the only lesson being taught. Respect also is given its paramount importance. The school believes that respect is a fundamental quality every person must have. Karate training enables an individual to realize the value of experience, rank, Read More

Self Defense

By Shotokan Karate Leadership School in Santa Rosa, CA Awareness is key to any good women’s self defense program.  Part of the training we provide teaches students to learn to avoid potentially threatening situations altogether. Often, this is merely a matter of crossing to the other side of the street and avoiding dimly lit areas Read More

Social Skills

By Shotokan Karate Leadership School in Santa Rosa, CA Learning social skills is important for everyone. The study of Martial Arts can help teach these skills with surprising effectiveness! There is a longstanding and deeply rooted misconception about the Martial Arts that needs to be addressed at the outset. It is NOT the goal of Read More

Shotokan Karate Leadership School develops self-confidence.  Call us today or visit us at AskAboutKarate.com 

By Shotokan Karate Leadership School in Santa Rosa, CA People gravitate to the Martial Arts for a number of different reasons. Some are obvious, like physical fitness and learning how to defend yourself. Others, however, are less tangible but just as valid. Martial Arts can be an extremely powerful tool for improving your attitude and Read More