Kids Classes

Tiny Tots (ages 4-5)

This 45-minute class will focus on karate basics and proper dojo manners in a highly spirited and energetic environment. The class will also aim to improve your child’s focus, flexibility, balance, reflexes, and coordination. Classes for beginners (white belts) meet two times a week and classes for advanced students (blue and yellow belts) meet three times a week.

According to Sensei Matsumoto,….by the time of getting a rank of blue belt, you will see so much improvements in their attention span, muscle strength, just social skills and so on.

Big Kids (ages 5-10)

This 1-hour class will focus on karate basics, as well as basic block-and-give-back and other fighting techniques. The class will also aim to improve your child’s flexibility, reflexes, coordination, and stamina.

Teens (ages 10-15)

This 1 hour class will focus on karate basics, as well as basic block-and-give-back and other fighting techniques. The class will also aim to improve your child’s  flexibility, reflexes, coordination, and stamina while practicing proper dojo edicts and manners, and proper body conditioning to strengthen one’s mind and spirit.

Weapons

For yellow belts and above, this 30 minutes class will focus on the basics and katas of traditional Japanese weapons such as bo, tonfa, nunchuk and sai.

Afterschool

We have classes for kids and teens every weekday afternoon, and offer a low monthly rate for unlimited classes, to make afterschool extra-affordable.

We also currently teach an afterschool karate program at one of Manhattan’s many public schools. If you’re interested in having us talk to your child’s school (public or private) about creating a karate afterschool program there, please speak with Sensei Matsumoto.