Competitive World. We live in a competitive society. As parents, our job is to equip our children with the life skills it will take to be able to survive in our competitive schools and market place.

Black Belts Started as White Belts…they just Never Quit! (Training our youth to be achievers, not quitters.) As an instructor I frequently hear this from parents; “When my son/daughter first joined karate they were so committed and now they sometimes complain when it’s time to go to class. Should I let them quit?” The fact is that at sometime between White Belt and Black Belt most everyone will go through a dry spell where they question their desire to continue in their training.

So how much exercise or diet do I need to lose weight? Answer: You need to be in a calorie deficit of about 1000 calories a day to lose two pounds per week. The most accepted way of doing this is to cut 500 calories from your diet and to add 500 calories of exercise to your routine.

National Karate School Motto: Might For Right National Karate instructors stress that self-defense skills must never be misused or abused. Our school motto is 'Might for Right,' which means our karate is our Might and is only used for the Right reasons. Traditional Commands: Charyo (CHAR-ee-oh)-Attention: Feet together, hands firmly to the side.

The Tenets of National Karate School Only by facing our fears and understanding our weaknesses will we discover strength, confidence and security. We experience satisfaction and happiness as a result of our diligent effort to improve our art. We will be exhilarated by our efforts even if we are not immediately successful.

Developing an individual's complete ability cannot be accomplished without the tournament experience. Competition is the best way to accelerate learning. Tournament competition provides the most effective training for real self-defense, especially when combined with other aspects of training (Grab releases, pad strikes, etc.).

There has been a lot of news about child abductions recently. It is a sad reflection on life today that our children are the targets of predatory behavior. Here is a scary fact: 2/3 of all CONVICTED sex offenders are not in jail, but live in our neighborhoods.

Over the past 35 years that NK has existed, we have on occasion, been approached from various outside martial arts organizations to expand our curriculum to include whatever martial art is (was) popular at the time. Everything from Kung Fu (Chinese MA popularized by the Kung Fu TV series) to Tae Bo (Billy Blanks hugely popular video “martial arts” exercise series) to Jui Jitsu and other types of grappling arts to Krav Maga (Israeli self defense program) have been proposed to us . The people who ...