FAQs
- How did you get started doing this type of work?
Our teacher died, and I decided that was unacceptable.
- What types of customers have you worked with?
We teach classes in Isshin-ryu karate and Okinawan weapons. Our approach to the martial arts is called "Budo" which roughly means to perfect oneself through rigorous physical training coupled with applied philosophical learning. Each of our students come looking for different things. Parent have one set of goals; children another and adults still another. About the only people we disappoint are those interested in championships or displaying ego.
- What advice would you give a customer looking to hire a provider in your area of work?
The benefits of martial arts training are NOT inherent to the training itself, but to the teaching of it. Accept this and you're on your way to a good experience. Good martial arts teachers often give the impression they're trying to talk you out of joining. (And in some cases they are.) Combat is for real; so is life. True martial arts is neither a sport nor a kiddie game. (That doesn't mean it can't be enjoyable, too!) Three things to think about: The Marine Corps teaches its marines karate, not MMA. Fact. When 'karate' is taught only to children, and something else taught to adults - there's usually a reason for the quotation marks. A gym is not a dojo, an athlete is not a karate-ka, and violence is not an art. Too many people are unwilling to drive past one karate school to get to another. ("They're all the same, right?") You need to ask yourself if that's how you choose a doctor.