Summer 2024 T-Shirts Pre-Order – Ends April 5th!

During the warmer days of Spring and Summer, May 1st to September 30th, we allow our students to wear a KKA t-shirt in place of their Gi top. They can only wear a KKA-branded t-shirt and every year we offer a limited edition Summer design.

With that in mind, we are happy to be releasing our Summer 2024 T-shirt for pre-order only! 

You must place your order by April 5th in order to receive the exclusive design.  This is a limited-time offer and these can only be ordered now.

You can order your shirts via your Zenplanner account and they will be available for pickup at the dojo starting May 1st. 

This years theme is: Purpose

Order Links: 
Summer “Purpose” Purple
Summer “Purpose” Teal

We look forward to seeing our students in these new t-shirts soon!

Promotions: Monday 4/8 – 5:30 – 8:00pm – No classes this day. Junior Yellow+ Belt Promotion: Saturday 4/13

We excited to announce that our next promotions will be taking place soon! They will take place over two days, as follows:

General Promotion:

  • Date: Monday, April 8
  • Time:
    Peewees: 5:30 – 6:00pm
    Juniors: 6:00 – 7:00pm
    Youth/Adults: 7:00 – 8:00pm
  • Location: In the dojo

Junior Yellow and Higher Promotion:

  • Date: Saturday, April 13
  • Time: 12:30pm
  • Location: In the dojo
  • If you are eligible for promotion, you will receive an email letting you know.
  • Parents are welcomed and encouraged to attend. There will be numerous photo opportunities.

All classes normally scheduled for this day are postponed until the following week. Our normal schedule resumes on Tuesday, April 9.

Green Hair Buddy Day: Saturday March 16

Click here to register for this event
Note: Only buddies should register, not current students

We want you to have fun! Want to join us?

On Saturday March 19, join us for special classes just for the students and a friend, in honor of St. Patrick’s Day: Green Hair Buddy Day! This will take place during our regular class hours:

PeeWees (4 – 6 y.o.):
9:00am – 9:30am
Juniors (7 – 9 y.o.):
9:30am – 10:15am
Youth (10 – 12 y.o)/Adult (13+):
10:15am – 11:00am

Every student is encouraged to bring a friend. We will all work on our karate basics and our conditioning and best of all… HAVE FUN!

To be silly and fun, we’d like you all to wear some kind of green “hair”. Be fun, be creative, but please don’t use any hair coloring or sprays. And we’re going to work out outdoors, so buddies should wear comfortable, weather-appropriate clothes.

Click here to register for this event
Note: Only buddies should register, not current students

Parent’s Night Out – Friday, February 9th, from 6:00pm-9:00pm

Parents, do you need a few hours to yourself? 

Let us entertain your student(s) with some karate, weapons training, arts and crafts, games, pizza, and the movie Elemental.

Please remember to register early since we have limited spots and this is our most popular one!

Date: February 9th
Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Movie: Elemental

Theme: Follow Your Passion

Click here to register

Kagami Biraki – 鏡開き – First Training of the New Year: Saturday, January 6th, 2024

Date: January 6th, 10am to 11:30am – Kagami Biraki!
Location: The parking lot in front of the dojo
Tailgating is encouraged!

In keeping with Japanese martial arts tradition, we will hold our first class of the year, Kagami Biraki 鏡開き, (read more here) on January 6th.

This class will be open to all students of all levels and ages and to our parents and caregivers as well! So we hope everyone will show up and help us work up our first sweat of the New Year!

We’ll be on the in the parking lot in front of the dojo, so make sure to dress warmly and wear your full gi (students) or clothes appropriate for for workout (everyone else)!

Also, please wear athletic shoes (that tie), bring a yoga mat, towel or other soft surface (for our core work) and a bottle of water.

And once our class is done, we hope everyone will stay around and have a little tailgate party! Consider bringing warm food and drinks to share with our fellow students and their families.

Looking forward to everyone being there and to having a great time training together!

Holiday Parents’ Night Out

Need to get some shopping done for the holidays? Just need a moment for yourself?

Then join us for our Holiday Parents’ Day Out. We will be dong lots of fun stuff:

  • Karate
  • Games
  • Crafts
  • Watching a Holiday-themed movie
  • Pizza!!!

Come dressed to play and have some holiday fun!

Dojo Will be Closed For the Holiday Season: Monday, Dec. 25th – Mon, Jan. 1st


The dojo will be closed a few days during the Holiday Season.

The dates we’ll be closed are:
Monday December 25 – Monday January 1, 2023.

Our normal class schedule resumes Tuesday January 2nd.

Join us for Kagami Biraki, our first training of the New Year on January 6th. Read more here.

Please have a happy and safe holiday season, keep working on your material and conditioning and we’ll see you back in the dojo in the New Year!

Dojo closures – Thanksgiving Thurs. Nov. 23 & Sat. Nov. 25

Turkey Day is nearly upon us! Did somebody say stuffing?! Mmm…

Considering everyone will be so full and enjoying time with their families and friends, the dojo will closed during the Thanksgiving Holiday.

No class on Thursday, November 23th or Saturday, November 25th. Our normal class schedule will resume on Monday, November 27th.

Be well, enjoy your time off and be ready to train hard when you get back.

Thank you for making our Holiday Sale and Celebration a Success!

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Thank you everyone for showing up on Saturday and supporting the dojo… it wouldn’t be a wonderful day without you all.

We had a great time with the outdoor classes (broken down by belt ranks) and lots of wonderful feedback from students saying “how much they liked it” and “we should do that sort of training more often.” 

Thank you so much to everyone that contributed to the House of Ruth fundraiser during the Holiday Sale!  We were able to raise $250 and we are still accepting donations during classes. If you are still interested in making a donation, please let the front desk know and they will help you!

The winner of the basket will be announced on Dec 14.

Thank you so much to our community for supporting such a wonderful cause!