TOP-RATED MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOL IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA

Stop by to see why we are rated as the Top Karate School in Phoenix.

Professor Flo Teule, PhD (1st dan) trains in karate with Dan Graffius (2nd dan)

Karate, Kobudo, Self-Defense and Samurai Arts for Adults and the Family at 60 W. Baseline Road. At the corner of Mesa, Gilbert and Chandler.


 Karate and Kobudo have been inseparable since the King Shoshin of Okinawa outlawed bladed
weapons in the 15th Century. Only recently have many schools stopped teaching the art of kobudo.
At the Arizona School of Traditional Karate in Mesa, traditions live on and we practice many Okinawan
weapons and Japanese samurai weapons along with karate. Here Ryan Harden is training with Tonfa.

Traditional Karate
by Arizona School of Traditional Karate - Mesa

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Sensei Bill Borea (2nd dan) trains with Professor Neal Adam,
PhD (5th dan) with bo and tonfa.

Sempai Rich Mendolia trains with Sensei Paula Borea (2nd dan) using katana (sword) and
naginata (pole-mounted sword).

 

 

 

 

 

Sensei Kyle Linton (3rd dan) trains with Hanshi Andy Finley

 

(7th dan) with tanto (knife)

 

Training Memories In Karate

A remarkable clinic was held in Corbett Gym on the UW campus in 1996. During that year, we were lucky enough to bring Dai-Soke R. Sacharnoski to teach Juko-Ryu Kijutsu to an international group who traveled to Laramie to train in this amazing martial art. During the clinic, we learned how to strengthen our necks so we could take hard blows to the throat, we learned how to accept kicks to the groin (although was not easy), kicks to the ribs, and punches to the stomach. At the end of the clinic, we witnessed a few JKI members take the master test.

Juko Kai Clinic at the University of Wyoming. Dai-Soke
Sacharnoski sits in front at center.

This was the most incredible martial art I had ever witnessed. These people accepted full-force strikes to the neck from four different people (all at the same time), took full-force kicks to the groin and ribs, and full-force strikes to the solar-plexus while blind folded. I can tell you that no one held back on the strikes and kicks as the striking members voiced their willingness to have the opportunity to see if these people could withstand their best shots - and most did. Those members who passed the test and were successful showed no effects whatsoever from the strikes and kicks. To me, this was amazing, as I had always been taught in the past that many of these were killing blows.

University of Wyoming Karate and Kobudo Club - 2001

After watching and training with Dai-Soke Sacharnoski, it was apparent to me that he is the best martial artist in the world - and over the past 45 years, I've had the opportunity to see many of the best martial artists in the world - but no one compares to his abilities!

VISIT OUR HUMBLE HOMBU IN MESA, ARIZONA

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Our center is open to the public - we focus on Adults and Families. Come learn the traditions of Okinawan Karate & Kobudo, where much of the class is conducted in Japanese and English to help students learn Japanese. We also teach meditation, philosophy and martial arts history interjected in karate classes. Our schedule is as follows

FEES

We have some of the lowest rates in the East Valley. No sign up fees. Start as soon as you pay for your first lesson or first month. You can pay either month by month or day by day - its up to you.

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