Community Karate Center

Sensei Neil had the privilege and honor of going back to his roots and competing at The Classic karate tournament today for a full-circle moment.
Sempai Michael stepped up to join him, and together they secured 4 medals and a Grand Champion win.

And that’s a wrap for .
Yesterday, we closed the doors at our dojo after 6.5 absolutely amazing and transformative years.
Making the decision to close a successful family business wasn’t an easy one. The relationships we have built with our students and their families are deep and special.
We know their strengths, and their weaknesses.
We have laughed with them, cheered with them, cried with them, and built an amazing space to both grow in a community as well as individually and on a spiritual level.
While we have truly enjoyed teaching and learning and growing over the years, we are ready for the next chapter in our lives. We are ready to have more time as a family to explore our other passions and hobbies and to figure out how karate will manifest itself into our next adventures.
Every single student has touched our hearts in some way and we will carry those lessons and those people with us for the rest of our lives.
Thank you to everyone in the community for your support and kindness, it has been the adventure of a lifetime!

We had our last grading yesterday at . What an emotional day! So proud of all of you for sticking it out until the very end, for not giving up and for pushing yourselves across the finish line. And of course this isn’t really the end by any means, because karate stays with you forever. Congrats to everyone including our two newest black belts! 🖤⛩️

Reminder that the dojo is closed Wednesday and Thursday for Thanksgiving. 🦃🍁🍠🥧🪶

Thanks to everyone who came out to our family bonfire last night! It was a great evening with great people 🍁🔥🪵

Please help us wish Michael a very Happy Birthday!

This Veterans Day is especially poignant for us at CKC because Sempai Michael’s son Alex is currently at Army bootcamp and Airborne Training.

Make sure to think about the men and women who are serving our country and who have served us in the past so that we can remain a free nation. 🇺🇸

CKC's Black Belt Club 🖤🥋⛩️