Shotokan Karate, The complete art. Studied in full, trained under a direct Japanese lineage — striking, tradition, self-defense,
and the sport of Kickboxing it produces.
A sport has rules. Self-defense doesn't. That's exactly why the complete art matters. Shotokan karate is a full system of self-defense — striking, blocking, evasion, footwork, joint control, off-balancing, and the timing and distance management
that govern all of it.
Kata preserves the art's complete technical library, including everything competition rules leave out: strikes to vulnerable targets, escapes, close-range defense. And it's a study, not just a workout.
Shotokan is trained progressively for a lifetime — every rank deepens your technique, your understanding, and your discipline. It sharpens the body and orders the mind. That's why it has survived, unchanged in its principles, from Funakoshi to this floor.
that govern all of it.
Kata preserves the art's complete technical library, including everything competition rules leave out: strikes to vulnerable targets, escapes, close-range defense. And it's a study, not just a workout.
Shotokan is trained progressively for a lifetime — every rank deepens your technique, your understanding, and your discipline. It sharpens the body and orders the mind. That's why it has survived, unchanged in its principles, from Funakoshi to this floor.
TAUGHT UNDER A DIRECT JAPANESE LINEAGE
What you learn here traces in a straight line to the source: Master Masatoshi Nakayama, to Kancho Toshiatsu Sasaki (8th Dan, founder of the JKMO), to Shihan Joseph Claycomb (7th Dan), Technical Director of JKMO USA.
That lineage isn't decoration. It's the guarantee that every technique on this floor is the art as it was built — not a copy of a copy, not a style invented for a strip mall.
When we say authentic Shotokan, that's the receipt.
What you learn here traces in a straight line to the source: Master Masatoshi Nakayama, to Kancho Toshiatsu Sasaki (8th Dan, founder of the JKMO), to Shihan Joseph Claycomb (7th Dan), Technical Director of JKMO USA.
That lineage isn't decoration. It's the guarantee that every technique on this floor is the art as it was built — not a copy of a copy, not a style invented for a strip mall.
When we say authentic Shotokan, that's the receipt.
ADULT MARTIAL ARTS CLASSES IN FONTANA, CA
SHOTOKAN KARATE & KICKBOXING
MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 8:00–9:30 PM LIMITED TO 20 STUDENTS
SHOTOKAN KARATE & KICKBOXING
MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 8:00–9:30 PM LIMITED TO 20 STUDENTS
ONE ART — INCLUDING ITS SPORT
Kickboxing is not a separate art. It's Shotokan expressed inside a sport ruleset — the art's striking, tested full-contact under competition rules.
Kickboxing the sport lives inside the art, and always has. That's why our adult training is a collective. (Karate and kickboxing) train together on one floor, and the drills cross over constantly: kihon builds your striking mechanics, pad work pressure-tests your technique, sparring develops the timing both expressions demand.
The art is the catalyst — our kickboxing is what happens when Shotokan fundamentals enter the ring.
It built our champion. Study the whole art, and the sport is included. It doesn't work the other way around.
TYPES OF TRAINING IN THIS PROGRAM:
- KIHON FUNDAMENTALS - (kicking, punching, blocking, striking, evasive movement)
- KICKBOXING FUNDAMENTALS and Drills (Kickboxing Techniques, Partner Drills and Mitt work)
- BASIC SELF DEFENSE - (grabs, holds, chokes, strikes, pushes and ground attacks.)
- POINT KARATE & Light CONTACT SPARRING
- KATA - Traditional forms and applications
- FITNESS (cardio and strength)
- BAG-WORK, PAD-WORK, TARGET TRAINING
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Shotokan Karate is known for its elusive footwork, speedy hands and undetectable kicking. If you are seeking to enhance your martial Arts fighting skills or just looking for some KILLER sparring techniques, Join us and come feel the amazing impact Shotokan Karate can have on you!