Emerald City Karate

🎟️ SUMMER RAFFLE WINNER! 🎉

All summer long, every class our students attended earned them another ticket in our Summer Attendance Raffle—and the prizes are rolling out! 🥋☀️

🎯 Congratulations to James, who just won our awesome X-Shot Nerf-style blaster! 💥

And if you’ve been thinking about trying karate, our new White Belt session has officially begun! Everyone is starting from the beginning, so this is the perfect time to jump in, learn alongside other beginners, and start your journey toward BLACK BELT! 🥋

🥋 SUMMER CAMPERS—YOUR STRIPES COUNT! ⭐

What an EPIC summer! From Star Wars and Ninja Camp to Harry Potter, Secret Agent, Avengers & more, our campers learned more than just how to have an awesome time—they took their first steps in karate!

Many campers earned their Memory Stripe by learning to count 1–10 in Japanese, and some even earned their Bronze Stripe! 💪

🔥 And those stripes carry over!
Join our regular classes this fall and your child can start their karate journey with the stripes they already earned at camp.

Our White Belt classes are starting from the beginning RIGHT NOW, making this the perfect time to jump in!

And parents—you can train too! 👨‍👩‍👧🥋 Get off the sidelines, get on the mat, and start working toward black belt together.

Beginner classes: Monday–Thursday + Saturday

Your journey toward greater confidence, focus & success starts here.

🥋 We’ll see you on the mat!

Hanshi Tobey teaches you how to tie your karate belt! 🥋🚀

One of the most important first steps when starting karate is learning how to tie your karate belt correctly. Check out Hanshi Tobey showing you two ways to tie your belt correctly!

🥋 SHUDOKAN BLACK BELTS — WE NEED YOU!

Our Black Belt Tests are this Friday, August 28 at 6 PM at Emerald City Karate!

We’ll begin with Shodan, Nidan & higher Dan testing, followed by a large group of Shodan Ho candidates taking on the challenge of earning their black belts.

I’m calling on Shudokan black belts to come join our judges panel! Share your experience, offer insights, and help our students become even stronger martial artists as we celebrate this huge step in their journey.

I’ll also be heading back to Japan soon to teach at Roots Karate Dojo in Yokohama, so this is a great chance to come help with the test and visit before I leave. 🇯🇵

Hope to see you on the panel! 👊🥋

Some words of wisdom from Sensei Oscar! 🥋💪