Sarnia Karate - Santoku-Ryu Bujutsu Kai

03/21/2026

Fridays a wrap! Come join us Saturday and sunday!

03/19/2026

Come join us at the Sarnia Sports and recreation show at the Dante Club this friday to sunday 20th-23nd!

Santoku Ryu and Rise Movement Co will have a booth set up!

(That means class is canceled friday evening)

03/18/2026

“Karate is to discipline the mind and the body and to have compassion. This will build a complete character to become a great person”. - Kuda Yuichi No Tanmei from his Dojo Kun

Thank you to Sensei Fred Ettish for sharing this!

03/18/2026

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03/16/2026

Want to learn genuine practice self defense? Interested in learning about Okinawan and Japanese culture? Want to get active and challenge yourself physically and mentally?

Sarnia Karate - Santoku Ryu Bujutsu kai is the place to be. with both an adult and youth program, we welcome any skill set, or age group!

Santoku Ryu means "three virtues style". Those virtues being patience, self discipline and humility. A foundation built on these ideals allows for a safe, healthy and inclusive environment.

Head over to www.sarniakarate.ca or www.risemovementco.ca to sign up for classes!

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02/28/2026

Some makiwara fun after class!

02/28/2026

What a great friday class! Explored pinan nidan and shodan bunkai, and delved into the relationship between shotokans heian kata variation to our shorin ryu pinan kata and how to connect applications across the unique perspective that are shown in the kata's performances.

02/22/2026

New makiwara almost finished! Get ready for unique lessons dedicated to makiwara training. This training tool is designed to help develop your foundation. The board flexes on impact, giving resistance when you strike it, this resistance tests your stance, rooting, alignment, all things that help you produce stronger and more effective strikes!

01/16/2026

Karate classes are returning! Jump on the new studio website for class options!

Discover the unique experience at Rise Movement Co. Sarnia's only pole studio that features a variety of different classes.

11/04/2025

Maai and the code of kata.

In class a student said that some of the close work that we do in applications feels irrelevant because he wouldn’t let someone get that close to him in the first place. This raises a good point. Why would you let someone get that close to you to make the grabs, chokes or other attacks?

Every system has presuppositions; the code by which the experiences of the teachers has been codified into a transmissible form. We call some of this “kata”. When you look at the kata’s presuppositions it is usually assumed that you have already been attacked and you’re responding from a position of disadvantage. You are already making lemonade out of lemons. This is known as go no sen; a response to someone else’s initiative. Very few kata begin with a combative posture. That tells you something. Yoi is not the position to take when you know you are about to get punched in the face. The opening move of kata is what happens when you are being attacked.

Moreover, when we explore bunkai we begin to understand that the applications are not at the endpoint of strikes, but in the transitions. If all you want to do is think about endpoints, you only need to kick the bag and punch the makiwara and then kickbox. There would be no need for kata. And that is ok, but it is not Okinawan Karate. Karate assumes you are beginning from a position of disadvantage, that you’re already on the bottom of things and that you didn’t have a chance prepare yourself or get away. The distance (maai) is not determined by you.

10/17/2025