Grand River Karate

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10/13/2026

Tradtional Okinawan Karate
Teaching and training for over 30 years.

This comprehensive karate program is non-competitive and focuses on self-defence, fitness and life skill enhancement. Classes are taught by experienced black belts who provide exceptional instruction. Sign Up Now! Or contact us for more details!

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10/07/2026

How does your brain change when you keep showing up to class? Here is an interesting take on that.

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10/07/2026

On feeling your visualization in your body

If you practice Naihanchi, can you feel Chibana’s motions in your body?

Or try this. Do a kata with full effort and then sit down and close your eyes and visualize doing the kata from inside of yourself. Can you feel the movements in your body? If that is difficult, watch someone do a kata that you already know and see if you can feel it in your body as they move.

One time after class we asked Sensei if he could mentally feel kata or partner work in his body when he sat or stood still. He said “yes”adamantly and said “this one’s important!” That was his way of saying it was really important. I asked if he tried to feel it in an “on purpose” sort of way and he said “yes, all the time.” I said that I couldn’t do it when I was laying on my side, but I could do it if I was laying on my back or standing or sitting. He wasn’t sure for himself and said he would have to think about that at home.

It was a few days later when I saw him again and he said he could do it in any position. He then said it’s important to feel the makiwara when I punch it in my thoughts, too. He laughed and said, “make sure you do both sides.”

Visualization helps to neurologically wire the paths of the brain in a similar manner to when you actually do the physical motion.

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10/05/2026

Happy Teachers Day, this includes our Senseis!
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09/29/2026

Karate is for life.

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