09/05/2014
Parents: Protect Yourself and Your Children Now!
You may have read in the news last week about a young 17-year old girl, Katelyn Beard, who was kidnapped and killed. According to the website, crimelibrary.com, "An astounding 2,300 Americans are reported missing every day, including both adults and children." Even more alarming is that "Reports of missing persons have increased six fold in the past 25 years, from roughly 150,000 in 1980 to about 900,000 this year. (crimelibrary.com/criminal_mind/forensics/americas_missing/2.html)
With reports of increasing abductions, crime and gang activity, illegal immigration, the threat of increased terrorism in our homeland, as well as bullying and fighting in schools, are you doing everything you can and should to keep yourself, your spouse, and your children safe?
Cordova Shotokan Karate offers you a way to learn how to protect yourself and your family, while getting in better shape both physically and mentally.
How? Through traditional hand-to-hand self-defense training, known as Shotokan karate.
Unlike most "commercial" martial arts schools, our Shotokan karate classes teach real self-defense — the type you and your children can use if (heaven forbid) one of you needed real protection. More than that, our karate classes offer a fun way to get in shape, make friends, and develop mental discipline and character.
For a limited time, we are offering THREE FREE SELF-DEFENSE TRIAL CLASSES for both adults and children (age 8 or older). If, after those three free classes, you want to train regularly with us, it's only $75 a month, with no contract or commitment. That's about half the price of other martial arts classes AND it's much higher quality, realistic self-defense training than many "commercial" martial arts schools.
Our karate instructors, Black Belts Steve Ethridge and William Ragin, are ranked by one of the most recognized and best respected, karate masters in the world, Mr. Tsutomu Ohshima. Mr. Ohshima was a top student of the founder of Shotokan Karate, Master Gichiin Funakoshi and was the first person to bring karate from Japan to the United States. That means that our instructors are just two steps away in lineage from the founder of the Shotokan style of karate and that we offer some of the highest qualify karate training in the world. Very few people in the world can offer that very valuable qualification.
Mr. Ohshima founded Shotokan Karate of America (SKA) in 1956, meaning that is the oldest karate organization in the United States. SKA is a world class, worldwide organization, with 70 schools ("dojos") in the United States and affiliates organizations in 17 countries. Our students who join SKA are privileged to train with Mr. Ohshima, other SKA seniors, and in any of our affiliate dojos throughout the world.
Some of our longest-term students have been families who have had both parents and children training together. Karate is one of the few types of exercises where parents, children, and siblings, can all enjoy training together. Yet, you can come alone as well. We currently have students ranging in age from 9 to 77.
Karate practice strengthens the mind, develops composure a clearer thought process, deeper insight into one's mental capabilities, and more self-confidence. It strengthens the entire body, improves coordination, quickens reflexes, and builds stamina and overall health.
Additionally, unlike other sports like those taught in schools (e.g., football, soccer, basketball, cheerleading, etc.), karate is a skill that you can use and enjoy for life.
We have had people join our class who had significant physical challenges (such as lack of coordination, over weight, etc.) and/or mental challenges (such as ADHD, stuttering, lack of self-confidence socially), and after several months of training with us these problems have completely disappeared. Our instructors know how to adapt the training to each individual's needs so that each person gets the maximum benefit out of karate
Here is just one quote from a parent of three of our students:
"3 of my children began studying at Cordova Shotokan Karate in early summer. My children have very different personalities but the instructors have met each child at their level. Steve and William have bolstered each child's strengths and helped each to train his weakness. They have learned so much in a very short time. Steve is very passionate about his art and he shares that passion with my children" (http://dojos.info/CordovaShotokanKarate/Reviews.aspx).
You will want to come learn true self defense and get in better shape both physicall and mentally. You never know when you or one of your family members might need real self-defense skills.
An astounding 2,300 Americans are reported missing every day, including both adults and children. Only a tiny fraction of those are stereotypical abductions or kidnappings by a stranger.
