If you would like to try out a class, or if you know someone who may want to try it, feel free to give the dojo a call. The Throgs Neck Shotokan Karate-Do dojo focuses on teaching one of Japan's most practiced and most traditional styles of karate. The chief instructor, Sensei Angel Mercado II, has trained for over twenty-five years under the Japanese Karate Association (J.K.A.), Traditional Karat
e International (T.K.I.), and the Shotokan Karate-Do International Federation (S.K.I.F.). Classes focus on intense workouts keeping to the traditional curriculum of Kihon, Kata, and Kumite (Basics, Form, and Sparring). Learn a means of self-defense? Know someone who could be interested? Give a class a try. There's no contracts and you could always jump onto the training floor before joining to see if it's right for you. Contact information is available in the listed website below.