Grandview Isshinryu Karate

06/01/2026

Check out these kid camp opportunities you don't want to miss!

✨🎉 SUMMER CAMP GIVEAWAY TIME! 🎉✨

Want your child to attend an entire week of summer camp with The Party Palace for FREE?! 🩷👑

We are giving away:
🌟 ONE FREE FULL WEEK CAMP REGISTRATION 🌟
(A $180 value!)

This year’s camps include:
💖 KPop Demon Hunters Camp
🧚 Fairy Camp
💚 Wicked Camp
❄️ Frozen Camp

Our camps are packed with magic, themed activities, crafts, dancing, games, music, character interactions, and unforgettable summer memories! ✨

TO ENTER:
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✨ TAG 5 friends with kids who would LOVE camp too!
(Tell us which friends your child would want at camp with them 👀💖)

⭐ ALREADY REGISTERED? You can STILL enter! ⭐

If you’ve already paid your non-refundable deposit and win the giveaway, your deposit will stay applied, but the REMAINING balance for your full camp week will be completely FREE! 🎉

BONUS ENTRIES:

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Winner announced: Friday June 5th!
*Will be announced in a separate post. Anything commented, etc is s-p-a-m*

⚠️ Spots are limited and camps are already beginning to fill, so don’t wait to register if your child definitely wants a spot!

We’ve been creating magical summer camp memories for YEARS and cannot wait for another unforgettable summer with your kiddos! 🩷✨

05/30/2026

GIK's Aubree Willis competed at Jimmy J Croley 39th Annual Panhandle Championship Tournament in Panama City, FL today and finished with 1st in Black Belt Girls Sparring, 2nd in Black Belt Weapons and 2nd in Black Belt Kata! She competed with the boys in the Kata and Weapons divisions, and was the only girl competing in those divisions. Great work, Aubree 🤩🏆

05/29/2026

A round of applause for our newest member of the Grandview Isshinryu Splits Club! 👏👏

05/25/2026

05/24/2026

Age in karate isn’t a finish line, it’s a different starting point.

In karate, youth gives you speed, power, and recovery. Age gives you something far rarer: economy. You stop wasting movement. You stop fighting your own body. A 20-year-old wins with explosiveness. A 70-year-old wins with timing, angle, and 50 years of reading intention in an opponent’s shoulders. The punches get slower but the reasons behind them get faster.

Most sports bench you when the joints complain. Karate just changes your job. You go from competitor to technician to teacher to guardian of the art. The dojo needs the white belts who can do 100 pushups, but it survives because of the black belts who remember why we bow. Age doesn’t retire a karateka. It refines one. The belt might fade, the knuckles might stiffen, but the spirit only gets more dangerous — because it’s had decades to learn patience.

05/17/2026

The most challenging lesson on self defense night....setting out your own mats 🙃😁 Team work 💪

05/10/2026

Congratulations to Little Beginner Kaydence on her recent induction into the Splits Club 👏Kaydence has older siblings in a later class and she stretches and works on improving her flexibility while she waits for her older siblings to finish their class every week. She has accomplished so much in her short time training so far 🫶 Great job, Kaydence!

05/05/2026

Incredibly proud and honored to have students recognized as Finalists by the IHOF for their categories of Karate-Ka of the Year. This category is special to me because it includes more than individual Isshinryu accomplishments; it spotlights those students who serve their community, are humble role models, and whose presence and impact in the Dojo are unmatched. They don't seek validation or the attention; they seek respect and contribution.

Congratulations on this high recognition from the IHOF as a Finalist:

William Borowski - Adult Male Karate-Ka of the Year

Lincoln Roy - Youth Male Karate-Ka of the Year

Arie Post - Youth Female Karate-Ka of the Year

THE WAIT IS OVER.

After reviewing 500+ nominations from across the country and beyond, the Isshinryu Hall of Fame Board of Directors has made its decisions.

💥 The Top 5 Finalists in all 17 categories are officially set.
🏆 The 2026 Hall of Fame Inductees have been selected.

These are the individuals who represent the very best of our system—
dedication, legacy, leadership, and impact.

This isn’t just recognition…
This is history being written.

Please see the graphic for the announcements and tag anyone you know on the list! Spread the word!

If you haven’t made your plans yet, now is the time You can still take advantage of the Early Bird pricing until May 10th!!!

📍 Gatlinburg, Tennessee
📅 July 17–18, 2026

Be there to witness it. Celebrate with us and Be there to be part of it.

👉 Register now: www.theihof.com