Keystone Karate

Here are some of the dragon class (ages 3-7) showing some of the leadership skills the kids are being taught. Also they began counting in Korean.

Reminder bring your weapons tonight. T-shirt sweatshirts are in. Other clothing and gym bags also available for purchase

Just picked up t shirts and Hoodia orders they will be available this evening also for pick up

Reminder I will have clothing and gym bags available for purchase this evening. Weapons Night bring your Weapons. New students we have spares. Dragons chucks Night

Looking forward to seeing everyone tonight. Dodge ball and back to basics night.

Happy new year to everyone. Looking forward to seeing everyone on Monday. Pyramid will not be charging anyone in January if you were a member in December. Monday will be Dodgeville and Basics night.

Merry Christmas Everyone

Save the date: Monday December 21st. PJ Christmas party night. Beginning at 530pm . All classes. We will go until 8 pm. Pizza and drinks provided.

Part 1 of the series Basic Techniques What are basic techniques? Well, basics are the stances, strikes, blocks, kicks, and combinations that make up everything we do. Basic techniques are called the foundation since without solid basic techniques, we would crumble. A large chunk of time is spent on basic techniques during most classes. When viewed by onlookers, basic technique practice looks very cool but not applicable to actual combat. This post will debunk that opinio...n. First, I will give an overall explanation of the purpose of basics, then I will further explain some of the specific subsets within basic techniques. Overall In general, the practice of doing basic techniques is for the following: Muscle memory-repeatedly doing the same thing over and over will train your body to be able to eventually do it without thinking. Executing techniques fully-without a partner to work with, you can do the techniques with full range of motion and with full power. Details-doing a single technique over and over will allow you to analyze its effectiveness, maximize speed and power, and ensure details such as striking area are correct. Breaks down complicated applications-doing a single technique at a time will allow you to perfect the technique prior to adding it to other techniques in a more complicated sequence. Stances When you look at a karate stance, you often see long, wide, and low. It looks impressive but then you think, no one would actually stand like that in a fight. You would be right and wrong. If you watch two people fight, you will never see a horse stance, front stance, or back stance being held by one of the fighters. If you look closely though, you will see glimpses of the stances, however. The primary reason for stances is stability. If someone were to push, pull, strike, or attempt to throw you, a proper stance will help ensure your balance and posture remain intact. By moving from stance to stance and doing basic strikes from stances, we are maximizing our power and learning to do them from a stable configuration.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone

Just a reminder no classes tonight or tomorrow, classes resume on Monday.