KENPO KARATE

Brought together in 1947, Kenpo is a martial art form with strong roots in traditional Okinawan karate and Japanese Jujitsu, combined with Chinese Gung-fu and Korean Tang soo-do. When Kenpo reached the west coast of the mainland United States in the 1950's it spread quickly from California to the American east coast and then up to Canada by the 1960's. Mike Foley Sr. studied in Montreal Quebec, Canada in the 1970's and in turn, taught his sons the art of Kenpo.

Kenpo is widely recognized as a complete form of self defense and as a tremendous training system for competitive sport karate and kickboxing practitioners. Our Kenpo classes have a well structured belt system that takes between six to ten years to progress through depending on training habits, conditioning, attention to detail and consistency.

Our Kenpo classes are divided into four separate categories in order to accomodate for the age of practitioners and the size of classes. The material is the same but the means in how it is taught varies from category to category. Look for age restrictions in each of the categories listed below.

Super Start Karate (age 5 & 6)

Super Start Karate is our foundation program for younger children. A very well structured program, it fouses on teaching kids basic skills in martial arts through play. A fun and focused environment to learn self defense technique or to start your child down a competitive martial arts path on the right foot. The goal of this program is to get a younger child to the level of yellow belt by the age of six in order to begin the Kids Karate program with a solid knowledge base.

Kids Karate (ages 7 to 12)

Any child at our academy has the choice to pursue competition or to just embrace martial arts as a form of self defense and a helathy life choice. Our Kids Karate program is a fantastic way for kids to be active and learn self defense skills that they will have throughout their entire lives. It is not like any other organized sport. Kenpo karate is something your child will carry with them long after they grow up and become adults. Being able to defend themselves is a skill that every child must learn and if they do wish to become a competitve student, our kids classes are filled with fun, sport specific activities lead by knowlegeable and experienced competitive coaches, to help them achieve their goals.   

Kenpo Karate (13 and up)

Kenpo karate for adults is a structured system of self defense, physical fitness and, if you wish, competition. If your goal is to gain the knowledge to defend yourself and get in shape, then this is the class for you.  Our Kenpo program is structured around five belts for the adults - white, yellow, green, brown and black. Learning this art is a lifestyle. You gain self awarness and knowledge of your own body's capacity for movement. Once you train in Kenpo, you will be more flexible, physically stronger and more confident and centred.

Lineage:

William Chow > Adriano Emperado > Sonny Gascon > Walter Godin > George Pesare > Jean Guy Angell > Mike Foley Sr. > Michael Foley