Childrens Program

4-5 Year Old “Little Warriors” Classes -

This exciting Little Warriors class is age-specific for 4 & 5 year olds only! We don’t mix them with older children because of their shorter attention span, and physical, and motor development. They are taught karate techniques, stranger-danger responses, motor development exercises, basic Japanese terms, and dojo etiquette. The director and head instructor for this program, Leticia Gonzalez, has the following credentials:

Certified Black Belt in Hayashi-Ha Shito-Ryu Japanese Karate
Master of Arts in Education, Our Lady of the Lake University
Bachelor of Arts, UT Austin
Texas State Board for Educator Certified:
Physical Education, Grades 1-8
Early Childhood Education, Grades 1-8
Kindergarten, Grades PK-KG
Counseling- All levels
Please see location schedule under About Us, or call 1-877-679-KICK (5425) for more details.

Karate After School Training Program (6-12 yr olds)

Our Karate ASP consists of four components:
1. Traditional Japanese Karate
2. Character Development
3. Health, Fitness, & Nutrition
4. Motor Development

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Brief description: Once we pick up the children from school and arrive at Sanchin, they snack and change into their karate uniform (gi). They will then have any combination of motor development activities and social games before their full one-hour traditional karate class. The karate class may be prefaced with a short character development lesson or a health, fitness, & nutrition lesson. The children will then be taught basic, intermediate, or advanced skills depending on their level. These lessons include: basic techniques (blocks, strikes, and kicks), application of these techniques (one-step and three-step sparring, free-style sparring), kata patterns of self-defense (and their applications using different self-defense scenarios). In addition, children will learn basic Japanese vocabulary and terms, history, and etiquette.

This is a Junior Black Belt Program that, in addition to their karate training, is designed to develop leadership skills, confidence, self-control and self-esteem- traits that they need and will greatly benefit them in and outside the dojo, and indeed, in their whole life. Please call us for additional information and rates at 1-877-679-KICK (5425).

Summer Karate Training Camp (6-12 yr olds) –

Sanchin Karate Dojo is one of the finest schools in San Antonio and is offering a fun-filled, great learning experience. Summer training camp includes: Character Development, Japanese Oregami, martial arts movies, martial arts rolls/falls, and of course, our traditional Japanese KARATE. These classes (about seven per week) emphasize self-control, respect for self and others, and self-discipline. In addition, students will have the opportunity to socialize and make new friends!!!

Children’s Evening Karate Classes (6-12 yr olds) –

These exciting traditional karate evening classes are for 6-12 year olds, and meet twice a week on either Monday & Wednesday or Tuesday & Thursday evenings.  Students learn basic Japanese vocabulary and terms, dojo etiquette, along with their karate lessons. Our lessons cover basic, intermediate, or advanced skills depending on their level. These include: basic techniques (blocks, strikes, and kicks), application of these techniques (one-step and three-step sparring, free-style sparring), kata patterns of self-defense (and their applications using different self-defense scenarios).
 

This is a Junior Black Belt Program that, in addition to their karate training, is designed to develop leadership skills, confidence, self-control and self-esteem traits that they need and will greatly benefit them in and outside the dojo, and indeed, in their whole life. Please see location schedule under About Us, call 1-877-679-KICK (5425) for more details.