After school Program at Royal Oaks.

We are proud to announce that starting February 2nd, 2010, Shihan Joseph Claycomb and the Academy of Karate are starting a new after school program that will teach kids the benefits of exercise and life skills through Karate.

The Program is expected to have a high turnout and AOK will be hosting a Graduation Party for all participants.

The course will be 6-weeks in total and will include a Karate belt, t-shirt and sports bottle for the first twenty enrollments.

For more information about our program visit us on the web at www.duartekarate.com or contact Shihan Claycomb at 626-599-1633.

KNIFE Defense Seminar with Sensei Rick Duffy

AOK will be hosting a Knife self defense seminar on Wednesday November 18th at 7 30 pm.

All are welcome to take part in this FREE seminar and we encourage you to invite your friends and co workers too. Everyone can benefit from learning self defense awareness and tactics to avoid serious injury.

Sensei Rick Duffy is the chief instructor if the Rancho Cucamonga - Universal Martial arts Centers "UMAC " and a close friend of mine as well as a great martial artist.

Sensei Duffy is going to be conducting this seminar as the first of many meetings between our two schools while strengthening the relationship between our academies for the sake of growth and progress in the martial arts.

For more information please contact me at 626-599-1633

To visit Sensei Duffy's website click here: http://www.umackarate.net

Lyoto Machida UFC 104 Workout

FIlipino Martial arts Classes

AOK is now hosting Filipino Martial arts classes in Duarte. Guro Jason Cruz is the chief instructor of Legacy Martial arts Studio and has been training in the martial arts since he was a child and is very passionate and energetic. Any and all who try just one class with Guro Jason love his intensity and knowledge. To try a Free class contact Jason at 909-575-8809 or visit his website at www.submissionkali.com

Classes are on Tuesdays and Thursdays 7:30 - 8:30 pm located at the Academy of Karate, 2163 Huntington Dr. Duarte, CA 91010

Hope to see you all there !!

Kawasoe Kihon Kata

This is by far the best Video demonstration of Karate Fundamentals.
This is a 4 volume DVD series called the Kawasoe Way.

FINALLY! SHOTOKAN SUPREMACY IN THE UFC WITH IT'S NEW CHAMPION!

THE ERA OF MACHIDA AND SHOTOKAN KARATE HAS BEGUN!!

It has been a long time coming in the world of MMA and CAGE fighting to finally witness the effectiveness of Traditional Shotokan Karate.

"My MIND is my sword and my BODY is my blade" - Lyoto Machida

Machida is now an impressive 16 wins and zero defeats in mixed martial arts competition, with his last two matches being KO's, which only goes to show that he is not only a good fighter but he is also an expert of his art.

Lyoto earned his black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jutsu in 2007 and is also proficient in SUMO. However, when you watch him in the ring you cannot help but realize that he is truly a shotokan stylist with more ability to be more elusive and quicker than anyone.

Many people like to discredit his Karate background as the main reason for his success and mention the fact that he is also a BJJ practitioner. The fact is, BJJ does not teach the footwork and lightning speed striking that seems to be the key to his success. Not only is he statistically the least struck in UFC history, Lyoto has also managed to keep the lowest rate of being struck by punches with no more than 1.5 punches per round to actually land on him.

That is impressive!

"The Spider" Anderson Silva is known to be the best fighter to ever fight in the UFC but even he has lost at least one round. Machida on the other hand still has not lost one round to date! (his most recent fight was his toughest test and he lost 2 very technical rounds against Shogun Rua but managed to take the match)

Say what you will about the man, he is boring to those who do not understand tactical fighting skills and strategies of traditional Karate, but he is very exciting to those of us who have been training the same techniques as Lyoto has for the last 30 years.

Just like the majority cheer for someone passing the guard on the ground getting ready to do some ground and pound, we cheer for his speedy footwork and tactical counter striking.

I think SHOTOKAN will gain a lot of popularity from Lyoto's success and I also believe that Lyoto is here to STAY!

Word is his brother is entering in to the UFC at the light weight divisions and he is been said to be much more aggressive than Lyoto. Watch out MMA world, Here comes SHOTOKAN Karate at its best!

New FAN PAGE for AOK on FACEBOOK

We are happy to announce our new Facebook fan page. Please feel free to join our fan base as we keep you up to date with all of our events and activities.

We will be publishing new photos and videos as well.

Coming soon:

Technique and Kata Instruction Clips

Academy of Karate on Facebook