April 2026 Rank Testing
The April 2026 Rank Testing will be held on Saturday, April 25th. Students in all four Kids Divisions as well as Adult students will be testing on this day.
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Advanced Brown Belt Review Class: Adults, Blackbelt Teens
1st Kyu Advanced Brown Belts and Shonen Shodan have their last review class of 2026 to prepare for blackbelt selection.
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Hana Yori Dango — Dumplings over Flowers 花より団子 [edition 2026]
Substance over style, necessities over luxuries. Karatedō teaches us to deeply consider true value and to prefer it to empty cosmetics and shallow things and people. A karateka is a man or woman of substance, as well as style — but substance first.
Advanced Brown Belt Review Class: Adults, Teens, Youth
1st Kyu Advanced Brown Belts and Shonen Shodan will have a review class available to prepare for blackbelt selection. This is the second of several planned review classes in 2026 and the only one for Youth Division students.
Parents Guide: Goals — Mokuteki 目的
Once Identity and Purposes are defined, the real payoff happens: Goals can be designed, tasks specified, and real-world results happen.