Stevenson Fitness

Sport Karate is a modern athletic approach to traditional martial arts.  It is literally the best of both worlds. We  maintain the traditional aspects of the art form through forms, one step and self defense.  However, it is taught using approaches and exercises commonly found in modern sports strength and conditioning.  Students learn life skills such as respect, self discipline, leadership, and confidence while becoming great athletes.

While many styles of martial arts overload students with tons of memorization, Sport Karate focuses more on performance.  Many younger students are already bombarded with school and extracurriculars. Our Sport Karate program memorizes less and trains more.  After all, the better martial artist is the one who is faster, more agile, stronger, etc, not the one who knows more forms or techniques.  So instead of adding more stress, Sport Karate is a stress release.  Students will look forward to attending class and participating.

Furthermore, since the classes are taught with an athletic mindset and focus, it is absolutely great cross training for students who play soccer, baseball, and other sports.

Sport Karate is great for people who already have martial arts experience!  It is centered on the execution of skills, so it is easy to get up-to-speed and does not focus on over-curriculum memorization.  Sport Karate is an easy transition for the martial artist who feels he or she has plateued or is a little bored.

ALL NEW STUDENTS WITH PRIOR EXPERIENCE KEEP THEIR RANK!

But most importantly, the classes are simply FUN!

A quick bit of my background…I have over 25 years of martial arts experience.  I have black belts in Tae Kwon Do, Hapkido and significant experience in judo and boxing.  I have competed on a national level in Olympic Style Tae Kwon Do and in open forms on the NASKA circuit.  In addition, I have done stunt work in several television shows and feature films, and did over 10 years of martial arts work for the Children’s television show, “The Power Rangers.”  I ran one of Cleveland, Ohio’s most successful martial arts studios for 10 years.  I teach some of the best and most crowded cardio kickbox classes in the area.  I am a certified strength and conditioning specialist– one of the most difficult and sought-after certifications in sports-training. All of this combined should tell you that Stevenson Fitness’s Sport Karate program will be one of the most well-rounded, positive, fun, exciting, and beneficial programs on the planet!

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