Karate RX

🎄Merry Christmas everybody!!! 🎄

Thank you all for being a part of the Karate RX community. Stronger martial arts wouldn’t be possible without every single one of you!

Enjoy your holiday break and we’ll see you on the mat again soon!

Last Saturday Karate RX had belt testing without Coach Sean! 😱 (I was sick)

Coach Lauren and Coach Yena stepped up and tested students for their Orange Belt and Green Belt promotions.

I’m so proud, happy and excited for not only all our students who earned their new belts - but also Coach Lauren and how she has grown into such a strong, caring and capable leader.

Congratulations everyone. I know how hard all of you worked to prepare for this test and I’m sorry I couldn’t be there. ~ Coach Sean

Hoodies are HERE!

Boy do they look good! If you preordered one we will be giving them to you or your student when they come to class!

(If you sent us a note that it’s for Christmas we will smuggle it to you!)

If you didn’t pre-order but would like to buy one, comment what size and if we have any extra we will hold it for you!

Please help us in wishing Coach Emma a happy birthday today! 🥳

We hope you have a great day today Coach Emma!

Also, check out this costume made from scratch! I was very scared.

This Saturday at 2pm Reese will be taking a 3 hour test to earn her black belt.

She has been working hard for over 5 years to reach this milestone that most do not. We would love for our students to be here to cheer her on and see what a black belt test looks like!

A few HOCO pics of some of our students.

Scroll ➡️ to see Coach Landon and Coach Emma! 😊

Our student spotlight tonight is Simon Shivers.

Simon passed his purple belt test last Saturday after 3 failed tests prior. He spent almost 10 months working towards earning his purple belt.

It is commendable for students to prepare and pass tests. It is a different kind of perseverance to not give up and keep working toward a goal when it seems like you’ll never reach it.

All of us are so proud of Simon for not giving up and all of the extra work he put into meeting the requirements for this test.

I’m also very grateful for his parents and grandparents who kept bringing him to class on the days he didn’t feel like coming and for trusting us with their little boy.

Yesterday was a great day of testing for a handful of our students!

I’m very proud of how knowledgeable everyone is with their test material and the energetic focus displayed yesterday.

I don’t have any pics of our yellow and orange belt testers so feel free to send me some! 😬

This week we are spotlighting Coach Landon!

Landon is one of our founding members, joining with a red belt in 2018. After a lot of extra work to learn a ton of new curriculum, he is the second person to ever earn a black belt at Karate RX.

Landon now teaches classes and competes regularly. I'm very grateful to have an employee who works diligently, sets a great example for our students, and isn't afraid of new challenges.

Proud of you!

It's time for some COACH Yena appreciation!

Yena has been at KRX for almost 3 years. She started on Saturday mornings with Fitness Kickboxing. For those of you who train with her it may be hard to believe, but she was very quiet!

A few round kicks into her first class it became very apparent she had trained before. After some inquiry she revealed that she had earned a black belt in Tae-Kwon-Do when she was growing up.

She trained during the pandemic online and convinced her daughter Addie to join in as well. When we opened up for classes again she began training in our karate program with her daughter.

Everything Yena does in her life is done to the best standard possible. She earned her 2nd Degree black belt here despite her deep hatred of running. She trains more at home and puts in more preparation for her karate training than any student I have ever taught.

She started competing when we started our competition team almost two years ago. She researches tournaments and thinks of new creative movements for our forms all of the time.

Yena loves organizing social events and put together a fantastic 5 year celebration party in June for the kids and the adults.

On top of all this she teaches our youngest competition team and is preparing them for their first tournament in a few months.

Thank you for all of your hard work COACH Yena!

So proud of our competition team who competed yesterday in the GoldBar National Karate Tournament!

KRX took home a bunch of rings and more importantly everyone has improved and got more experience in the competition setting.

Let’s celebrate, rest a bit and then get back to work so we are even better at our next tournament.