


Welcome to Karate offers what you need to begin successful martial arts training.
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Bruce Cost introduces dojo principles, traditions, etiquette, and involvement along with technical support for :
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• Blocks
• Kicks
• Strikes
• Body Shifting
• Sparring
• Kata
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You'll benefit from clear explanations accompanied by anecdotes, history, humor and encouragement. Sensei Costa will arm you with necessary insights before class -- and reinforce your training experiences after class -- to drive your enthusiastic return to the dojo time and time again.
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176 Pages • $18.95 softcover
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Bruce Costa, Chief Instructor
For well over four decades, Sensei Costa has studied Shotokan Karate and other disciplines with many of the world's most respected instructors.
He is a passionate teacher, successful entrepreneur, professional speaker, published writer, student of mindfulness meditation, and the father of three grown, professional, socially engaged children.
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Our karate family welcomes you toward a most challenging and rewarding lifestyle. Read about what we can do to uncover the best version of you in our hand-made, traditional dojo. Granite Forest Dojo, or watch a 4 minute video about us.

Our Causes:
We’ve asked ourselves: if our training is hard, what can we *really* do?
Take a glimpse at some of our philanthropic efforts.
There are still 1.1 billion people who can't access clean water. Our friends at Lifetime Wells International are volunteers who will put 100% of your donation toward the materials to build an entirely new well.

GENE CHING
Gene Ching and Bruce Costa delve into the world of karate in their recent Youtube video. Check it out to learn about this fascinating martial art.