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Karate for Adults

Thousand Waves teaches martial arts as a holistic fitness program to help you build strength, stamina, and spirit. Immediate benefits include increased flexibility, balance, and muscle tone. Workouts are vigorous and challenging for adults of all ages, physical abilities, and fitness levels.

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Karate for Kids

A positive classroom environment is essential to a child’s ability to learn. We present karate to children as a body, mind, and spirit practice to improve their fitness, concentration, and coordination. Kids also learn age-appropriate skills for dealing with bullying and other forms of violence.

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Self-Defense

Empowerment self-defense is rooted in mental, verbal, and physical skills that help keep us safer from violence in all its forms.  From short workshops to in-depth courses, we offer programs for individuals and groups centered on the realities of violence that are likely to impact us the most.

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Today’s Classes

Thursday, June 18, 2026
Register for class online at MindBody (not required)

12:30 pmAdult Blue to Black Belts
12:30 pmAdult White Belts
4:15 pmJuniors
5:00 pmYouth & Teens - All Levels
6:00 pmAdult Blue to Black Belts
7:00 pmAdult White Belts
7:00 pmGreen to Black Belts
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Upcoming Events

  • Wed Jul 1  White Belt Registration Deadline: Zen Shin: Seido 50th Anniversary Camp

  • Fri Jul 3  Closed for Independence Day

  • Sat Jul 4  Closed for Independence Day

  • Mon Jul 6  Camp Kokoro Session 1 Starts

  • Sun Jul 12  Self-Defense Workshop (Ages 15+) (1:00 pm-4:00 pm)

  • Fri Jul 17  Juniors Color Belt Promotion Test (4:15 pm-5:30 pm)

  • Fri Jul 17  Adult Color Belt Promotion Test (6:00 pm-8:00 pm)


Thousand Waves Martial Arts & Self-Defense Center fosters fitness, healing, empowerment, and peacemaking by promoting healthy minds and bodies through violence prevention, self-defense, and traditional martial arts programs for adults and children of all ages.