Kids’ Seido Karate

A positive classroom environment is essential to a child’s ability to learn. At Thousand Waves, we present karate to children as a body, mind, and spirit practice. The mental and physical elements of Seido Karate improve their fitness, concentration, and coordination.

We are committed to maintaining a classroom culture of discipline, cooperation, and respect where young people can practice asserting themselves, taking on leadership, working as part of a team, and solving conflicts non-violently as they become fit and learn skills to keep themselves safe. We provide learning experiences that are developmentally appropriate. Our spirit-building and non-competitive environment challenges every child to always try their best and enables them to feel proud of their effort.

We assign multiple teachers to each class, ensuring low student-teacher ratios and plenty of individual attention to help new students succeed. You do not need to have any previous karate experience or to be in good physical condition – we ease each new child into training slowly and safely while making sure they have fun, too!  

The skill-building Seido Karate syllabus introduces material through a step-by-step process. A ranking system of earned patches, belts, and certificates rewards students’ efforts and progress. When a student has memorized the curriculum and demonstrated commitment by taking the required number of classes, we invite them to promote to the next level in a celebratory public recital.

Thousand Waves has been at the forefront of developing martial arts and personal safety curricula for children throughout its history. We teach age-appropriate skills in boundary setting and physical self-defense, empowering young people to be make waves in their communities by resolving conflicts peacefully.