Privacy Policy

Thousand Waves Foundation (dba: Thousand Waves Martial Arts & Self-Defense Center, NFP) is a 501c3 corporation incorporated in Illinois.
Our website address is https://thousandwaves.org.

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If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

What rights do you have over your data?

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

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Akismet

We collect information about visitors who comment on Sites that use our Akismet anti-spam service. The information we collect depends on how the User sets up Akismet for the Site, but typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).

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Schedule a Free Adult/Teen Karate Trial Class

Select a day & time for your trial class and complete the form below.
If your preferred day and time is not available, please call 773.472.7663.

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    Set up a Free Trial Class

    Select a day & time from our kid's class schedule, then complete the form below.
    If you hope to schedule a trial class for today, please call 773.472.7663.

       ◊ Little Kicks are 4-5 years old. Little Kick classes are 30 minutes in length;
       ◊ Juniors are 6 years old thru 2nd grade; classes are 45 minutes in length;
       ◊ Youth are entering kids 3rd grade in Fall 2021 thru 11 years old;
       ◊ Teens 12-14 may train in Youth classes and Teen & Adult classes (while paying child rates);
       ◊ Teens 15-17 train in the Teen & Adult white belt classes and Adult color belt classes (while paying child rates);
       ◊ Youth and Teen classes are one hour (in person) and 45 min (virtual).




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      We will contact you to finalize the trial class appointment and with information for attending the class.

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