Welcome!

Welcome to Trad Am Karate in Santee and Alpine, California. We offer great youth and adult karate training at these two locations and participants can train individually, or as a parent and child duo or trio. In fact, an entire family can block, punch and kick their way to better physical and mental fitness, heightened focus and concentration and improved confidence and self-esteem. A favorite motto here at Trad Am is, "the family that punches and kicks together, sticks together."

Trad Am Karate teaches Traditional American Karate (TAK), an eclectic martial arts system that began in Southern California in 1982. TAK is based on shorin-ryu, shotokan and kung fu and incorporates techniques from judo, jujutsu, aikido, American Karate, kenpo and kickboxing. To learn more, click "About TAK" on the tool bar, and then come on over to the dojo and get started. Remember, a thousand mile journey begins with the first step, and if you've gotten to this web-site, you are already moving forward. Thanks for visiting our web site and we appreciate your interest in Trad Am Karate.

Dojo News

• TRAD AM TO PERFORM AT STREET FAIR 
  come out to the Santee Street Fair May 26th and observe a performance by our dojo demo team.   5/1/2012 3:41:13 PM
• STARFIGHTER I-8 FREEWAY SERIES 
  May 4th and 5th. Compete in Santee on Friday night, then head down I-8 and compete in Alpine on Saturday afternoon. Falcon Award goes to top competitors of both events. Get your flyers from your instructor.  4/30/2012 6:53:23 PM
• STARFIGHTER XII  
  will continue with the third and forth events Friday May 4th in Santee and Saturday May 5th in Alpine. Remember, compete in 3 of 4 tournaments and receive a free Starfighter t-shirt  4/30/2012 10:57:01 PM

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