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

• SENSEI FLOYD BURK PROMOTED TO 10TH DAN 
  grandmaster Of The Martial Arts this past September in Nashville, Tennessee. The rank was issued by a panel of Grandmasters including Bill "Superfoot" Wallace, 10th Dan, and with the blessings of Sensei Burk's instructor, George W. Owens, 10th Dan.  12/23/2009 6:12:42 PM
• PEACHTREE TRAINING CAMP 
  set for March 27th at Santee City Hall building 8P. Kids and Adults will enhance their knowledge and skill at our annual event which will include karate, oriental weaponry, Northern Shaolin kung fu (taught by guest instructor Sifu Rob Moses) and more. Look for flyers soon.  2/17/2010 5:28:46 PM
• STARFIGHTER X TOURNAMENT SERIES 
  kicked off in February and will continue in Alpine on April 17th. Then, there will be another tournament in Santee on May 15th which will conclude the first half of the season.  2/17/2010 5:20:41 PM

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The dojo is a place of enlightment and happiness. Leave all non-positive talk for a different time and place.
- Sensei Floyd Burk

The Dojo is a Place of Enlightenment and Happiness.