Think before you move,
Think while you move,
Stop thinking,
Do.

Private lessons are ideal as part of an overall fitness program to focus on specific issues of injury prevention, self-esteem, stress relief, weight loss, strength, flexibility, and coordination. In addition, private lessons with Michelle Gay CMA, RSME/T will introduce you the rich world of non-verbal communication. They will help you to improve your form and function, expand your movement choices, and learn to recognize and fully capitalize on what you already do well!

Intro to Karate

An introduction to protocol, terminology, and basics of WK karate. This is an ideal class for those who prefer one-on-one instruction prior to committing to group classes. These individualized sessions will also provide you with a professional assessment of your physical strengths and challenges as they relate to the practice of World Kanreikai Karate.

$100.00 per hour class
$450.00 for 5 class card
$900.00 for 10 class card

Private Sessions

Each session is designed to meet the clients' specific day to day needs and overall goals. These specialized sessions are a combination of martial arts and movement disciplines including, karate, tai chi, boxing, Laban Movement Analysis, Bartenieff Fundamentals, Body-Mind Centering, and general fitness exercises and principles.

Recommended guidelines for private and semi-private sessions

Weight loss (minimum 3 sessions a week)
Strength/flexibility (minimum 2 sessions a week)
Injury prevention and management (minimum 1 session)
Injury risk assessment (minimum 1 session)
Stress reduction (variable)

$125.00 per session
$595.00 per 5 sessions
$1125.00 per 10 sessions

 Lunch Box Private and Semi-Private Sessions

Available directly before or after regularly scheduled lunch box group classes. 

 Semi-private (2- 3 people) $35.00/30 minutes

$50.00/30 minutes (10% less, if you book and pay for more than one session at a time).

Private classes

Intro to Karate - Children 5+
This is an ideal class for those who prefer their children to have one-on-one instruction prior to committing to group classes. These individualized sessions will also provide you a professional assessment of your child's physical strengths and challenges as they relate to the practice of World Kanreikai Karate.

$75.00/45 minute class
$350/ 5 classes
$575/10 classes

Private Karatekins Sessions for children

Ages 2 - 5
$50.00/30 minute session
$237.50 5 sessions
$450.00 10 sessions

A developmental movement approach to learning basic karate. Each session is a combination of child initiated movement activities and individual exercises which help develop coordination, focus, balance, co-operation, and whole body integration. Children learn karate related movements and vocabulary at their own pace in a supportive and encouraging atmosphere.

Michelle Gay CMA, RSME/T is a Laban Certified Movement Analyst, Registered Somatic Educator and Therapist and mother of two teenagers in NYC. She is the author of Brain Breaks for the Classroom; Quick and Easy Breathing and Movement Activities That Help Students Reenergize, Refocus and Boost Brain Power - Any Time of the Day! published by Scholastic Books.

She integrates  specialized movement knowledge into her instruction of karate and self defense and has taught children and adults since 1997. She is currently completing her studies in Infant Developmental Movement Education with the School of Body-Mind Centering.

Infant Developmental Movement Education is a highly sophisticated and subtle approach to the facilitation of normal movement patterns in infants. The goal is to help set a foundation that supports pathways of ease, strength, agility and adaptability and to help avoid restrictive patterns of movement that inhibit the development of the full potential of the child.