Karate New York-Karate NYC-Kanreikai Karate Classes New York City

New at SFMAI

Good Guy/Bad Guy Self-Defense Workshop Tuesday August 10th, 7:30 - 10:00pm $50.00

Instructors

Sensei Michelle, SFMAI's Executive Director, is a martial artist, Laban Certified Movement Analyst, Registered Somatic Movement Educator and Therapist and has a background in professional dance and theatre. Along with her regular SFMAI schedule of classes and special workshops, she teaches Anatomy and Kinesiology at the Manhattan Center for Alexander Technique, is on the guest faculty for the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies, Dalton High School, and Broadway Dance Center. Her first book "Brain Breaks For The Classroom" ,published by Scholastic, is due for release this fall.

Sensei Maria Van Dessel

Sensei Maria has been involved in the martial arts as student, competitor, judge, coach and teacher for nearly twenty five years. After a number of years as a dance student, she was seeking another field of movement training. She began practicing Eizan Ryu Jujitsu in 1981, drawn by techniques which allowed a smaller person to control a larger attacker.

Gary Lai

Gary Lai has instructed martial arts at New York Martial Arts Academy, Revolution Studio, Physical Arts Center, and various academic schools and independent studios. He has studied Bruce Lee’s Jeet Kune Do Concepts with Dan Inosanto, the primary instructor for Bruce Lee’s martial arts school, Burton Richardson, Chad Stahelski and with others in the same lineage. He has also performed as a martial arts stuntman in commercial and screen work.

Sang Kim Sensei

Sang Kim sensei, Yondan - US Batto Do Federation/Zen Nihon Toyama Ryu Iaido Renmei Nidan - Sei Zan KaiYondan studied with Bob Elder sensei (6th dan kyoshi) and Hataya Mitsuo sensei (9th dan Kaicho of the Zen Nihon Batto Do renmei). He was first introduced to sword at age 12 through kendo. He's been practicing Toyama Ryu and Battodo since 2000.

Professor Jucao

Jucao holds the rank of fifth degree black belt professor. In his 30 years of training and teaching ju jitsu. Professor Jucao fas formed internationally recognized athletes, both as champions and professors of ju jitsu, capable of teaching and fighting anywhere in the world. As a competitor, he has been in over 1000 ju jitsu matches, won gold medals at the Pan American Games in Los Angeles in 1995 and 1996, and took the gold medal at the European Championships in Portugal in 2004.

Tony Ortiz

Tony Ortiz, founder of New York Eskrima, has an extensive background in a variety of martial arts, including San Miguel Eskrima, Pekiti Tirsia Arnis, Boxing, Thai boxing, and Wing Chun. In addition, he is certified in personal training, pre- and post-natal training, and USAW weight lifting.

Class Descriptions

Instructors Series

Workshops introducing a bias-free movement language to gain insight into yor own movement patterns to increase and sharpen your observational skills, and develop alternative strategies for coaching and teaching.

Articles

I began my martial arts training when I was 18 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan at a Tae Kwon Do Dojang in a steamy basement of an old warehouse soon to be demolished. I was a slothful youth in a community where those who had “athletic talent’ were encouraged and given resources. Resources came from the blood sports-hockey mostly but football too. With small size and zero movement capacity I was soon weeded out.