FOOTHILLS KARATE YYC

PHONE 403-397-2931


Dojo address: #215 153 Avenue SE,
Calgary, Alberta T2X 2K2
Email: info@fkkc.org
Email: fkkcorg@gmail.com
SMS: 403-397-2931

NOW REGISTERING FOR SPRING 2025

SHŌRIN-RYŪ

Okinawan Karate ... the original Karate




 

WELCOME TO OUR WEBSITE

FOOTHILLS KARATE YYC is Calgary's only full-time karate school offering instruction in Okinawan Karate. It was founded January 1 2000 by Sensei Ken Larkman, a black belt instructor with with more than 47 years of experience practicing and teaching classical martia arts.

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HISTORY OF OKINAWAN KARATE

Okinawans first developed a self-defence art called te, literally meaning "hands". Te predates karate. In 1609, the Satsuma clan of Japan subjugated the Ryukyu islands and banned all weapons and practice of martial arts. Despite this 300 year ban, te was practised in secrecy between midnight and dawn in the most remote places and so it was preserved and passed down from father to son in the samurai class. In 1904, when Anko Itosu introduced as a mandatory physical education requirement in public schools in Okinawa, karate ceased to be a hidden martial art.

THE PHILOSOPHY OF KARATE

"karate ni sente nashi"
"There is no first attack in karate"

“Karate is self-training in perfection...It is a training in efficiency. It is a training in self-reliance... for it enables a person to meet any situation with exactly the right expenditure of effort... and it gives him control of his otherwise wayward mind so that neither physical danger from without nor rampant passion from within can dislodge him.” - (Nagamine, 1998, p.14)

Dojo textbook

Effective immediately, the official texbook of our karate school is:

  • The Essence of Okinawan Karate-do by Shoshin Nagamine

This book is available from most booksellers in paperback, hardback and electronic formats.

DOJO CALENDAR

Today is Apr-25 2025.

SPRING 2025
Apr-25 2025 SEMINAR Day 1: Sensei Steve Trombley
Apr-26 2025 SEMINAR Day 1: Sensei Steve Trombley
Apr-27 2025 SEMINAR Day 3: Sensei Steve Trombley
Apr-30 2025 No Wednesday morning classes
May-02 2025 Spirit of The North Tournament (St. Alberta)
May-07 2025 No Wednesday morning classes
May-09 2025 Belt exam - eligibility list published
May-10 2025 Champion Karate Tournament (Calgary)
May-19 2025 Dojo closed - national holiday
May-31 2025 Karate Alberta Provincials (Calgary)
May-31 2025 Dojo closed - for Provincial tournament
Jun-07 2025 Belt exam
Jun-21 2025 Dojo closed - national holiday
Jun-25 2025 Last classes of Winter/Spring session
Jun-26 2025 Dojo closed - start of summer break
Jun-27 2025 Dojo closed - start of summer break
Jun-28 2025 Dojo closed - start of summer break
Jun-29 2025 Dojo closed - start of summer break
Jun-30 2025 Dojo closed - start of summer break
SUMMER 2025
Jul-01 2025 Dojo closed - national holiday
Jul-02 2025 First classes of the summer session
Aug-04 2025 Dojo closed - national holiday
Aug-28 2025 Last classes of the summer session
Aug-29 2025 Dojo closed - end of summer break
Aug-30 2025 Dojo closed - end of summer break
FALL 2025
Sep-01 2025 Karate Alberta fees due
Sep-01 2025 Dojo closed - national holiday
Sep-02 2025 Dojo closed - end of summer break
Sep-03 2025 Dojo closed - end of summer break
Sep-04 2025 Dojo closed - end of summer break
Sep-05 2025 Dojo closed - end of summer break
Sep-06 2025 Dojo closed - end of summer break
Sep-08 2025 First classes of Fall session
Sep-30 2025 Dojo closed - national holiday
Oct-11 2025 Dojo closed - national holiday
Oct-13 2025 Dojo closed - national holiday
Nov-06 2025 Belt exam - eligibility list published
Dec-06 2025 Belt exam
Dec-23 2025 Last classes of Fall session
Dec-24 2025 Dojo closed - Holiday break
Dec-25 2025 Dojo closed - national holiday
Dec-26 2025 Dojo closed - national holiday
Dec-27 2025 Dojo closed - Holiday break
Dec-28 2025 Dojo closed - Holiday break
Dec-29 2025 Dojo closed - Holiday break
Dec-30 2025 Dojo closed - Holiday break
Dec-31 2025 Dojo closed - Holiday break
WINTER 2026
Jan-01 2026 Dojo closed - national holiday
Jan-02 2026 First classes of Winter/Spring session
Feb-16 2026 Dojo closed - national holiday
Feb-28 2026 Belt exam - eligibility list published
Mar-28 2026 Belt exam
SPRING 2026
Apr-03 2026 Dojo closed - national holiday
May-13 2026 Belt exam - eligibility list published
May-18 2026 Dojo closed - national holiday
Jun-13 2026 Belt exam
Jun-21 2026 Dojo closed - national holiday
Jun-27 2026 Last classes of Winter/Spring session
SUMMER 2026
Jul-01 2026 Dojo closed - national holiday
Aug-03 2026 Dojo closed - national holiday
FALL 2026
Sep-07 2026 Dojo closed - national holiday
Sep-30 2026 Dojo closed - national holiday
Oct-12 2026 Dojo closed - national holiday
Nov-05 2026 Belt exam - eligibility list published
Nov-11 2026 Dojo closed - national holiday
Dec-05 2026 Belt exam
Dec-25 2026 Dojo closed - national holiday
Dec-26 2026 Dojo closed - national holiday
WINTER 2027
Jan-01 2027 Dojo closed - national holiday
Feb-15 2027 Dojo closed - national holiday
Feb-27 2027 Belt exam - eligibility list published
Mar-26 2027 Dojo closed - national holiday
Mar-27 2027 Belt exam
SPRING 2027
May-05 2027 Belt exam - eligibility list published
May-24 2027 Dojo closed - national holiday
Jun-05 2027 Belt exam
Jun-26 2027 Dojo closed - national holiday
SUMMER 2027
Jul-01 2027 Dojo closed - national holiday
Jul-01 2027 Dojo closed - national holiday
Aug-02 2027 Dojo closed - national holiday
FALL 2027
Sep-06 2027 Dojo closed - national holiday
Sep-30 2027 Dojo closed - national holiday
Oct-11 2027 Dojo closed - national holiday
Nov-04 2027 Belt exam - eligibility list published
Nov-11 2027 Dojo closed - national holiday
Dec-04 2027 Belt exam
Dec-25 2027 Dojo closed - national holiday
Dec-26 2027 Dojo closed - national holiday
... more to come

OKINAWAN KARATE
VS.
JAPANESE KARATE

The video below very effectively explains the differences between the original karate, Okinawan Karate, and modern karate, Japanese Karate.

VID
 

CLASS SCHEDULE

 
K-12 BEGINNER KIDS
6:00PM-7:000PM
6:00PM-7:00PM
9:30AM-10:30AM
TUESDAY
THURSDAY
SATURDAY
 
ADVANCED KIDS (INVITE ONLY)
6:00PM-7:000PM
6:00PM-7:00PM
9:30AM-10:30AM
MONDAY
WEDNESDAY
SATURDAY
 
ADULTS
7:15PM-9:00PM
7:15PM-9:00PM
11:00AM-NOON
MONDAY
WEDNESDAY
SATURDAY
 
DAYTIME ADULTS
11:00AM-NOON
11:00AM-NOON
11:00AM-NOON
MONDAY
WEDNESDAY
FRIDAY
 
 

WKF KARATE SCHEDULE

 
7-12 KIDS TRAINING
6:00PM-7:00PM
FRIDAY
 
YOUTH/ADULTS
8:15PM-9:00PM
8:15PM-9:00PM
8:00AM-9:20AM
TUESDAY
THURSDAY
SATURDAY
 

TUITION & OTHER FEES

Fees Schedule for April-2025
Monthly tuition - all students $100.00+gst
Belt test fee $40.00+gst
 

NEW STUDENT PACKAGE

Details coming soon.

REFERENCE VIDEOS

MATSUBAYASHI-RYU
Oyodamaria Passai VID
Wanshu VID
Rohai VID
Chinto (Taira Yoshitaka) VID
Yakusoku Kumite VID
Yakusoku Kumite # 1 (Lara Chamberlain) VID
Yakusoku Kumite # 2 (Lara Chamberlain) VID
Yakusoku Kumite # 3 (Lara Chamberlain) VID
Yakusoku Kumite # 4 (Lara Chamberlain) VID
Yakusoku Kumite # 5 (Lara Chamberlain) VID
Yakusoku Kumite # 6 (Lara Chamberlain) VID
Yakusoku Kumite # 7 (Lara Chamberlain) VID
Pinan #5 VID
Pinan #4 VID
Naihanchi #2 VID
Naihanchi #1 VID
Naihanchi #1 (Lara Chamberlain) VID
Gojushiho (Lara Chamberlain) VID
Fukyugata Ni VID
Fukyugata Ni VID
Pinan #1 VID
Pinan #2 VID
Pinan #3 VID
Pinan #4 VID
Pinan #5 VID
14 staff blocks VID
ANANKU VID
KUSANKU VID
Maezato no nunchaku VID
Shiromatsu no Kon Ichi VID
Fukyugata ichi VID
Wankan VID
Wankan VID
Yakusoku Kumite VID

OTHER
Hohan Soken - Matsumura Ueseishi / Useshi (Gojushiho) VID
Tokumine no kun VID
Sakugawa no kon VID

SHIDOKAN
Pinan Shodan / Pinan Nidan VID
Pinan Nidan / Pinan Shodan VID
Pinan Sandan VID
Pinan Yondan VID
Pinan Godan VID
Naihanchi Shodan VID
Naihanchi Nidan VID
Naihanchi Sandan VID
Matsumura no passai VID
Itosu no passai VID
Kusanku sho VID
Shinto / Gankaku VID
Kusanku sho VID
Tesho VID
Jion (Version 1) VID
Jion (version 2) VID
Fukyugata Ichi VID
Useishi / Gojushiho VID
Matsumura no passai VID