FOOTHILLS KARATE YYC |
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PHONE 403-397-2931 |
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Dojo address: |
#215 153 Avenue SE, Calgary, Alberta T2X 2K2 |
Email: | info@fkkc.org |
Email: | fkkcorg@gmail.com |
SMS: | 403-397-2931 |
PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTION IN: |
SHŌRIN-RYŪOkinawan Karate ... the original Karate ![]() |
WKF (OLYMPIC) KARATERecreational & Elite Athlete Development ![]() |
WELCOME TO OUR WEBSITE |
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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 |
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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. |
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF KARATE |
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"karate ni sente nashi" “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) |
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Our dojo textbook |
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Effective immediately, the official texbook of our karate school is:
This book is available from most booksellers in paperback, hardback and electronic formats. |
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BELT EXAMS SCHEDULE |
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Belt tests are conducted three times per year. The next exam will held:
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REGISTERING FOR SPRING 2025 |
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We are now registering new students for the Spring 2025 session. |
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MONTHLY TUITION |
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Our tuition fees are subject to change but, so far, our tuition rate for new students has remained the same since 2017:
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SHORIN-RYU KARATE SCHEDULE |
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K-12 BEGINNER KIDS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
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6:00PM-7:000PM 6:00PM-7:00PM 9:30AM-10:30AM |
TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY |
ADVANCED KIDS (INVITE ONLY)
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6:00PM-7:000PM 6:00PM-7:00PM 9:30AM-10:30AM |
MONDAY WEDNESDAY SATURDAY |
BEGINNER YOUTHS & ADULTS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
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7:15PM-9:00PM 7:15PM-9:00PM 11:00AM-NOON |
MONDAY WEDNESDAY SATURDAY |
DAYTIME ADULTS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
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11:00AM-NOON 11:00AM-NOON 11:00AM-NOON |
MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY |
WKF KARATE SCHEDULE |
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7-12 KIDS TRAINING
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6:00PM-7:00PM |
FRIDAY |
YOUTH/ADULTS
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8:15PM-9:00PM 8:15PM-9:00PM 8:00AM-9:20AM |
TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY |
REGISTRATION OPTIONS |
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Click here to register online. OR |
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We have many students who have come from other martial art styles. All of our instructors have trained in other style as well. We believe there is no one style superior to another. They are simply different and should all be respected equally. Many karate practitioners are interested in going back to the roots to learn Traditional Okinawan Karatedo. Okinawa is the birth place of Karate and Shorin Ryu is the original style. |
REFERENCE VIDEOS |
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MATSUBAYASHI-RYU
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SHIDOKAN
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