Atascadero Shotokan Karate

We could not be happier to have our son be a part of such an awesome school. Sensei Patrick is an amazing teacher, with immense patience and high standards for all students. The quality of instruction is definitely top notch but very fun as well.

Had my first class tonight, and i have to say it was great. The whole class was accepting and friendly towards the «new guy». There were absolutely NO egos. The instruction given by Sensei Curley was befitting of someone of his rank and title. You can really tell that he takes pride in being a Sensei of Shotokan, and sincerely wishes to pass on his knowledge and see his students succeed. Im definately giving this dojo 5 stars

My son has been training since he was freshly out of diapers, when we relocated to the area we visited all local schools. He was a green belt in his last Asian fighting art, we choose to go back to white belt because of the high quality of institution + culture of the school.
I can not think of a higher complement to a school then the willingness to start over. We do not regret our decision, very happy with Patrick + team.

Wow, my husband and I couldn’t be more excited about this Dojo. We signed our son up for summer lessons and now we want to join! Talk about some serious traditional style karate instructed in Japanese. Our 5 year old now counts in Japanese! Although our son is a bit immature for this level of instruction and often has a hard time focusing, Sensei Patrick has demonstrated exemplary patience and repetitive practices to perfect our son’s form and memorization of the moves. I have also observed the unison in movement of other students and was extremely impressed that they had only attended for 5 months showing that much skill already! I highly recommend joining this organization that gives nothing but professional and encouraging instruction. Oh and Sensei also gave 4 orientation classes before our son joined at no cost to get him into basics before putting him in with other students. OK, I could rave on but I encourage anyone looking for a traditional martial arts class to observe a class here, you will NOT be disappointed!