Hughes Karatedo Shorinryu Shorinkan

This school doesn’t emphasize «flashy», and doesn’t charge equally flashy prices. This school is one of those hidden gems you have to look for to find. Very little advertising or other overhead, so he can avoid charging his students through the nose. And no contracts.
Sensei Hughes is presently a 5^th degree black belt with Shorinryu Shorinkan, training under some of the premier martial artists alive today (including most recently Doug Perry and Eddie Bethea). The art he teaches is Okinawan Karate, taught as it has been for hundreds of years. If you want tournaments and trophies, this is not the school for you. No flips or other flowery routines. This one is about self defense, pure and simple. And while some time is spent on self defense techniques, all of these are derived from kata.
Kata is not just a dance, it is a way to ingrain sequences of movements to the point where you do them without thinking about it. Those sequences can disable or devastate, depending on the situation. THAT is where the self defense really comes from. And developing it takes time. This is what we focus on. Kata, and applications of the different movements in the katas. There are several katas, and various techniques within each to keep it interesting!
We also do weapons (for which there is no extra charge!!).
I have been training with sensei for over three years now and am a blue belt (that’s the 5^th color, there are five more promotions to reach black).
If you want trophies, or an expensive workout, there are many schools that can do that. If you want to learn real, practical self-​defense, this is one of the best schools in the Valley. After my previous «training» at schools of dubious quality I consider myself fortunate to have found this one.