About

The mission at Johnston Karate is to provide well rounded martial arts and fitness instruction that will help students meet their personal goals, while learning practical self defense skills. I keep up with the latest in martial arts research, training methods, and news. My karate classes primarily focus on martial arts as a way of life, as well as realistic self defense, confidence building, general fitness, and personal development. I also offer strength and fitness classes. In these classes, I teach my unique approach to progressive calisthenics for strength, as part of a holistic program, which includes cardio exercises, free weights, education on proper recovery, and more. I work as hard as we can to help each student meet his or her own personal fitness needs.

Johnston Karate's Instructional Goals
Martial arts take a great degree of dedication to develop skill in. The effort that a dedicated student puts into his or her training develops not only skill, but discipline and an improved work ethic. As such, fitness, character development, and training drills are heavily emphasized in my instruction. Also, I always try to develop long lasting relationships with my students to help build the community in and around our classes.

The goals, situations, and aspirations of my students always come first. I place high value on good sportsmanship, personal development, and family values. These are all very important because martial arts are excellent for helping students learn more about themselves and how to deal with others. Karate is not simply a collection of fighting techniques – it is a tool for strengthening yourself and helping others. As such, our instruction is very challenging, and pushes the student to progress in their technical basics (footwork, strikes, blocks, kicks etc), mental discipline, and physical conditioning. Overall, I want to help all students realize their personal goals and develop confidence in themselves. With this in mind, I have been actively developing Mizuumi ryu Karate.