Monday
5:00 - 5:50 PM Youth - Beginner Schedule B
6:00 - 6:50 PM Youth - Int. /Advanced Schedule B
7:00 - 8:00 PM Kumite (sparring) - Youth Int. /Advanced and All Adults

Tuesday
4:10 - 4:50 PM Tigers Pre-Karate
5:00 - 5:50 PM Youth - Beginner Schedule A
6:00 - 6:50 PM Youth - Int. /Advanced Schedule A
7:00 - 8:00 PM Adult - All Ranks

Wednesday
4:10 - 4:50 PM Tigers Pre-Karate
5:00 - 5:50 PM Youth - Beginner Schedule B
6:00 - 7:00 PM Youth - Int. /Advanced Schedule B
7:00 - 8:00 PM Adult Beginner
8:15 - 9:00 PM Kata (forms) - Youth and Adults, Green Belt and Higher

Thursday
9:30 - 10:30 AM Adult Beginner/Intermediate
4:10 - 4:50 PM Tigers Pre-Karate
5:00 - 5:50 PM Youth - Beginner Schedule A
6:00 - 6:50 PM Youth - Int. /Advanced Schedule A
7:00 - 8:00 PM Adult - All Ranks

Saturday
9:00 - 9:40 AM Tigers Pre-Karate
10:00 - 11:00 AM Adult - All Ranks
11:10 - 12:00 PM Youth - Int./Advanced (blue belt to brown belt) Schedule A&B
12:10 - 1:00 PM Youth - Beg./Nov. (white belt to green belt) Schedule A&B

Schedule Explaination and Course Descriptions

Tigers Pre-Karate Program. This program offers children ages 4-6 a positive, challenging and safe environment in which to learn karate and develop important physical and mental skills. This program helps to develop focus, self-control, listening, balance, coordination, large motor skills and goal setting. The children in this class are prepared for future advancement into the Youth Karate Beginner Program.

Youth Karate Beginner Program. This program is geared towards children ages 7-10 with little or no previous karate experience. This program emphasizes the "Three C's" (Concentration, Coordination, and Confidence). The children in this class are prepared for future advancement into the Youth Karate Advanced Program.

Schedule A classes meet on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Schedule B classes meet on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.

Youth Karate Advanced Program. This is a serious and challenging program geared towards children ages 11 and up. As well as teaching the traditional martial arts skills and techniques, this program focuses on teaching life skills that will help the child's overall development at home and at school. This program strengthens focus, respect, discipline, goal setting, teamwork, self-defense, balance, control and coordination.

Schedule A classes meet on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Schedule B classes meet on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.

Adult Karate Program. The invaluable skills learned and the training methods used in this program provide a healthy outlet for releasing tension, staying physically fit, and learning self-defense. The training is both physically and mentally challenging, emphasizing focus and concentration, strength and endurance, flexibility, coordination and speed, and control and timing of breath and body. These classes provide a healthy and exciting way to stay physically and mentally fit.

Special Needs Karate Program. This program, in conjunction with the North Suburban Special Recreation Association, offers children with special needs and challenges a positive, challenging and safe environment in which to learn basic karate techniques and develop important physical and mental skills.