YOSHUKAI INT'L. KARATE SCHOOL

AFTER SCHOOL KARATE PROGRAM  (Grades one to seven)

The After School Karate program is an awesome alternative to after school care that provides your child with so much more for their future.  The After School Karate Program is not after school care.  It is a single focus program centering on the teaching and learning of the fundamental principals of traditional Japanese karate.  The After School Karate classes will provide your child with all of the benefits of training in martial arts. Some of those benefits are improved self esteem, improved self confidence, improved focus and concentration, improved self discipline, respect and self defense.  Parents of students in our programs typically comment on the improvement in their child's focus and concentration, self confidence, school grades and overall behaviour within a few short months of starting their karate training. 

Children can either be picked up from schools in the Cloverdale area by one of our three karate school buses or they can be dropped off at our karate school right after their regular school day.  Once at the karate school, students in the After School Karate class will be given a short time for their snack before changing into their karate uniforms and preparing for their karate class.  Each day, with the exception of Fridays, the After School Karate class students will get a 40 to 45 minute karate class.  When class is over the students get changed back into their normal clothes and those who’s rides have not yet arrived are encouraged to read, study karate terminology (Japanese karate words) or start on their homework until they are picked up by their rides.  On Fridays the After School Karate class students have discussions on dojo etiquette (acceptable behaviour in the karate school), the Dojo Rules (code of behaviour for karate students) and karate terminology (Japanese language) followed by a movie.

      SOME AFTER SCHOOL STUDENTS            SOME EXCITED AFTER SCHOOL STUDENTS

SCHOOLS WE PICK UP FROM:  As an added service to our students in the After School Classes our karate school buses presently pick up in from most schools in the Cloverdale area.  Some of the schools that we are currently available to pick up from are:

• Adams Road

• A.J. McLellan

• Clayton

• Cloverdale Traditional

• Don Christian

• George Greenaway

• Hazelgrove

• Hillcrest

• Latimer Road

• Martha Currie

• Sunrise

• Surrey Centre

Additional schools will be considered.  Registration in the After School Karate Program is limited.  To improve safety through consistency in our routes and pick up times, only Full Time enrollment (four or five days a week) is accepted in our After School Karate Program. 

OUR BUSES: All of our buses are part of the National Safety Code Program and are safety inspected by government licensed commercial vehicle inspectors (CVI) every six months.  All of our buses are fully equipped with seat belts for each seat.  All passengers on our buses are required to have their seat belts properly fastened at all times while seated on our buses.  No standees are permitted.

OUR DRIVERS: Our buses are driven by a small select group of drivers that include retired transit drivers, off duty police officers, retired police officers (like myself), wives of police officers, off duty firemen or parents in our dojo.  All of our drivers provide us with a certified abstract of their driving record and pass a police records check annually.  All of our drivers have a minimum of a Class 4 Unrestricted BC Drivers License. Talk about safety!

MORE INFO: After School Karate Classes are over by 4:00 pm and 4:45pm but can run into overtime occasionally so parents should plan to pick up accordingly.  Pick up times should be between 4:30 and 5:00pm but earlier pickups can be arranged.  The After School Karate class students also have other karate related educational activities on some days that include; basic Japanese language, karate history, personal safety (self defense), how to deal with bullying.

Included in our After School Karate Program is our Karate Development Days or K-D-Days (Pro-D-Day Karate Camps) and early dismissals.  Children in our After School Program can also join our Kumite Leagues and attend our Summer Karate Skills Camp.   Our K-D Days (Pro D Day Camps) run from 8:00am to 5:00pm. 

If you are interested in having your child derive all the benefits from training in traditional karate and you want to fill that time between end of school and dinner with a positive experience then please consider our After School Karate Program.  We provide so much more for your child's future.

This program is limited in enrollment.

Link to Class Schedules (School Year and Summer schedules) 

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