At Flaherty’s Kenpo Karate, a family-owned self-defense academy in Stockton, California, Black Belt Instructors Randall and Maria Flaherty stress the importance of developing confidence, discipline and respect, along with superior martial arts skills.
For over 35 years, owner Randall K. Flaherty has been teaching people of all ages in the Bay Area and Silicon Valley the fundamentals of self-defense, especially in the art of Kenpo Karate, but also in a wide range of additional martial arts as well – Kung-fu, Tae Kwon Do, Arnis & Escrima, Boxing, and Kickboxing.
Grandmaster Flaherty has a Doctorate of Martial Arts Philosophy from the University of Asian Martial Arts, a Professional Manager License from the California State Athletic Commission, and is a four-time Martial Arts Hall of Fame Inductee, including being selected Kenpo Grandmaster of the Year in 2012. Grandmaster Flaherty teaches most group classes himself with a focus on building personal energy, respect for others, and human speed development.
Flaherty’s Kenpo Karate has been a Business Hall of Fame inductee for three consecutive years and has an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau and 5-star online reviews. The school offers a free complimentary class with no obligation to join, a free start-up uniform, and up to one free month of lessons.
Students of most age groups learn the basic fundamentals of martial arts from skilled, highly trained self-defense instructors. These fundamentals include street fighting tactics, hand-to-hand combat, and how to handle a real, life-threatening situation by dealing with punches, grabs, clubs, chains, knives, and guns.
Martial arts is, however, about mental discipline as well as physical discipline, and Flaherty’s Kenpo Karate is a place where students also learn to hold themselves accountable, to be responsible, and to work hard while developing a focused mindset.
People of the San Joaquin Valley have come to call Flaherty’s Kenpo Karate the ideal family and community training center. Children discover the many ways Grandmaster Flaherty makes each class fun – entertaining as well as educational. Teens and adults find Flaherty’s is a place to both make new friends and learn martial arts skills on an advanced level–skills that enable them to overwhelm an attacker with simple but highly effective strategic movements.
Learning Kenpo Karate under the leadership of Grandmaster Flaherty, his wife, and his staff of instructors teaches participating members street survival self-defense techniques and gets them into superior shape. It also encourages each student to develop his or her unique learning capabilities.
For more information about the martial arts school voted number 1 countywide, contact Grandmaster Flaherty by calling (209) 956-5535 or visit KarateToday.com. 4343 Pacific Avenue, Stockton.
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flaherty’s kenpo karate
4343 Pacific Avenue
Stockton, (209) 956-5535
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