“Do not forget that karate-do begin and ends with rei“

Gichin Funakoshi “Father of Modern Karate” ¹

The most important thing for any student of Tahoma Karate to learn is that Karate practitioners should be respectful to everyone. Needless to say that there are people out their that do not deserve respect, but the students at Tahoma Karate all learn that you lead with respect and if a person doesn’t deserve respect, you respect them by not disrespecting them. We also teach why and believe that teaching respect without teaching why we should respect is disrespectful in of itself.

Karate is only a last resort and our head instructor Kyle Gough Sensei constantly tells all his students that if he hears that they used their Karate inappropriately outside of the dojo, they are no longer his student. The reason is, if the student missuses their Karate, that is directly disrespecting the dojo, Kyle Gough Sensei, and their family and that is unacceptable.