January 2024
Featured Event
ZBBK Dues Are Due
West Valley Martial Arts and its students are a part of a non-profit organization called the Zen Bei Butoku Kai. Committed to carrying on O’Sensei Kim’s legacy, the ZBBK certifies our curriculum, our instructors, and our ranking system.
For all Pre-Karate students, the annual membership fee is $10.
For all other students, your annual membership fee is $20.
You can pay by cash or check, sorry no credit cards.
Please pay this amount by January 31st. Please make checks to ZBBK and note that donations to the ZBBK (Fed Non-Profit ID #72-1532938) qualify as a charitable donation and are tax deductible under section 501(c).
The Zen Bei Butoku Kai
In 1959 O'Sensei Richard Kim founded the Zen Bei Butoku Kai when he came from Japan to teach in the United States.The Zen Bei Butoku Kai is a martial arts organization dedicated to the preservation of the teachings of the late O’Sensei Richard Kim, 10th Dan and his legacy. That legacy has stretched to all ends of the earth over the years and has touched thousands. I was fortunate enough to train and travel with Master Kim for about 10 years until he passed away in 2001. His teachings of the traditional martial arts and, perhaps even more significant, the philosophy of the martial arts are second to none. O'Sensei Kim was referred to as “Karate's Guiding Light” by Black Belt magazine and was considered the “world’s authority” on traditional karate.
1/15: Martin Luther King Jr. day
Closed for the holiday
Theme of the Month
This month, we will be focusing on striking. We will be looking at variations of striking combos as well as focusing specifically on how to be a good bag holder. The goal of this month is to improve not only the physical technique of good striking, but how having a good bag holder can drastically enhance the training for both parties involved.
