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Sensei Esther Bratcher



School Owner - Senior Instructor



Sensei Esther Bratcher is a 5th degree black belt and has been an instructor in Shodin Ji Do Karate for the last ten years. She has earned several champion and grand champion titles at various martial arts competitions throughout eastern New Mexico and west Texas. She is a Hobbs native and a proud Hobbs Eagle from the class of ‘04.



WHY KARATE?



Why Karate? Traditional Okinawan Karate teaches not only self defense, but discipline, self-control and manners. It instills a lifelong learning ethic in its students. Students are taught lessons that transcend physical fitness and affect every facet of life. Students build positive relationships and have positive role models in class. Rules are strict and traditional, but the rewards are tremendous. Karate can be a life changing study that lasts life long.



OUR PROGRAM





Our Mission is to improve the lives of our students by creating life long learners, who are physically fit, technically skilled, emotionally controlled, humble, and disciplined, through the teachings of the art of Shodin Ji Do Karate, as handed down from master to student from its beginnings in northern Okinawa.


We offer several different programs and class schedules to meet the needs of our students, no matter the age.



Little Warriors



Ages 3 to 6



The Little Warriors program at Aka To Kuro was designed by Sensei Bratcher to build confidence, discipline, strength, and coordination in very young students. This is accomplished through a high energy workout combined with constant scaffolding of the knowledge needed to make them successful in more advanced classes.



What do they learn?



The Little Warriors program leads students through several skills that help make them not only better down the line as martial artists, but help them physically progress with both gross and fine motor coordination.



How do you measure progress?



Belt Stripes



Yellow The Student must display focus, know their right from left, and count from 1-10 in Japanese.

Orange The student must display respect, preform one kick, know 3 Japanese words, and count from 1-15 using the Japanese numbering system.

Green Mind over matter, 2 kicks, 4 Japanese words, and numbering system

Blue Agility, 3 kicks, 5 Japanese words, and numbering system Purple Leadership, 4 kicks, 6 Japanese words, and numbering system

Red Strength, 5 kicks, 7 Japanese words, and numbering system

Black Focus, respect, mind over matter, agility, balance, strength, balance 6 kicks, 8 words, and numbering system.



Kihon Program



Basic Skills



Our Kihon program is set up for those students that move through the Little Warriors program or that come in a bit more physically advanced. These students wear a white belt with a red stripe and their learning is more focused on the skills needed to progress through the belt system of Shodin Ji Do.



ATK Program



Traditional Teaching



The ATK (Aka To Kuro) program is traditional okinawan karate as it has been passed down for generations. Students will learn discipline, focus, balance and self defense skills both empty handed and with traditional and non-traditional martial arts weapons.


This program offers classes for different ages and skill levels.



Colored Belts



Rank



In Shodin Ji Do Karate, there are as with most martial arts styles, ten steps or ranks called kyus. In Shodin Ji Do, we use four colored belts with different different striped levels.


White belts are beginners. The next rank is green belt.


The green belt has 3 levels or degrees.


Our advanced belt is a brown belt which has 5 levels or degrees, leading up to black belt.


Our last colored belt is a black belt or shodan. This is by no means the end of the martial arts path. Different levels of black belt are called dan and are awarded by higher ranking instructors.



Tuition





Cost for classes





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