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Shotokan Karate Hawke’s Bay

The Shotokan Karate Napier Club welcomes all – children, teens, adults – to enjoy the benefits of traditional martial arts training.

Shotokan Karate is an intense physical art and an outstanding total mind-body exercise. It is a decisive method of self-defense, and a proven way to develop self-control & discipline for kids, and to manage stress for adults. It is an exciting competitive sport, and, for some – it becomes a philosophy of life. It is an art that allows participants of all ages and at varying levels of intensity – from the recreational practitioner – to the elite international athlete, to train to their fullest potential…