620 Lincoln Ave.Winnetka, IL, 60093
Description:
Celebrating 31 Years at the Community House!
Participants are carefully initiated into this karate which focuses on alertness of mind, self-control and mental strategies to meet life challenges. Traditional Karate is a martial art which emphasizes the principles and applications of a weaponless self-defense through the use of total body dynamics and mental discipline. Students will constantly strive for technical excellence and enhancement of ones character. The following items are optional and will incur additional costs: uniforms, belt tests and tournaments. Belt Ranking System: There are 11 belt levels (kyu) before first-degree black belt (shodan). A new student is assigned the white belt rank (eleventh kyu). Students must fulfill certain requirements under normal practice conditions and in a test environment to secure progressive promotions up to and including the black belt (dan) levels. When a student has acquired a strong foundation in the fundamentals of Karate, he or she can be promoted to the rank of first-degree black belt.
Students must have the belt rank of Orange belt through Green belt to participate in this class.
Biography:Ron Stein is the chief instructor for the Community House Karate Program and has been teaching karate to the community of Winnetka since 1994. A long standing member of the Japan Karate Association, he has taught karate around the world including Japan where he once lived. He has been featured in a multitude of press including the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune and Forest & Bluff magazine, and has appeared on both radio and television in the US and Tokyo. The long list of corporations and institutions that have enjoyed his instruction include Kinderhaven, NSSRA, University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US Embassy of Tokyo, US Marine Corp, Takeda Pharmaceutical, Phusion Projects, Catholic Charities, North Chicago Community Projects, Dollars for Scholars, and many others. Mr. Stein is also a local, regional, and national karate champion and his students have gone on to win championships. He is known and respected for his empathetic and comical work with children of all ages in the North Shore of Chicago.
