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Kata: Why Practice Forms for Self Defense?

26 Feb 201320 Apr 2021

I was introduced to self-defense forms (Kata) more than 50 years ago. We began by learning the individual techniques, moving to combination techniques, and eventually to forms (also called patterns).…

Testing Schedule…

Tai Sabaki – Body Shifting

17 Feb 201312 Oct 2013

We are just a week away from testing at Grace Martial Arts in Tampa. Many of our students will be testing for a new color belt, so that's always an…

Happy 2013!

1 Jan 201312 Oct 2013

Happy New Year and welcome to 2013! It's another year full of hopes, dreams, and some surprises. We hope that all of the surprises will be good ones! Here is…

With Heavy Heart – Protecting The Children

15 Dec 201218 Apr 2021

My heart is heavy today as I'm sure yours is as well. The senseless murder of children and adults at the elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut just breaks your heart.…

New Semester – New Techniques – New Fun!

It's time for a new semester of training at Grace Martial Arts in Tampa and that means we're going to learn new martial arts techniques and experience new fun in…

Congratulations to Grace Martial Arts Students!

Congratulations to Grace Martial Arts students for doing your best during last night's Yon Ch'uan testing. It was exciting to be with you and see how much you've learned this…

No Martial Arts or T’ai Chi Classes Nov. 5th

3 Nov 20127 Mar 2018

Just a quick reminder that Grace Martial Arts and Hwa Yu T'ai Chi will not have classes in Tampa next Monday night, Nov. 5th. The church building where we hold…

Updated Fall Schedule

30 Sep 20127 Mar 2018

We're excited to have so many new students in Grace Martial Arts classes this Fall and we have room for more! A reminder that classes are taught by volunteer Black…

Karate Means Having Fun With Our Feet!

18 Sep 201219 Sep 2012

We started learning a new Kihon Waza last night at Grace Martial Arts that has some very cool kicks in it. As you can see from pictures below, everybody was…

Kihon Waza – Basic Techniques of Martial Arts

Grace Martial Arts classes in Tampa are underway and we're learning new "kihon wazas." Kihon is Japanese for "basic" and waza means "technique." A kihon waza is a basic or…