Monte Sano Shotokan

Monte Sano Shotokan is affiliated with Shotokan Karate of America (SKA), which has been teaching karate in North America since 1955. We practice a traditional form of karate that was the first introduced to Japan in 1922.

Our chief instructor is Master Tsutomu Ohshima, the founder of Shotokan Karate in the United States. Our dojo head instructor is James Blackmon, Nidan (2nd Degree Black Belt), who became one of Mr. Ohshima's first karate students while he was studying at Cal Tech.

Practices held at Monte Sano United Methodist Church
atop beautiful Monte Sano Mountain in Huntsville, Alabama

FEES:

$30 per month. NO contracts. NO testing fees for ranks below black belt.

National dues: $75 for the first year, $100 thereafter. You must become a member of Shotokan Karate of America (SKA). SKA membership entitles you to test for rank, attend special trainings and to participate in other events. Membership in SKA includes a membership card, the SKA New Member Handbook, a subscription to the SHOTOKAN bi-monthly newsletter and reciprocity with hundreds of other SKA dojos world-wide.