Traditional American Karate

The name "Trad Am Karate" or the initials "TAK" are used as abbreviations for our system and style, Traditional American Karate. The school names TRAD AM KARATE (Santee) and ALPINE KARATE ACADEMY (Alpine) personalize these schools as there are other TAK schools owned and operated by officially authorized TAK instructors.
Traditional American Karate provides a good system of martial arts suitable for the American way of life and philosophy. TAK emphasizes the development of attitude as well as knowledge and skill.
In TAK, the objective is not to teach a certain defense for a certain attack, but rather to help students develop 'intuition' in which they are free from preconceived actions. To achieve this, Traditional American Karate is organized into formal kata, situational self-defense techniques, sparring techniques, and many hand, foot and body change techniques. We also include Oriental weaponry.
Traditional American Karate has been practiced for 20 years and has a strong following in southern California with over 1000 practitioners.