Martial Arts

Illinois Shotokan Karate Club is Chicagoland’s premier karate school taught under the instruction of John DiPasquale, a four-time National Champion and President of the American Shotokan Karate Association. In our Pre Karate Safety classes, young children develop flexibility, strength, and coordination in fun, yet disciplined activities. This program is specifically designed for growing minds and bodies to enhance memory and agility. Watch your child’s confidence blossom and their skills improve.

Offering a good mix of strength training, with cardiovascular and flexibility exercises. Students increase their coordination, agility and poise, as well as learn lasting personal safety skills. They also benefit from the mental stimulation of learning the choreographed moves of the kata and the discipline of conforming to the class rules.

Illinois Shotokan Karate Club is Chicagoland’s premier karate school taught under the instruction of John DiPasquale, a four-time National Champion and President of the American Shotokan Karate Association. ISKC’s karate classes offers a good mix of strength training, with cardiovascular and flexibility exercises. Students increase their coordination, agility and poise, as well as learn lasting personal safety skills. They also benefit from the mental stimulation of learning the choreographed moves of the kata and the discipline of conforming to the class rules. No Class 7/20

This after-school Taekwon-do club makes building fitness, self-discipline, and the confidence to succeed, a fun experience that kids can share together. Grandmaster Connelly’s programs have provided safe, expert instruction in a non-competitive environment to schools throughout the North Shore since 1993. Classes are open to beginning and continuing students in First through Eighth Grades. Uniforms are optional and available upon request for $35. Belt promotion testing opportunities – where kids can advance in rank and earn a higher belt color by demonstrating what they have learned in class – are offered for qualified students in class. The belt-advancement testing fees start at $35. Partial test scholarships are available. For more information go to www.connellysacademy.com or contact Grandmaster Connelly at (847) 568-0912.

Filipino Martial Arts, known as Arnis de Mano, Eskrima / Escrima, and as Kali overseas, is a martial art from the Philippines. It has been featured in some movies such as the Jason Bourne series, Disney’s “Raya and the Last Dragon”, and more recently the “Dune” series. Its basic concepts are taught with impact, bladed weapons for self-defense first before empty hand techniques. Students are expected to buy their own sticks and other safety equipment for the class. Please contact the instructor, Bernie Bonoan, at bgzbonoan@gmail.com and at 773-704-3215 before enrolling.