Welcome to our Dojo!
Black Belt Academy is centrally located in Hicksville in an authentic Dojo and has been open for 30 years. We offer training in Traditional Shotokan Karate.
* $100 MONTHLY SPECIAL FOR UNLIMITED SHOTOKAN KARATE
*NO CONTRACTS
*MOST CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED
*FAMILY RATES
DIRECT CELL: 516-353-4311
BEST PROGRAM FOR TEENAGERS, ADULTS, AND SENIORS!
Shotokan classes All personally instructed by San Dan Black Belt Sensei Antony Mavroudis.
Director of our Dojo is Shihan Gary Damato who also trained with Master Toyotaro Miyazaki.
Authentic Japanese Jujutsu Self Defense Training (See Schedule)
The Founder and Senior Instructors of our Dojo have trained with Master Toyotaro Miyazaki. Photograph below is an advanced Shotokan Karate Seminar taught by Master Miyazaki which Sensei Antony Mavroudis attended.
OUR SHOTOKAN TRADITION
Shotokan Karate was developed by Gichin Funakoshi (1868-1957) and his son Gigo Funakoshi (1906-1945). Gichin was born in Okinawa where he trained in Shōrei-ryū, a hard style with low stances and powerful movements and Shōrin-ryū, a soft style with fast birdlike movements. The combination of both hard and soft styles forms the basis of Shotokan Karate. Gichin Funakoshi introduced karate to Japan in 1922. He is credited with being the father of modern karate.
Gichin Funakoshi was also a poet and a philosopher. The name Shotokan (House of Shoto) is derived from Funakoshi’s pen name, Shoto, which means “waving pines” and Kan, which means training hall or house.
“The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of the participant.”
Gichin Funakoshi
“Ancient in origin, the martial arts of the East have always had the development of man’s spiritual, as well as physical, nature at their core. Karate-dō, the ‘Way of Karate,’ is no different from the other martial arts in this respect.”
Shigeru Egami – Japanese master of Shotokan Karate and one of Gichin Funakoshi’s earliest students
