Arizona Hombu - Top Karate School in Mesa, Arizona.

 The more you sweat now, the less you will bleed in combat later. Adults and families at the Arizona School of Traditional
 Karate train in Karate, Martial Arts weapons known as 'kobudo', Self-Defense and samurai arts.

Our martial arts school was selected as the Best of Mesa three years in a row (author's note - Thanks to Fauci, CDC and Governor Ducey, we had to close our dojo in March, 2021 because of a dramatic loss of students).  Our martial arts school worked at being the best for adults and families.

Tuesday nights students and faculty train in kata (martial arts forms)

Women should train in traditional martial arts for health, self-defense and physical fitness.
Three of our outstanding black belts train in self-defense applications in Mesa, Arizona.

Members of Utah Shorin-Kai train in advanced karate techniques with Soke Hausel
in Mesa.

Students from the Police DAV school in India, pose after a week of training in Mesa, Arizona

Instructors from around the region train in Mesa with Soke. L-R, Sensei Kyle Linton
(3rd dan/Wellington, Colorado), Shihan Kevin Vance (5th dan/Laramie, Wyoming),
Soke (Gilbert, Arizona), Glenn Polk (4th dan/Cheyenne, Wyoming),
Dr. Neal Adam (6th dan/Phoenix Arizona).

November 2014 group photo at the Hombu, Mesa-Gilbert Arizona

2014 Utah Clinic at the Hombu in Mesa, Arizona

Senpai Kris Watson from Utah, defends attack at the Hombu, 2014

Wax On, Wax Off, Traditional Okinawa Karate in Mesa

"Wax On, Wax Off" - Mr. Miyagi

Who can forget that wonderful scene in the Karate Kid?  Mr. Miyagi took Daniel San to clean his old, classic car and at the same time taught him to block by waxing a car. But does this make sense?

Respect is paramount in karate. This is shown in many
ways in the traditional karate school. One notable way
is that of bowing.

It does! Karate is about muscle memory, about rote and what we refer to as mushin. Mushin is a method of repetition to teach a student how to react without thinking. This is why Okinawa karate has been such an effective form of self-defense for hundreds of years.

As one progresses in martial arts, they start with no rank, known as mukyu in Japanese and wear a white belt to hold up their pants. But with each major step in karate training, they advance through the mudansha martial arts ranks (color belts). Hopefully, one day, after a few years of training, they will rise from mudansha (one without dan rank) to yudansha (one with dan rank) and put on the coveted black belt sought by all martial arts students.

Karate is about building life-long goals that also teach us to defend ourselves and at the same time teach us to grow as people. Respect and consideration of others is most important in this type of training in martial arts. We recognize this at our martial arts hombu dojo in the East Valley of Phoenix.

O'Sensei Bill Borea prepares to practice kata (karate forms) in Mesa.
O'Sensei is a retired air force pilot who spent time training in karate in
Japan with his wife - Sensei Paula Borea.