student information you’ll need for Traditional karate classes
Traditional Karate classes do require more than just physical skills. Here you will find information for prospective students (such as class prices), as well as information about our curriculum for both prospective and current students.
Pricing: Flowery Branch/Braselton, GA
Hall County Residents and non-residents: $60/month
Family discounted rates are available.
Call 470-310-0094 or email [email protected]
for more information
Karate classes in Flowery Branch, Gainesville, Oakwood, and other nearby areas are provided in the Mulberry Creek Recreation Center. Students from outside of Hall County pay the same rates as students in Hall County.
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Here you will find the things that new students will need to have, and when they need to get them:
For New Students
What Does a New Student Need?
- A “gi.” This is the traditional Karate uniform. Needed after the first month.
- Sparring and safety equipment. This is needed after the first test, and the time varies by how fast the student progresses.
What you will need later
After reaching Blue Belt Students will need sparring gear.
Also at Blue Belt, students may choose to train in Kobudo (traditional weapons training), and will need to obtain a weapon if they do.
Links for Students:

Motobu-Ha Shito-Ryu
Traditional Karate styles can always trace their lineage back to Okinawa. This is ours:
Master Choki Motobu was born the third son to the Motobu family in Okinawa. The Motobu family was of Samurai class, which meant that the first son of the family was taught the family fighting methods. The story is told that Choki Motobu, being disappointed and frustrated by this, would sneak in and watch his older brother’s training.
Motobu-ha Shitō Ryu was designed to be an effective fighting system. People considered Motobu as one of the greatest fighters of his day, and Kenwa Mabuni developed Shito-Ryu after a long career as a policeman, where he quickly discovered what worked and what did not in a real confrontation. After training in the schools of both of these masters, Soke Kuniba incorporated several key ideas into Motobu-ha.
“To study Karate-Do is to become like bamboo:
Empty—purity of heart, mind, spirit;
Flexible—able to bend when opposed, without breaking;
Strong—character forged with experience;
Rooted—solid foundation of technique and tradition;
Straight—clear purpose in growing, high ideals”
-Shogo Kuniba