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Adult Program
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"Karate is even better for adults than kids!"     Click above to find out why.

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PreSchool Program Click Here

Our objective is to get your child ahead of their peers for kindergarten! Click above.

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Youth Program
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The secret is developing a child from the "inside out".  Click above to find out how.

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Leadership program Click Here

It is not brains or talent that will get you ahead - it is leadership and social skills!

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Welcome to Ohana Karate

Our New Location!

 1070 W. Highland Road, Howell               (*On M-59 right across from the Howell High School)       

 

Ohana Karate started over ten years ago as a simple vision and a huge dream........that dream was to create a very special place in our community - A place where children and  adults could learn to breakthrough their limiting behaviors and mindset (fears and self doubts) then reach their true full potential. Where the world could be changed one person at a time.

Here we would integrate all the top self improvement technologies so that anybody regardless of age, gender, disabilities or challenges could feel included, accepted and good about themselves. At a very simple Dojo ("karate school" in Japanese) "East" would meet "West", "Martial Arts" would meet "Child Development", "Modern Teaching Techniques" would meet "Old World Values, Traditions and Principles", and "Cutting Edge Corporate Personal Improvement Techniques" would meet "Effective Military Leadership Training".


We felt our community needed a place like this.

Part of our mission is to work closely with our local schools to supplement our children's education with the skills, habits and character traits that will help them be successful and happy adults.


Another mission is to give adults a place to work on themselves.  Many are surprised to find out that Karate is even better for adults than it is for kids!  (We are just bigger kids that are more messed up)  The reason - adults have much higher capacity to learn both physcially, mentally and intellectually.


Very quickly we are going to reveal to you the intriguing secret we have learned along the way.

Here is how to develop a great child (and adult):

1.  Would you like to know that secret to success that all highly successful people already know?  To be highly successful all you need to do is "copy what successful people do!"   We have helped raise hundreds of kids. We know what successful kids do, their behaviors, habits, attitudes, mindset and character traits. All we have to do is show you and your child what they are then practice them!

2.  Would you like to know a critical key to your child's development? It is their  "connections"! It may be an overused cliche but it really does "takes a village to raise a child!" The more strong, positive connections a child has the better. Do you remember that teacher, grandparent or coach that you will remember for the rest of your life? Just imagine having dozens of people like that for your child. At our Dojo we intentionally create an environment where this happens. Don't try to raise a child by yourself!

3.  Finally "Knowledge is not power, only APPLIED knowledge is power". So here is what ties it all together. You may know what to do but you have to practice and use it for it to work! Consider the Dojo your personal development "laboratory" where you can discover yourself then CHANGE. Where else can you do this in our stressed out, tough, unforgiving world?

In the end karate is all about learning to love living life on the "edge".  To live your life without fear. The fears and self doubts that keep you from being everything you could be. Here is a powerful question: "What would you do if you knew you would never fail?"

Click Here to start the journey towards the answer to this question for you or your child today.
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Dear Livingston County Resident,

I am Sam Larioza, owner and chief instructor of Ohana Karate.  We are very proud of what we have developed here.  The move to our new 4,300 sqft facility in Howell has taken us to the next level.

I would like to thank all our wonderful students and parents for giving us the privilege of teaching them and helping their families.  It is because of YOU that we now have our dream Dojo!  This is "your" Dojo.

To those of you that just found us I want to personally invite you to visit our Dojo.  I want to personally give you a tour and talk to you about karate ........ and you.  Our Dojo may or not be for you or your child. 

Parents are often surprised to find out what we really do here (most thought kids did karate mainly for "fun").  Adults find karate and yoga unlike anything they have ever experienced before.  Ex-athletes discover that karate brings back that rush of being pushed to the edge and being in the "zone" again.  Young mothers have found out that karate gives them that "little bit of time for themselves" that helps them be better mothers, wives, employees and people.  Others have found it a beautiful way to center themselves and achieve that calm quiet focused mind that helps reduce the stress in their lives.  Still others just need to find new positive friends and be around a new group of people that will lift them up.  While we do teach fitness and self defense .............. karate is much more than just kicking and punching. 

          "Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take ......... but by the number of moments that take your breath away."

If you want to take the next step to see if this is for you give me a call at (517) 586-1001 or  Click Here so we can talk about YOU (this is always the harderst step - it gets easier from here)!

I look forward to meeting you,


Ohana Karate - "Where Success is an Attitude and a Habit!"

 

 

 

 

Spring Specials!

Get ready for summer and that bathing suit!  New beginner Adult Karate and Yoga classes starting.  Find out what all the buzz is about!  Click Here to set up your first visit and private personal consultation session.

Find out why we were #1 in the "Press and Argus Reader's Poll" as the best martial arts school in the area!  Is your child shy, afraid to try new things, having difficulty focusing or listening, or being bullied?

Click Here to set up your tour of our new state of the art 4,300 sqft facility and enrollment interview.

You can never start developing an awesome kid too soon! We have safe, professionally designed age specific classes for children as young as 3!  Click Here  to set up a first visit and evaluation session.