San Jose Dojo – Shotokan Karate of America

The original nonprofit organization teaching traditional karate in America since 1956

Covid-19-Careful Kids Karate Camps

This Summer (2022) San Jose Dojo is hosting a few one-week long summer camps for children and youth aged 8 and up.

We are being Covid-19-careful, so everyone must be vaccinated.

Three easy steps to register…

If you have a young person who would like to attend,

  1. Please print this Registration Form
  2. Fill out the form with your child (a couple of questions must be answered by your child).
  3. Either bring payment and the completed form to a regular karate class or take a pic and e-mail to johnny@coffeefire.com and make arrangements for payment.

More information can be found on these documents

COVID-19 Health & Safety Protocols

Scholarships

We believe our camp costs are very reasonable when compared to other summer camps in Silicon Valley, but we also want to make our program available to those with financial challenges.

We do not operate to make profit. Our instrutors are all unpaid volunteers dedicated to the promoting the art of karate. If your are able to pay the full amount we thank you for doing so, because more fully paying members help us ensure that we can cover all of our expenses for rent, insurance, etc.

If you are in need of financial assistance, please reach to Johnny Martin, San Jose Dojo’s leader.

Summer Camp Instructors

Instructors All of our instructors have been CPR and FirstAid trained and have attended CAP (Child Abuse Prevention) courses. All are experienced in leading children and adult karate, have professional experiences in education, and are members in good standing with Shotokan Karate of America, our national organization.

Johnny Martin

Johnny started practicing with SKA in 1980 while studying at California State College, south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On rediscovering SKA again on the west coast, Johnny resumed practice with the Saratoga Dojo in the 1990’s. Outside the dojo Johnny is busy with entrepreneurial adventures in software development and high-tech. Johnny was previously hired by the YMCA of Silicon Valley and has taught children and adult karate classes at several YMCA locations in the Bay Area.

Kevin Floyd

Kevin started practicing at Cal State Long Beach in 1987. Kevin was promoted to shodan in 1990, and currently holds the rank of nidan. Kevin began his professional career teaching university and high-school mathematics and physics. He has had a successful career in technical marketing with major networking and cybersecurity companies and recently has decided to return to a career in tutoring and teaching.

Paula Piemonte

Paula has been training with SKA since 2002. She started practicing at Saratoga Dojo in 2002. Paula was promoted to Shodan in 2009 and Nidan in 2013. Paula has been in the Education industry for more than 20 years as a teacher, school principal, and education leadership consultant. Paula also has more than 20 years of experience leading children and adult karate classes.

Solange Emsallem

Solange has been training with SKA since 2013 and holds the rank of nikyu. She has been teaching general music for grades 1st to 5th at the French American School in Sunnyvale since 2005. She grew up in France where she graduated in Music Education and taught music to children ages 3 to 14 years old. She is also a certified kids yoga teacher and plays the bass in Redwood Symphony. Solange often leads the children in karate instruction at San Jose Dojo.

Contact Info

San Jose Dojo, Shotokan Karate of America
https://www.sanjoseshotokan.com
https://sanjose.ska.org

To reach Johnny, (408) 634-8655
johnny@coffeefire.com