NEWS
July 21, 2010
Free Self-Defense & Personal Protection Workshops!
REGISTER HERE
For School & City Groups
Learn about diffusing situations, anti-bullying techniques and techniques for how to get away
Sharkey’s Karate Instructor Ray Boyer is the founder and head instructor of three time trialed personal protection programs:
• S.T.O.P. SELF-DEFENSE TRAINING FOR OCCUPATIONAL PROTECTION
• S.A.F.E. SELF-DEFENSE AWARENESS FEMALE EDUCATION
• S.A.F.E.T.Y. SELF-DEFENSE AWARENESS FAMILY EDUCATION FOR TEENS & YOUTHS
Boyer will be offering these three courses for teachers, students returning or starting college away from home, city employees, commuters, youths and families from July 30th to July 31st at Sharkey’s Karate Studio at 2916 West Ogden Avenue Suite 120 in Naperville, IL class is 1.5 hours in length.
For more information or to register, Call: (630) 369-8055 or Visit: www.sharkeyskarate.com.
There is no fee for these workshops!
This program is intended to provide personal protection techniques, not fighting techniques, such as how to get away safely, getting to a “safety zone”, what is a safety zone, breaking away demonstrations, being aware of potential danger, diffusing bullying and how to stop an attack.
For schools, directors of programs and other interested individuals, a special overview orientation will be offered Friday, July 30th from 6:30-8:30pm.
Ray Boyer has been instructing personal and corporate self-defense since 1980 and was recognized as one of the “Top Ten” self-defense instructors in the American Karate Association (AKA) and serves as their Self-Defense Senior Advisor. In 2001, Ray was selected as the Head Fighting Coach for “Continuous Sparring” with the World Karate Association’s (WKA) USA team for the 2001 World Championships held in Vienna, Austria and served the WKA Director of Health and Security. He is a member Board of Director for Kempo First Foundation and the Law Enforcement Technical Advisor (Denver, CO.). Ray is also a Certified Reserve Police Officer with the Urbandale Police Department (Iowa).
December 9, 2008
Matt Mullins stars in new TV series, Kamen Riders
Sneak peak at new series: December 13 at 9:30am on the CW.
There's a new live-action thrill ride coming to the CW Saturday mornings, and you'll get a full episode preview on Dec. 13 to build anticipation for its January release. Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight descends from the wildly popular Japanese Kamen Rider films and TV series, a franchise that originated 35 years ago. Back in 1995, WBNX aired Masked Rider, the first American adaptation loosely based on the Kamen saga – but this new adventure is light-years superior. For starters, one of the main stars is charismatic Matt Mullins, a 5-time Kickboxing/Karate World Champion. Matt and a partner actually created the martial arts style/phenomenon known globally as XMA, or Extreme Martial Arts. He's flanked by Disney favorite Stephen Lunsford and pop singer/actress Marisa Lauren.
At first glance, Kamen Rider may seem like another morphing fantasy show for teens, but there's an ongoing mystery, a creepy shape shifting villain (William O'Leary), and some of the best-choreographed action scenes and special-effects you'll see on weekly television.
Well known for his work in the Discovery Channel award winning Documentary Xtreme Martial Arts, Matt Mullins has been performing in TV, film and live productions for the last five years. With the recent release of the popular cult film Adventures of Johnny Tao and his supporting role in the upcoming Blood & Bone Matt Mullins is fast gaining recognition as an exciting action star. Matt still performs live with his performance team "Sideswipe" around the world. After finishing in the final 5 on last season's America's Got Talent, Sideswipe has signed a multi-million dollar deal to perform permanently inside the Caesar's Palace Hotel in Las Vegas.
December 8, 2008
A Great 2008 Competition Season!
The numbers are out and Sharkey's Karate Studio is proud to announce that we have 50 students who finished in the top 10 of the 2008 Competition season. Out of those 50 students, 12 won a National Championship title (bolded names are national championship winners):
Rasha Alhnaits, Mary Amato, Suhaas Anbazhakan, Robbie Beautz, Brian Bounds, Ryan Ciappa, Jared Creasey, Luke Dennison, Tony Fay, Josh Gramhofer, Tom Green, Sensei Jake Greenburg, Sensei Nick Greenburg, Will Greenburg, Sensei John Greenidge, Jacob Griffith, Rashi Gupta, Rohan Gupta, Safia Hannin, Sharif Hannin, Kaylee Harris, James Hruska, Sensei Micha Karns, Alex Katchen, Kevin Knox, Sensei Donald Mills, Kaden Robb, Korgan Robb, Cody Sanders, Eddie Schipman, James Schopf, Varun Sharma, Hannah Simmons, Jake Skowron, Sidone Stolz, Werner Stolz Jr., Mark Stukel, Tom Stukel, Prasanna Suresh, Sripradha Suresh, Sebastian Talbott, Alessandro Vazquez, Tony Vitorrioso, Jasmine Wali, Keith Ward-King, Charlie Wilson, Daniel Wolf, Gabby Wolf, Andre Zavala, Elias Zavala.
Join us January 24,2009 at the AKA Banquet to celebrate and support their accomplishments. Congratulations to all of our competitors on a fantastic 2008 season!
December 5, 2008
Luke Broadlick Earns TV Role
Luke Broadlick – member of the Sideswipe Performance Team, Team AKA and Sharkey's Karate – has a co- starring role on Nickelodeon's True Jackson VP television show. It airs Saturday, December 6, 2008 at 8pm.
Check out the complete information on KICKgen.com
July 18, 2008
Black Belt Magazine: Best School & Best Tournament in 2008!
Sharkey's Karate School is honored to have been named the Best School Overall at Black Belt Magazine's 2008 Industry Awards. Click here to read the story.
Additionally, Sensei Sharkey has been recognized by Black Belt Magazine for holding the nation's Best Tournament: the 2007 Grand Nationals. Don't miss out on the 44th Annual AKA Grand Nationals: June 19–20, 2009 in Louisville, Kentucky!
April 15, 2008
Jeremy Talbott in TaeKwonDo Times
Sensei Jeremy's latest article "Real Life Lessons from the Dojang" is online at the TaeKwonDo Times website. Click here to read it!
April 12, 2008
Sharkey's Karate at the NCHS Drumshow
Students of Sharkey's Karate were honored to participate in the 2008 Drumshow at Naperville Central High School. The three shows were a great success – thanks to all who participated and attended! Check out a video of the April 12 performance here.
December 15, 2007
Dojo Closing for the Holidays
The dojo will be closed beginning December 21, 2007 and will be resuming classes on January 3, 2008. We hope everyone has fun and safe holiday celebrations!
December 1, 2007
Winter Camp IX is Coming!
This year's Winter Camp will be held December 27–30, and will be hosted by Sideswipe Performance Team and Sharkey's Karate Studio. Spaces are limited to the first 20 people.
November 30, 2007
Upcoming Tournament
The next AKA tournament – and the first of the 2008 season – will be the 4th Annual MCKA Holiday Tournament on December 9, 2007 in Gary, Indiana. This is the first tournament for the next season. Those wishing to participate should contact Sensei Jeremy for details. You can download the holiday flyer by clicking here.
November 20, 2007
Annual Holiday Sale
Our annual holiday sale will take place December 1st starting at 10am and going on until 3pm. This is a great way time to get some good deals on sparring gear, uniforms, t-shirts and other equipment.
