About
Pallen's Martial Arts offers Cubs / Tigers Karate, Freshmen Karate, Teens Karate, and Adult Karate classes, along with a Kids Karate Program and an Adult Karate Program. The program also offers an afterschool martial arts program, martial arts day camps, Kids Day Camp, birthday parties, a martial arts-themed birthday party, Jedi Training Academy, the Medal of Honor Invitational Tournament, and Tip Testing.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Schedule: Class and program options Monday–Friday afternoons and evenings, plus Saturday morning hours
Pallen's Martial Arts has been working with families since 1968 to develop martial arts methods that focus on body and mind. The mission of the program is to help families build good humans by focusing on respect, confidence, discipline, and focus, and by prizing honor, courage, discipline, and integrity. The program states that it values more from its students, challenges them to reach for higher standards, and describes its students as delivering kinder, stronger, more responsible character traits and overcoming challenges on the mat and at home. It describes itself as a Bay Area martial arts institution with a unique and successful methodology and a legacy built on the principle that a community that strives together, thrives together.
The program describes its facility as a state-of-the-art gym and a real martial arts school, and notes that parents can work out while watching their kids through giant windows, and that it welcomes families that work out together. It states that martial arts classes benefit growing children beyond the dojo in real-world scenarios, that classes are structured to help develop coordination, physical fitness, mental strength, and social skills, and that positive reinforcement is used to bring out the best in children. It also states that martial arts has physical, mental, and social benefits suitable for anyone and everyone, and that it offers a disciplined and structured environment where everyone has a chance to excel, using a unique method of teaching martial arts with exciting games and themed-based classes without compromising the integrity and tradition of martial arts. The program mentions an EXCLUSIVE online offer with limited time and availability and uses an online web form that includes consent for periodic text messages with HELP and STOP reply options.
Pallen's Martial Arts reports that it has been a contributor to the community for over 20 years and that it serves families from San Leandro, Oakland, San Lorenzo, Castro Valley, Hayward, and Alameda, California. Parent testimonials describe the dojo as having a family feel, being good for kids and adults, and being good for the mind, body, and spirit. Parents also describe it as an amazing family dojo with high character expectations and deep learning of martial arts, a great place that is very well run, and a place where children are having a great time learning. Several parents note that the classes for children are patient while teaching focus, concentration, and respect, that the program is good to learn discipline and commitment, and that children stay engaged and focused. One parent reports that monthly mission statements focus on friendship, courage, and community and that their child’s self-esteem and approach to situations have changed, and another parent notes that their child has been taking classes for over two years and loves it.
Last updated May 11, 2026.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Schedule: Class and program options Monday–Friday afternoons and evenings, plus Saturday morning hours
Pallen's Martial Arts has been working with families since 1968 to develop martial arts methods that focus on body and mind. The mission of the program is to help families build good humans by focusing on respect, confidence, discipline, and focus, and by prizing honor, courage, discipline, and integrity. The program states that it values more from its students, challenges them to reach for higher standards, and describes its students as delivering kinder, stronger, more responsible character traits and overcoming challenges on the mat and at home. It describes itself as a Bay Area martial arts institution with a unique and successful methodology and a legacy built on the principle that a community that strives together, thrives together.
The program describes its facility as a state-of-the-art gym and a real martial arts school, and notes that parents can work out while watching their kids through giant windows, and that it welcomes families that work out together. It states that martial arts classes benefit growing children beyond the dojo in real-world scenarios, that classes are structured to help develop coordination, physical fitness, mental strength, and social skills, and that positive reinforcement is used to bring out the best in children. It also states that martial arts has physical, mental, and social benefits suitable for anyone and everyone, and that it offers a disciplined and structured environment where everyone has a chance to excel, using a unique method of teaching martial arts with exciting games and themed-based classes without compromising the integrity and tradition of martial arts. The program mentions an EXCLUSIVE online offer with limited time and availability and uses an online web form that includes consent for periodic text messages with HELP and STOP reply options.
Pallen's Martial Arts reports that it has been a contributor to the community for over 20 years and that it serves families from San Leandro, Oakland, San Lorenzo, Castro Valley, Hayward, and Alameda, California. Parent testimonials describe the dojo as having a family feel, being good for kids and adults, and being good for the mind, body, and spirit. Parents also describe it as an amazing family dojo with high character expectations and deep learning of martial arts, a great place that is very well run, and a place where children are having a great time learning. Several parents note that the classes for children are patient while teaching focus, concentration, and respect, that the program is good to learn discipline and commitment, and that children stay engaged and focused. One parent reports that monthly mission statements focus on friendship, courage, and community and that their child’s self-esteem and approach to situations have changed, and another parent notes that their child has been taking classes for over two years and loves it.
Last updated May 11, 2026.
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