NRK Karate
San Marcos NRK Karate Headquarters, 1355 Grand Avenue #105, #105, San Marcos, CA 92078
About
NRK Karate offers Kids Karate, Pee Wee Karate, Juniors Karate, and Adults Karate classes that include Traditional Shorin Ryu Karate, Traditional Ryukyu Kobudo (ancient Okinawan weaponry), Practical Self Defense, and Olympic Sport Karate. Every class begins with a combination of interval training, aerobic and anaerobic exercises, strength and agility training, and stretching. The program teaches Okinawan Shorin-Ryu, which combines striking, grappling, throwing, and pressure point attacks, and includes training in traditional Okinawan weapons that were initially improvised from farming and fishing implements.
• Ages: 3.5–18 years old
• Schedule: Kids Karate classes for ages 6–9 are offered on Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:30–6:30 p.m. and on Saturdays in the morning, and the dojo offers flexible training schedules.
• Price: Affordable, month to month programs available.
The Pee Wee Class incorporates 50% play with 50% disciplined karate instruction, while the Kids Class uses 70% structure with 30% play. NRK Karate teaches traditional Ryukyu Kobudo as part of its standard training program, and Okinawan Karate techniques taught in the program were designed to be practical and effective in situations with multiple attackers using only hands and feet as weapons. NRK Karate is described as a dojo of virtues, emphasizing compassion, courage, courtesy, gratitude, humility, loyalty, sincerity, self-control, steadfastness, and perseverance, and the average student has been at NRK Karate for more than five years.
The name NRK Karate stands for NINTAI RYOKU-KAN, which translates to “the house of the perseverance,” and Karate-Do translates as “the way of the empty hand.” The program states an earnest belief that as karate spreads from person to person the world can move closer to a state of true peace because people will recognize the frivolous nature of most conflict and find greater peace within themselves. NRK Karate is San Marcos's only US Olympic Committee recognized dojo.
The NRK Karate logo uses a black ring to represent the black belt, and its circular form represents that black belt is just the beginning and that the quest for perfection has no ending. The red and white colors in the logo represent Okinawa, the birthplace of Karate, and the Kanji along the bottom of the logo reads Shuri-te, the name of the original style of karate that their system is a direct descendant of.
Parents and students describe NRK Karate as a family and another home, and note that instruction includes both karate skills and principles as they relate to life. One parent states that all four of their children and the parent are students at NRK and calls it the best dojo in North County San Diego. Other parents report training there themselves along with their children, describe it as a supportive place to learn at one’s own speed, and say that teaching frequently includes philosophy and life lessons. Multiple testimonials mention children training for more than two years and refer to NRK Karate as a great big family.
Last updated June 23, 2026.
• Ages: 3.5–18 years old
• Schedule: Kids Karate classes for ages 6–9 are offered on Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:30–6:30 p.m. and on Saturdays in the morning, and the dojo offers flexible training schedules.
• Price: Affordable, month to month programs available.
The Pee Wee Class incorporates 50% play with 50% disciplined karate instruction, while the Kids Class uses 70% structure with 30% play. NRK Karate teaches traditional Ryukyu Kobudo as part of its standard training program, and Okinawan Karate techniques taught in the program were designed to be practical and effective in situations with multiple attackers using only hands and feet as weapons. NRK Karate is described as a dojo of virtues, emphasizing compassion, courage, courtesy, gratitude, humility, loyalty, sincerity, self-control, steadfastness, and perseverance, and the average student has been at NRK Karate for more than five years.
The name NRK Karate stands for NINTAI RYOKU-KAN, which translates to “the house of the perseverance,” and Karate-Do translates as “the way of the empty hand.” The program states an earnest belief that as karate spreads from person to person the world can move closer to a state of true peace because people will recognize the frivolous nature of most conflict and find greater peace within themselves. NRK Karate is San Marcos's only US Olympic Committee recognized dojo.
The NRK Karate logo uses a black ring to represent the black belt, and its circular form represents that black belt is just the beginning and that the quest for perfection has no ending. The red and white colors in the logo represent Okinawa, the birthplace of Karate, and the Kanji along the bottom of the logo reads Shuri-te, the name of the original style of karate that their system is a direct descendant of.
Parents and students describe NRK Karate as a family and another home, and note that instruction includes both karate skills and principles as they relate to life. One parent states that all four of their children and the parent are students at NRK and calls it the best dojo in North County San Diego. Other parents report training there themselves along with their children, describe it as a supportive place to learn at one’s own speed, and say that teaching frequently includes philosophy and life lessons. Multiple testimonials mention children training for more than two years and refer to NRK Karate as a great big family.
Last updated June 23, 2026.
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