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Shotokan Karate Leadership School offers martial arts training for children and families. The program includes structured karate instruction based on Shotokan Karate.
Shotokan Karate Leadership School was founded in 1981. Over time it has inspired, taught, coached, supported, and trained over 15,000 students in 40,000 classes in Santa Rosa. The program is described as the premier martial art leadership in Sonoma County and beyond.
The school was founded by Marty Callahan, who is an 8th Degree Black Belt and a graduate of the Japan Karate Association Instructor Training Program. Marty Callahan is the martial arts leadership instructor and founder of Shotokan Karate Leadership School. His stated mission in founding the school was to awaken the extraordinary leader in his students, with an emphasis on developing a peaceful mind. The Shoka Leader Handbook at the school explains what is needed to become a Shotokan Karate Black Belt Leader.
Parent and student feedback includes a former child student named Dean, who thanked the instructor for providing a foundation that he said influenced his life in many ways. Another parent, Shirley Paine, commented on the way the instructor kept a large group of children sitting up straight and listening, and noted that morals were incorporated into the class. A different parent described a change in a child by saying, “People are amazed… before my son was quiet and hidden and… Now he’s a chatter monster!”
Last updated May 19, 2026.
Shotokan Karate Leadership School was founded in 1981. Over time it has inspired, taught, coached, supported, and trained over 15,000 students in 40,000 classes in Santa Rosa. The program is described as the premier martial art leadership in Sonoma County and beyond.
The school was founded by Marty Callahan, who is an 8th Degree Black Belt and a graduate of the Japan Karate Association Instructor Training Program. Marty Callahan is the martial arts leadership instructor and founder of Shotokan Karate Leadership School. His stated mission in founding the school was to awaken the extraordinary leader in his students, with an emphasis on developing a peaceful mind. The Shoka Leader Handbook at the school explains what is needed to become a Shotokan Karate Black Belt Leader.
Parent and student feedback includes a former child student named Dean, who thanked the instructor for providing a foundation that he said influenced his life in many ways. Another parent, Shirley Paine, commented on the way the instructor kept a large group of children sitting up straight and listening, and noted that morals were incorporated into the class. A different parent described a change in a child by saying, “People are amazed… before my son was quiet and hidden and… Now he’s a chatter monster!”
Last updated May 19, 2026.
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