North Wind Martial Arts Academy

North Wind Martial Arts Academy offers Karate, including Shito-ryu Karate and its Motobu-ha Shito Ryu branch, as well as kickboxing and Personal Taijitsu. Students practice kata, which is a series of movements that train the body bilaterally using patterns and complex movements, and bunkai, which is the extraction and application of fighting techniques from a given kata. The academy also runs a Summer Camp.

• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: White belt classes for kids ages 5–13 meet on Mondays and Thursdays at 5 p.m.; adults can attend a first class on Mondays 7–8 p.m. and Wednesdays 6–7 p.m.; phone calls are taken Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–7 p.m.

North Wind Martial Arts Academy states that its mission is to provide traditional Karate for the modern world with a physical, mental, social, and emotional approach, and notes that it also has fun. The academy offers a first class free, and no pre-registration is required for that first class. It notes that Karate is for everyone and that for every question asked, staff will provide an answer. The program teaches that Shito-ryu is one of the four major Japanese Karate systems that originated in Okinawa and that Shito-Ryu today has the most comprehensive kata syllabus of any style in the world, and identifies its branch as Motobu-ha Shito Ryu, or “Motobu’s Shito Ryu.” North Wind Martial Arts Academy has been in operation at least since 2016 and has been featured on FOX 35.

Last updated February 17, 2026.