What is Karate and what can Karate do for me?

Here at the Changing Lives Karate school in Virginia Beach and Chesapeake, Virginia, we believe in giving you the skills needed to defend yourself in today's increasingly dangerous society. We take a no-nonsense approach to each individual’s training. You will train in a "Karate Safe" reality based environment that will mentally and physically prepare you for any and all real-life situations. We will enhance your self-confidence and increase your mental fortitude. Everybody deserves to feel safe, and our reality-based training will help you feel safer.

Changing Lives Karate is more than just kicking and punching. We believe in changing lives through a dynamic hybrid curriculum that blends old theories with the latest methods of professional Karate training in Virginia Beach and Chesapeake. We offer the highest levels of professional instruction, carefully measuring and monitoring your progress as we help you toward your desired results. This is where we excel. From the start of your first class, you’ll have the opportunity to watch your skills grow in our safe, friendly environment.

As a new student at Changing Lives MA, you will progress through training phases that incorporate every aspect of self-defense and street survival tactics, including:

• Pure dynamic striking
• Multiple levels of strike defense drills
• Knife and other edged weapon defense skills
• Weapon disarming skills
• 360° gun defense drills
• Grabbing
• Holds
• Chokes
• Headlock escapes
• Blunt objects defense skills
• Armed and unarmed ground survival skills

With our reality based self defense training, you will learn the drills and skills necessary to defend, disable and defeat adversaries of greater size and weight. There’s no need to feel defenseless against people who move quicker and hit harder. With repetitive training and a professionally designed curriculum, you can and YOU WILL learn to defend, disable and defeat today’s criminals and attackers.

Choosing the right Karate School is not just about location. In the KARATE business, not all schools are created equal. KARATE instructors generally do not have to answer to a state agency or have specific training, but schools belonging to nationally and internationally recognized organizations—such as the American Taekwondo Association (ATA)—require their Karate instructors to become certified in a rigorous curriculum prior to owning or operating a martial arts school. These certified instructors must keep their national certifications and qualifications up to date.

• Here’s a checklist to go over when searching for the right Karate school.
• Are the school’s CPR certificates up-to-date?
• Is the school an active member of a nationally or internationally recognized association, such as the ATA?
• Does the school have a class management skills certification and a physical skills certification?

Even after checking these things, it’s a good idea to have a state and federal background check done. Not knowing the history of the business and its instructors is scary.

Changing Lives Karate in Virginia Beach and Chesapeake encourages you participate in our Free 3 Day Fitness Course. We have five locations to help you achieve your health and fitness goals. For more information, please visit us at www.atakick.com.

Changing Lives ATA Taekwondo can be contacted at one of the following locations for a “FREE COMMUNITY One on One” Evaluation.

Virginia Beach Karate Training Facility: Princess Anne Shoppes (next to Fitness One) 757-471-9002

Virginia Beach Karate Training Facility: Red Mill Commons Shopping Center (next to Pier One Imports) 757-563-9022

Chesapeake Karate Training Facility: Edinburgh Commons Shopping Center (off route 168) 757-432-9022

Chesapeake Karate Training Facility: Greenbrier Shoppes Shopping Center (corner of Kempsville Road and Greenbrier Parkway) 757-382-9022

Chesapeake Karate Training Facility: Western Branch next to Lowes 757-465-9022

CLMA Karate

P.O. Box 68820

Virginia Beach, Virginia

23471

Website address: www.atakick.com

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Karate Headquarters: 757-471-9022

Changing Lives Karate is serving the following Virginia Beach area’s:

VIRGINIA BEACH KARATE SCHOOLS

23450 KARATE Virginia Beach VA 757 Virginia Beach City 36.844 -76.093

23451 KARATE Virginia Beach VA 757 Virginia Beach City 36.864 -76.012

23452 KARATE Virginia Beach VA 757 Virginia Beach City 36.839 -76.091

23453 KARATE Virginia Beach VA 757 Virginia Beach City 36.774 -76.076

23454 KARATE Virginia Beach VA 757 Virginia Beach City 36.838 -76.026

23455 KARATE Virginia Beach VA 757 Virginia Beach City 36.888 -76.145

23456 KARATE Virginia Beach VA 757 Virginia Beach City 36.776 -76.076

23457 KARATE Virginia Beach VA 757 Virginia Beach City 36.619 -76.058

23458 KARATE Virginia Beach VA 757 Virginia Beach City 36.853 -75.976

23459 KARATE Virginia Beach VA 757 Virginia Beach City 36.923 -76.011

23460 KARATE Virginia Beach VA 757 Virginia Beach City 36.814 -76.026

23461 KARATE Virginia Beach VA 757 Virginia Beach City 36.802 -76.009

23462 KARATE Virginia Beach VA 757 Virginia Beach City 36.840 -76.151

23463 KARATE Virginia Beach VA 757 Virginia Beach City 36.802 -76.176

23464 KARATE Virginia Beach VA 757 Virginia Beach City 36.798 -76.178

23465 KARATE Virginia Beach VA 757 Virginia Beach City 36.798 -76.176

23466 KARATE Virginia Beach VA 757 Virginia Beach City 36.838 -76.153

23467 KARATE Virginia Beach VA 757 Virginia Beach City 36.802 -76.174

Changing Lives Karate offers karate programs and classes for the following local subdivisions, neighborhoods, and geographical areas within our Virginia Beach community.

VIRGINIA BEACH KARATE SCHOOLS

Acredale KARATE Virginia Beach

Chesapeake Beach KARATE, Virginia Beach

Brigadoon KARATE, Virginia Beach

Kings Grant KARATE, Virginia Beach

Alanton KARATE, Virginia Beach

Green Run KARATE, Virginia Beach

Buckner Farms KARATE, Virginia Beach

Bayside KARATE, Virginia Beach

Blackwater KARATE, Virginia Beach

Brighton on the Bay KARATE, Virginia Beach

Great Neck KARATE, Virginia Beach

College Park KARATE, Virginia Beach

Glenwood KARATE, Virginia Beach

Croatan Beach KARATE, Virginia Beach

Church Point KARATE, Virginia Beach

Greenwich KARATE, Virginia Beach

The North End KARATE, Virginia Beach

Kempsville KARATE, Virginia Beach

Landstown KARATE, Virginia Beach

London Bridge KARATE, Virginia Beach

Lynnhaven KARATE, Virginia Beach

Little Neck KARATE, Virginia Beach

Middle Plantation KARATE, Virginia Beach

Munden KARATE, Virginia Beach

Oceana KARATE, Virginia Beach

Ocean Lakes KARATE, Virginia Beach

Ocean Park KARATE, Virginia Beach

Pembroke Manor KARATE, Virginia Beach

Pembroke Meadows KARATE, Virginia Beach

Pembroke KARATE, Virginia Beach

Indian Lakes KARATE, Virginia Beach

Pembroke Shores KARATE, Virginia Beach

Hilltop KARATE, Virginia Beach

Pine Meadows KARATE, Virginia Beach

Princess Anne KARATE, Virginia Beach

Pungo KARATE, Virginia Beach

Indian River Plantation KARATE, Virginia Beach

Shore Drive KARATE, Virginia Beach

Salem KARATE, Virginia Beach

Sandbridge KARATE, Virginia Beach

Seatack KARATE, Virginia Beach

Shadowlawn KARATE, Virginia Beach

Thalia KARATE, Virginia Beach

Thalia Shores KARATE, Virginia Beach

Thoroughgood KARATE, Virginia Beach

Witchduck Point KARATE, Virginia Beach

Bayside KARATE, Virginia Beach

Blackwater KARATE, Virginia Beach

Kempsville KARATE, Virginia Beach

Lynnhaven KARATE, Virginia Beach

Princess Anne KARATE, Virginia Beach

Pungo KARATE, Virginia Beach

Victoria Park KARATE, Virginia Beach

Courthouse KARATE, Virginia Beach

Bay Hill KARATE, Virginia Beach

Sandbridge KARATE, Virginia Beach

Courthouse Estates KARATE, Virginia Beach

VA Beach KARATE, Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach KARATE, Virginia Beach

Virginia Bch KARATE, Virginia Beach

Virginia KARATE, Virginia Beach

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