Karate: Full Contact Pad Work

A 30 minute intense full contact karate training session followed by an optional 15 minutes cool down time.   This class focuses on pad work and conditioning. Partners practice slammer pad drills for kicks and punches while stationary and moving up and down the floor. A brief warm up with calisthenics and stretching then we will train full contact karate techniques on pads, with intermittent planks, archie bunkers, and a minute of knee raises to finish the class. There will be no forms, sparring, or grappling. This class will develop strength, fitness, and karate techniques through pad work. No prior experience with martial arts is required. All are welcome to train with us.

Students are ok to wear regular/everday workout clothes. 

Some students may want gloves and shin guards to protect unconditioned knuckles and insteps. They are recommended, but not required.

This is a co-ed class for ages 17 and above.

Refunds are unavailable within 48hrs of this class

Gabriel Mattice (left) with Kancho Eiji Satou - Founder and Chief Instructor Shofukan Karate Schools Japan 

Gabriel attended Michigan Technological University where he earned a chemical engineering degree and became a first degree black belt in Taekwondo. Following university he moved to Japan where he worked as an English teacher at a private school and began training in Shofukan Karate. Gabriel became a vice instructor in Shofukan Karate schools in Japan and eventually earned a third degree black belt. After leaving Japan he moved to Hawaii where he earned his Juris Doctor from the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and a third que brown belt in JKA Shotokan Karate. Prior to moving to Petoskey Gabriel was an Attorney Magistrate and District Court Administrator in Manistee, Michigan. He is a licensed attorney in Michigan and Washington State, and is currently an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for the Emmet County Prosecutor’s Office.