Experience the Magic of Karate!

At Victory Karate we teach a variety of forms starting with beginner forms that build core stances, blocks, and strikes. We refer to these forms using the Japanese numbers ichiban, niban, sanban, and shebang.

Our intermediate karate forms switch to the Pinan series. These forms (Pinan 2, 4, and 5) emphasize fluid transitions, cat stances (for Pinan 4), advanced weight shifting and jumping. These forms not only emphasize stances and strikes, but also balance. They support dynamic movement. Additionally, they prepare students for more advanced sequences and timing.

Finally, we have several advanced forms to include Hwarang and Naihanchi. Hwarang is named after a youth warrior group from in the ancient Korean Silla kingdom. This form emphasizes palm heel strikes and middle punches, square blocks and reverse upset punches, twin knife-hand blocks, side/roundhouse kicks and low-section defense combined with counter-strikes. Naihanchi is a traditional form (kata) known for its linear, side-to-side movement along a single lateral axis.

Forms are a great means to train the mind as well as the body in fluid movement. Moreover, karate practice, through forms, greatly improves coordination, memorization, and overall learning. Additionally, when training and learning forms, students not only build limber, flexible bodies but also nimble minds.

Additionally, we hope you will join us in karate and learn these special forms.

Victory Karate in , Maryland is one of the few martial arts schools that teaches sparring as part of the curriculum for kids and adults.  Why do we emphasize sparring and what is the secret to our success?

First, concerns over sparring are very common.  Our fears range from concerns about getting hit or hurting our opponent.  As a parent, we might be anxious about the wellbeing of our child.  We also don’t want our kids to learn to be aggressive.  Victory Karate helps kids and adults work through these fears by engaging students in sparring drills in a SAFE, constructive format.  We emphasize light contact with kicks and punches only going to the body.  We also emphasize footwork, strategy, and simply getting a feeling for the sport.

Our sparring sessions are taught by national champions who have years of experience sparring and teaching sparring techniques.  Our instructors make our sparring sessions a truly unique environment.

So why do we emphasize sparring, when so many other schools shy away from it.  Simply put, we are teaching martial arts, primarily karate and Taekwondo.  Kids and adults become stronger physically and less fearful from our classes.   They also develop a bond with each other very quickly as they learn how to spar.  Techniques such as keeping your guard up, staying sideways, defensive side kicks to keep your opponent away, bouncing, etc. help develop a martial artist.  A student also learns to defend him/herself through sparring.

Finally, sparring is a lot of fun and a great cardio vascular workout.  Come out to Victory Karate and try our classes to learn sparring in a safe environment.