.: welcome to dentou shotokan

Dentou Shotokan is a Traditional Shotokan Karate dojo located in the New Tampa area of Tampa/Wesley Chapel, Florida.  Shotokan Karate is a safe and non-contact form of Traditional Japanese Karate and weaponless self-defense training.  We offer ongoing programs for children through adults of all ages with the mission to promote personal development through the practice of traditional karate techniques.

.: class descriptions

Kids' Traditional Karate

Our beginning classes for children introduce the basic concepts and techniques of Shotokan karate training.  Some of the topics, goals, and skills developed include:

• Balance and coordination
• Respect and working with partners
• Listening skills
• Good exercise habits
• Beginning karate techniques (kicks, punches, etc.)
• Introduction to traditions and customs of Shotokan Karate-do

Our advanced children and teen/adult students of any skill level are presented with karate training using a more scientific approach.  The focus in training revolves around learning how to generate maximum power and impact from the full body application of every movement.  Each technique is broken down and examined as a full body mass action, and not just the arm punching or leg kicking action, for example.  This is achieved by examining the purpose and usefulness of stances, posture, expansion/contraction of musculature, body timing, breath control, and more.

Group Fitness: "Karate Fit"

“Karate Fit” is not a karate class, but a group fitness session with the goal of physical conditioning.  This is a medium- to high-impact group fitness class which borrows many of the punching, kicking, and body conditioning drills from routine karate training to help improve strength, increase endurance, burn calories, reduce weight, and more. The exercises used in this class are simple, quick to learn, and performed solo within the group setting. This is a great conditioning class for ongoing karate training or for maintaining general physical fitness.

.: training schedule and locations

Printable schedule

.: about the instructor

The instructor, Jeffrey Everett, has been a student of Shotokan karate since 1983, and began his teaching experience in 1985 while living in North Dakota.  He has also trained and taught at dojos in Minnesota, Oklahoma, and now Florida.  He received all his dan rankings from the late Hidetaka Nishiyama (10th dan, ITKF/AAKF) and Robert Fusaro (8th dan, AAKF).  He has competed to some extent in the midwest and nationally in the late 1980s to mid-1990s, but focuses his efforts today on training and teaching Traditional Shotokan Karate-do.

.: contact information

• Chief Instructor: Jeffrey Everett
• Phone/text: (813) 380-7958
• Email: info@dentoushotokan.org