About
About Us - Welcome
Greetings and Welcome to Westside Martial Arts, a member of the Westside Center for Community and Self Development Inc. (a non-profit organization).

Our school is dedicated to teaching what the Japanese call Budo and the Chinese call Wu Te.

Translated these mean The Martial Way and Martial Virtue respectively. These are ways of living one's life with:

* focus
* patience
* perseverance
* honesty
* respect

We utilize the arts of Yoshinkan Aikido, Shotokan Karate, Tai Chi for Health and Self Defense and Iaido as well as personal safety and self-defense training to teach these concepts.

Personal safety is an important issue in today's world and with situational awareness training one is more alert to surroundings and signs of possible dangers to one’s self and family members. Martial Arts training helps with the development the skills necessary for this awareness. One does not have to fight to protect one's self.

Good health is important to us all and we at Westside Martial Arts promote good health through proper exercise, diet and responsible social habits.

Please come and join us for any of our training sessions to observe our arts and our teachers. After class please feel free to ask questions of our teachers about our programs and our school.