On Saturday, November 21st from 1-4pm, SASDA held a Free women’s self defense course. Women from around the world joined together for an event of empowerment and awareness. Fodada, a clothing label dedicated to taking care of dads and families was our sponsor in helping us spread the word about how awareness can assist women

We opened our door in June of 2011.  Since then we have grown as a school and have recently made one of the biggest aesthetic changes to date; the installation of new mats for everyone to train on. Sensei Donnie built the dojo over 4 years ago and continues to make upgrades.  The new mats

On Friday September 25th and Saturday September 26th, Grandmaster Michael Pick came to the Shaolin American Self Defense Academy for a weekend of seminars.  Mr. Pick taught our kids about height, width and depth within their Kenpo techniques.  He also taught valuable lessons of how to stop a bully and gave some great concepts to

The Long Beach Internationals is an annual tournament held at the Long Beach Convention Center, in Long Beach California. One Saturday August 15, the Shaolin American Self Defense Academy made their presence known at this year’s event. Ready to do their forms and spar with other competitors, the SASDA family showed a tremendous amount of

It is with honor that we award Mr. Rick Schuller with a 2nd Degree Black Belt.  Mr. Schuller has been consistently in the dojo for private lessons at least twice week for several years.  Despite his busy schedule, Rick has trained with Sensei Donnie to make this art his own.  Rick’s  training is not to

What a year it has been already! We here at SASDA can’t believe that the heat is here and that it is already July. With summer upon us and school on break we hope you will not forget about your Kenpo. As we take our summer vacations and day trips to the beach, remember to

Here at SASDA we are very lucky to have so many great martial artists walk through our doors and share an enormous amount of information. The martial arts community if filled with people of many different backgrounds. At the Shaolin American Self Defense Academy we have had seminars with grandmasters, weapons seminars, special guests all

Tournament season is underway and the Shaolin American Self Defense Academy is ready to compete. With a few events under our belt we can’t wait for the next ones to shine. Our students go out to each event to learn and share martial arts knowledge with fellow kenpoists. With full mind, body and spirit we have

Tutoring and Academic help is now being offered at the dojo. Combine homework help with your karate classes. We can schedule a session around your martial arts classes or if you prefer, we can do in-home tutoring. Let us help you study, learn new test taking strategies or prep for school interviews. Just mention SASDA

The Shaolin American Self Defense Academy is supporting a new kind of Parent support group. The group is for parents of Children on the Autism Spectrum and/or with a Sensory Processing Disorder. This will be a safe, non-judemental setting where meaningful discussions of ideas can be shared and processed. Topics will be of a high