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Haggerty's Martial Arts Ctr
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Although I am neither a staff member nor enrolled student at Haggerty's I do know pretty much what there IS to know about the dojo having trained, and sometimes instructed, there informally for more than 30 years. \r
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I was priviledged to begin my instruction in classical Okinawan style Karate (the original form of the art) with the same instructor, Ichiro Takahata, who taught Tom Haggerty and have known Tom for about 40 years. \r
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Having obtained my first color belt ranking from Seikichi Toguchi (The Master and Founder of the Shorei-Kan style of Goju-Ryu Okinawan Karate taught at Haggerty's) and continuing the study or the art avidly for decades, I know more than a little about the difference between real and ""not so real"" karate, as does Sensei Haggerty. Contrary to the one negative comment on this site, Tom has EVERYTHING to do with this school, which is his life. \r
This is the only place in the Metro where you can learn Karate as it was handed down from the original founders of the martial art in Okinawa. It is not a health spa or fitness club and was not designed to provide ""creature comforts"" to its students. It is, however, clean and serviceable. The floor is fine - I've not gotten any splinters in more than 30 years of training there and there is nothing special about my feet. .\r
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The core group of instructors are all advanced rank black belts in Shorei-Kan Karate and a variety of other martial arts who earned their rank the old fashioned ""long, hard way"", are true experts in their respective styles and respected citizens of their community. \r
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Bullies ""come"" on occasion, but as is also the case with any good dojo, I have always seen them ""go"" as well. The senior instructors at Haggerty's are a great group of decent, dedicated and kindly people who nonetheless do not tolerate inappropriate behaviors from students at any level of training (including black belts) and are more than capable of handling pretty much any bully with little effort. They truly practice Karate-do (literally the ""way"" of Karate) and their other arts as a way of life. Any ""bully black belt"" that comes along does not last and does not represent either the philosophy or the normal practices of the dojo.\r
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Children are not taught with the same sort of discipline that was maintained in classical martial arts schools in the sixties and seventies as aside from other considerations it would likely not be legal to teach kids with the same level of discipline that was utilized back in the day. \r
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However, kids are gradually and carefully introduced into the discipline of the art under the masterful tutelage of Chris Fay who is perhaps the best ""kids instructor"" that I have ever seen in my 40 years of involvement in martial arts. While not a ""sport"" as it is taught at Haggerty's, Karate has some degree of physical risk to children practicing it just as does their participation in school or recreational athletics. That risk is lower in this school than anywhere else I have seen and ""control"" is a lesson that is taught from day 1. \r
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I am not sure what axe the negative commenter has to grind here but can't help but wonder if they might have been invited to leave for some reason or perhaps just don't ""get"" what real martial arts are. \r
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In any event, If you are looking for true REAL karate training, the real stuff - like what you see in the first Karate Kid movie - taught in virtually the same fashion as it was handed down to Tom through a direct lineage from the original founder of Goju Ryu Karate through the founder of Shorei-Kan, then Haggerty's is the only place in the Oklahoma City metro area where you will find such training and is one of the few places left in the U.S. where it exists.
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