In The News

Proclamation to The Karate Dojo
	On August 9, 2011 Mayor Mike Reina of Jackson, NJ presented Master Eric Alders and Paul Alders with a Proclamation to The Karate Dojo for their outstanding charitable work and community service in Jackson. We are honored by the recognition. Read the article here
The Karate Dojo graduates first black belt class over four years in the making
	The Karate Dojo of Jackson created it's first Black Belt Class on Saturday, April 23rd after a gruel-ing day long test of en-durance, skill and disci-pline that challenged students. The cold and rain didn’t help the situa-tion for students who have been training and practicing for over four years for this day. Read the article here
Century annually awards their Top 100 most loyal customers
	Century annually awards their Top 100 most loyal customers in recognition of outstanding contributions these martial arts schools make in their community. Each recipient earns the award through their dedication and ongoing efforts to help their students achieve their full potential both as martial artists and as individuals Read the article here
Master Eric Alders and The Karate Dojo
	Since he was 7 years old, Eric Alders always wanted to run his own karate school. As a child back in 1983, living in nearby Howell Township, he began taking karate lessons and fell in love with martial arts. In 1995, at the age of 18, he became a black belt, training in the mixed martial arts of Tae Kwon Doe, Kenpo, Hapkido, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Aikido. Read the article here
How to Promote Your School
	We all share something regardless of where your dojo or community is located. These are your local town fairs, state fairs, fall harvest festivals, town celebrations/fireworks events, and related civic events classified as offsite booths. Read the article here
MA Success
	The central theme of the 2010 Martial Arts SuperShow is “Heroes in Waiting,” which focuses on the potential we each have to be a hero. Our Keynote Speaker this year is a real-life hero! Meet Marcus Luttrell, a veteran black belt and former Navy SEAL who faced a life-threatening situation and came out alive! Read the article here
I Will Survive
	Being a Martial Arts Industry Association (MAIA) Elite member, working on the grassroots level, and being creative have jointly helped us to not only survive in this economy, but also to continue to grow every month. Keeping costs low by offering buddy events (pizza, class, etc.), like a making-friends party for back-to-school season, allowed us to bring in 40 leads to our school for only about $100 for pizza and juice. Read the article here
Empower Your Child
	Their most common response would be Batman, Spider-man, Movie Stars, Sports Stars and so on. It’s easy to see why we would think of these people as heroes. They make exciting movies and perform incredible feats in sports, but they are not really heroes. Instead, we call these people idols. We look up to them and some of us want to be like them but they’re not heroes. Read the article here
The Importance of Body Language
	Jackson Youth Wrestling wrestler Sebastian Rivera is the February athlete of the month after an out-standing undefeated season in the program. Rivera is our first non-high school recipient. He has achieved an incredible feat of 82 consecutive wins without a loss in the Jersey Shore Wrestling League. Read the article here
April Interview
	Cole Miller, the 9th ranked UFC lightweight fighter in the world came to Jackson to train with local residents at the Karate Dojo, one of just a small handful of level 3 certified American Top Team training centers in the United States. Miller spent two days with MMA students at the Dojo and showed them some additional skills that are neces-sary to be able to compete at the top level of MMA competition. Dojo owner Eric Alders also brought in ATT trainer Fernando Falkenbach for a Sunday afternoon session. Read the article here
December Article
	With the Holiday Season upon us we tend to dip a little deeper into our patience, our caring of others around us and we seem to be a bit more charitable as opposed to other times of the year. We learn as children that we should keep the feeling and mean-ing of giving, family, love and appreciation with us throughout the entire year. Read the article here
February Article
	You may have first encountered a Bully when you went to school as a young child or you may have encountered a bully in the workplace. Unfortunately bullies are a part of life for both males and females, young and old but why do they do it? The answer is simple, they have little or no Self-Esteem. Read the article here
January Goals
	The New Year is upon us and if you are like most people you are preparing your list of New Years Resolutions that you are determined to achieve this year. I mean this time, you mean business and this is the year you are going to follow through right? Do you notice any items on your list that were there last year? My best is that there are a few and if you are like the majority of the popula-tion, you will actively pursue your goals for no more then 1-3 months and then give up. So if you really want to achieve your goals this year or any-time of the year, then please read on. Read the article here
October Article
	Every year children look forward to Hallow-een as it's one of the most exciting holi-day's of the year. Even as a parent now with twin girls I get excited by Hallow-een. I think it helps bring our youth out and espe-cially when you have children it allows you to relive the excitement through them. Read the article here