WS business news: West Seattle Karate Academy is moving

(Longtime WSKA student Christopher Nuñez shows off the new sign, right below his mother’s salon, Daysi’s Salon de Belleza)
Another West Seattle business on the move – just got this announcement from Laura Vanderpool, who wrote it on behalf of the dojo to which she belongs:

After nine years in its location across from the Southwest Library, West Seattle Karate Academy is moving to a new location just down the street.

The new dojo will be four blocks south at 9455 35th Avenue SW, on the Northwest corner of the intersection of 35th SW and SW Roxbury [map], next to 35th Avenue Chiropractic.

“The building we were leasing went up for sale so I decided to look for a new space in the neighborhood,” noted owner and lead instructor Kris Wilder. “The new location was a great find – it’s bigger with higher ceilings, just a really comfortable space.”

Classes will begin at the new space Monday, August 24th. West Seattle Karate offers traditional goju-ryu karate classes for adults and children, including a “Tiny Tigers” class for kids ages 4-6. www.westseattlekarate.com

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1 Reply to "WS business news: West Seattle Karate Academy is moving"

  • lashanna August 19, 2009 (2:50 pm)

    We have been taking our children to WSKA for 3 years – we love it. There are so few things in this city that one can afford to have multiple children participate in. Our children both started in tiny tigers and now are in beginning kids and advanced kids class. My eldest had some ‘energy’ to burn, soon after starting w/ Kris- the change in his was amazing. All of a sudden he was practicing at home- without prompting. My youngest is a little shy, so seeing her gain self confidence was such a treat.

    Kris is such a delight- the perfect amount of serious discipline mixed with his retro referencing jokes make this dojo the only place we’ll ever train.

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