Improve your self-defense with Karate – Okinawan Kenpo

Kevin PowellCity, Parks & Recreation

The City of Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department is currently accepting registration for the fall session of Karate – Okinawan Kenpo.

The program explores the traditional style of Okinawan Karate for the purposes of self-defense and personal development. Students will strengthen their bodies, improve their posture, and increase their self-confidence. The skills learned in this class will be helpful in avoiding or minimizing violence.

Karate –Okinawan Kenpo is offered to those eight years-old and older, and meets 12:45-2 p.m. Sundays, March 26-May 21, at the Community Building, 115 West 11th St. Cost is $78 per person.

To register online, visit http://lprd.org/activity?n=214110 or stop by any Parks and Recreation facility including: the Community Building; Sports Pavilion Lawrence®, 100 Rock Chalk Lane; East Lawrence Recreation Center, 1245 East 15th St.; Holcom Park Recreation Center, 2700 West 27th St.; Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center, 4706 Overland Drive; or Prairie Park Nature Center, 2730 Harper St.

For more information, contact Molly Gordon, recreation programmer, at mgordon@lawrenceks.org or (785) 330-7355.