1. We truly care about each student.
2. Professional & clean facility 
3. Ranks are earned, never handed.
4. Student safety is number 1.
5. Flexible class schedule. 
6. Age appropriate classes.
7. Authentic Okinawa Karate.
8. Practical self-defense training. 
9. Individual student attention.
10. Professional instruction at all times.

Our school teaches Okinawa Goju-Ryu Karate and also a blend of kickboxing, judo, and of course self-defense. Whether you are 3 years old or 70 years old, we are committed in having you reach your goals.

Sensei John Young has been a student of karate since 1993. He received his first black belt in Shorin-Goju Karate in 1999. In 2010 Young earned his 5th degree black belt in a separate discipline called Goshin-Ryu Karate. He has now been practicing karate for over 31 years, and his love of the art continues to grow each day. Young’s main area of study and focus is Okinawa Goju-Ryu Karate. Having taught thousands of students for more than 20 years, Young has now owned and operated his own karate school since 2013 and teaches a curriculum of the above mentioned disciplines and more.

Young’s dojo, Transform Martial Arts, is also a member of the internationally recognized karate organization GKC Global operated by Sensei’s Paul & Michelle Enfield. Young has also studied Judo, Kickboxing, Kobudo, Aiki Jiu-Jitsu, and Southern Five Family Fist Kung Fu.

Young has dedicated himself to improving lives through high quality martial arts training in a positive, safe environment. Teaching realistic self-defense and valuable life skills, he is committed to having people develop the confidence needed to lead a happier, healthier, and safer life. 

Young believes his greatest achievement in the martial arts has been watching his own students, both young and old, literally transform their lives for the better in his dojo, and even more importantly, out into the world.