US Budokai Karate of Albany

Osu everyone! Please find our September 2020 COVID update below!

One of my sayings when I teach -

Osu- I like this one!

One of our students getting into the spirit for the holidays!

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Picture speaks volumes!!! Osu!

I like this one a lot!!! Osu

Osu Karateka! We will be closed today 12.17.2020 due to weather. If you had meetings scheduled we will add more to the list you and you will need to reschedule. Be warm, be safe! And we will see you on Monday.

Osu Budokai-ka! If you have received a black belt promotional invitation letter please utilize our booking service to schedule your interview! Either click the Book Now button above or head over to https://budokai.simplybook.me and schedule it there. Thank you! Osu!

OSU! Good morning everyone. We have been dealing with several issues with booking private lessons lately. We are now using a new service that is much better and more flexible. In moving to the new service we were unable to move existing reservations over unfortunately. We kindly ask that if you had an appoint scheduled you go in and request one again. We apologize for the inconvenience. If you have any issues please contact Shihan Ross. Osu!

Osu - great way to view martial arts and life’s paths as well.

Great Tiny Tiger promotion tonight- Dylan is moving up to Juniors. Dylan has been with me a long time now and I could not be more proud of him. He has grown both physically and mentally over is short martial arts journey. He absolutely crushed it tonight- his push-ups are insane-hard work pays off. I truly love all of my little warriors.

Osu - Your Martial Arts Journey

All Martial Arts

My little Timy Tiger Ana gave me this card and candy last night. I can honestly say it was one of the sweetest things someone has ever done. It makes me realize what we’re doing here is something special. The joy I get from teaching our youngest of students cannot be expressed in words. I’m thankful I have the opportunity to do so, I truly love all of our students and the work and effort they put in on their journey. It’s a lot more than just simply punching and kicking, it’s a life long path. Osu!.

Osu !! We were so excited to have our first KYU promotion since the shut down. Shihan Ross worked the students very hard and we could not be more proud of them. Of course we could not KUMITE last night so we had to settle for bag work, but all in due time will make sure they make up for it Congratulations to Daniel, Nathaniel, Brayden, Atul, Bob, Amanda, Sage. An excellent job done by all, always moving forward finding the way. #BudokaiWarriors #AllHeart#NoQuit

We can thank Shihan Ross and Shihan Andrew for this!

Osu - tight fist Budokai karate- ka

Osu and good morning. I wanted to follow up with everyone who receive erroneous spam messages this past week from our texting service. It appears to have been an issue specifically in the Verizon Network. Now this has been resolved I will send out the announcements again today for Covid and our phase 2 reopening! Also I know a few have inquired about this and expressed that they had blocked our number. It is our feeling that it is safe to unblock our text number at this time.... The number is 518-504-8900 Osu and have a great holiday weekend! From our provider: The issue was correctly identified as a Verizon only issue. Verizon has indicated that the issue was resolved as of 2:50PM Central. We are also working to ensure no carrier blocks are created due to this Verizon issue. You may still get responses from messages that were incorrectly sent to random numbers earlier today and our suggestion is to Archive those contacts vs replying.

I had to share this because it’s straight up funny - Osu!

It’s all in the kata!! Osu

Please find below our August 2020 COVID update as well as information on a quick survey and private lessons! -OSU link to survey: https://forms.gle/zhJm7CQuvRrELfkY8

Osu- I love those lessons-character building and always humbling

Osu- Be proud of you your accomplishments!