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Clairday's Karate Studios
 
 
Clairday's Karate Studios offers martial arts training in four locations. The Athens and Priceville locations offer the traditional martial arts and weapons training, as well as training in grappling, boxing, kick boxing, and mixed martial arts (MMA). Our Cullman location offers traditional martial arts, weapons, and grappling training.
 
Our traditional martial arts training style is a blend of Tang Soo Do and Tae Kwon Do; both finding its roots in Korea. Tang Soo Do is comprised of 60% Korean martial arts philosophy, 30% Northern Chinese, and 10% Southern Chinese philosophies. This results in a blending of a hard-style martial arts (Korean) and a soft-style martial arts (Chinese). Tae Kwon Do or "the way of the hand and foot" is the art of kicking and punching. With Master Clairday having 29 years training in the martial arts, students are often exposed to other sytles of training and philosophy outside of their traditional base. Beyond conditioning, training includes a focus on kicking, punching, katas, and sparring. People of ages 3 and up can train in classes designed for their age and rank level or participate in family oriented classes. Our main goal is for our students to have fun while developing their martial arts skills.    
 
Our Priceville location focuses more on developing fighters under the discipline of their choice.  These disciplines include boxing, kick-boxing, grappling, and mixed-martial arts (MMA). Clairday's is affiliated with USA Boxing which governs Golden Glove, Silver Glove, and Olympic style boxing. Kick-boxing training can include full contact or a European style. Grappling training is based on Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu rules and points systems. MMA training is inclusive of all these disciplines. UFC rules guide the training.   

The History of Clairday's Karate Studios
 
Clairday's Karate Studios was established in 1983.  The first studio was opened on Main Street in Hartselle, Alabama.  Clairday's Karate Studios has grown and now has four locations; Athens, Priceville, Cullman, and Ardmore.