Trad Am Karate

Trad Am Karate is a martial arts school in Santee, California. It provides martial arts training for kids, teens and adults in a family friendly environment, with month-to-month fees and no long term contracts. Classes cover Tiger Cubs, Juniors, Adults and Families, and students can train individually or as a parent and youth duo or trio in the family classes. Trad Am Karate also offers White Crane Low-Impact Martial Arts for seniors. Training develops blocking, punching and kicking skills along with physical and mental fitness, focus, concentration, confidence and self-esteem, and includes practical self-defense and safety lessons for children. The school holds a rating of 5.00 from the customers who have reviewed it.

Trad Am Karate teaches Traditional American Karate (TAK), an eclectic system that began in Southern California in 1982. TAK is based on shorin-ryu, shotokan and kung fu, and incorporates techniques from judo, jujutsu, aikido, American Karate, kenpo and kickboxing, with weaponry also included. The school is led by Sensei Floyd Burk, who has appeared in Black Belt Magazine, and Sensei Martha Burk, alongside the TAK instructors. Students take part in IKSA tournaments, formal promotions and belt testing, and the school hosts events including the Team Trad Am 2026 Bo-Down Seminar. A martial arts gear and supply store is open on site. Classes run Monday through Friday from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday until 8:30 p.m., and Saturday from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.

The school sits on Carlton Hills Boulevard, just off Mission Gorge Road and about 0.2 miles from the San Clemente Canyon Freeway. The San Diego River runs about 0.3 miles away, Fanita Drive is roughly the same distance, and the Santee Branch of the San Diego County Library is about 0.4 miles from the dojo.

Trad Am Karate has built a 5.00 rating from the customers who have reviewed it, reflecting the experience families in Santee have had training there. Its mix of traditional American Karate instruction, family classes and low-impact options for seniors gives Santee residents a range of ways to train under one roof.