800 Niagara Street North
Welland, ON
L3C5Z4

Phone: (905) 735-6045
E-mail: info_at_midwest-karate.net
Contact: Peter Smith
Established: 1999
Website: http://www.midwestkarate.ca

Midwest karate club inc., located at seaway mall in welland, is a member owned and operated not-for-profit organization dedicated to teaching the principles of traditional jka shotokan karate.

the fundamental purpose of the club is to preserve the underlying principles of this highly esteemed japanese martial art. traditional karate, as a martial art brings significant benefit to the participant. it helps to improve self-confidence, self-esteem with obvious physical fitness benefits. parents report with significant duplication the improvement of their child's interpersonal communication skills, task focus and improved sibling relations and school performance. while it is difficult to empirically measure, these benefits are continually reported by parents who have enrolled their children in traditional karate under the tutelage provided through midwest karate.