2026 Irvine Global Village Festival: Join the OCIGK Demonstration Team!
The 2026 Irvine Global Village Festival will be coming to Orange County’s Great Park on Saturday, October 10! This year is especially exciting as the festival celebrates its 25th Anniversary, and we want OCIGK students to be part of it! TAKE THE STAGE WITH OCIGK Students are highly encouraged to join the OCIGK Demonstration Team and represent our dojo in front of the Irvine community. The demo team will perform an exciting, choreographed karate demonstration set to fast-paced
No Extra Tournament Training Tomorrow
Tomorrow's Tuesday night tournament training at The Annex Tustin Legacy will be unavailable due to faculty closure. If you are looking for alternatives this week, we will still have tournament training 6:30 PM this Friday at Cypress Community Center and 1:00 PM this Saturday at Deerfield Community Center.
September Tournament- Additional Training is Available
With the upcoming tournament at Columbus Tustin Recreation Center on September 19th, we are happy to further instruct your children outside of standard classes to prepare for the tournament. They will be taught by Shihan Matt, Sensei Tom, and other black belts. The practice classes will help white belts through brown belts to perform even better in tournament kata and sparring, while also enhancing their knowledge in general. Students should ideally try to get to at least 2 o
Upcoming Tournament on September 19th
Hello OCIGK students, parents, and fans. We hope you are enjoying your summer so far. On Saturday, September 19th, OCIGK will be hosting another tournament for both kata and sparring at the Columbus Tustin Recreation Center in Tustin, CA. All students with 8 or more lessons are encouraged to participate. Only blue belts and above will be able to compete in the sparring section. White, yellow, orange and blue belts should arrive and be ready by 9:00 am for registration. Green
No Sat class on the 4th of July
In observance of Independence Day, there will be no classes on Saturday, the 4th of July. Classes will resume on July 6th.
No Classes (except Black Belt Class) - Sat, May 30, 2026
Reminder: No OCIGK Classes (except for the Black Belt Class) — Saturday, May 30, 2026 Please note that there will be no OCIGK classes on Saturday, May 30, 2026, as Irvine community centers will be used as voting centers. EXCEPTION: The 11-12 pm Black Belt Class at Deerfield WILL BE held. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to seeing everyone at the next class.
