Testimonials

Dear Mr. Shaub,
Thank you so much for your wonderful teaching-you certainly have a gift for inspiring & working with students. The messages & techniques you taught [as gym teacher for a day] are powerful lessons to live by-what a valuable experience for the students of CG.

Thank You Again,

Madonna and Reed
Cottage Grove Elementary Gym Teachers

In April 2003 I was reading the newspaper. Another child abduction. This made me sick to my stomach. With so many children getting abducted every year by strangers, it made me think of my own grandchildren's safty. How can I protect them? What's the best way to keep them safe. I really knew the answer, but I had to get the okay from their parents. The answer was karate. What a great way to help my grandchildren to help themselves. Their Mom and Dad said okay. So in May of 2003 we signed them up for Karate at Karate America in Cottage Grove, WI.

What a great investment. That was three years ago. Today they are first degree blackbelts. They made their Grandfather so proud.

I know there are no guarantees in life, but I had to do something. Now they have the training to protect themselves, plus they have learned how to respect other people and to respect themselves. They are also in good shape and that means a lot in this day and age with childhood obesity on the rise, so many computer games and way too many television channels.

Chris P. Josheff Jr

I wanted to thank you for the difference you are making in Skyler's like and in our family. Though we have only been a part of Karate America for 5 months, what he is learning is so valuable. We have seen his confidence and self-esteem improve significantly and are excited about his newfound self-motivation and focus on becoming a black belt.

Every instructor has a wonderful way of teaching with kindness and encouragement, and every class focuses on the students' strengths. As a parent, watching the classes has hleped me to find ways to motivate him to do his best outside the dojo as well. Every class I observe leaves me feeling inspired to be a better person and parent, and keeps me mindful of the morals and values that I strive to uphold and pass on to my children. In a very real sense, you have become a part of our family.

You are teaching so much more than how to do Karate! We feel strongly that we are making an important, sound investment in his future.

Thank you, personally, for being such a caring, committed role model to our son and all of your students. Thank you to everyone there for helping build Skyler's foundation for creating his own success in his life. We are so grateful.

Sincerely, Lori M. Kay

Dear Mr. Beck,

It was a pleasure meeting you several weeks ago outside your Cottage Grove Karate America location. Both my sons, J.D. and Hugh, attend classes there with Mr. Shaub.

I've been most impressed with Karate America and have felt that the training and life skills taught there have helped J.D. immensely. He has become a more focused, more confident, and more positive person since starting. I feel he has possibly found a life-long interest.

I have been very please with all the staff members. They have always been polite and professional, but I would like to mention Mr. Shaub in particular. While this may seem a simple thing to say, it's by no means a simple matter to me: I feel he has been a fantastic role model for my sons.

Sincerely, Paul Counsell (Father of two Karate America students)

Mr. Beck has taken the skills he has gained as a highly accomplished martial artist, and applied them to a number of personal growth opportunities. He has mentored several top quality Karate instructors who serve at his Princeton Club and Cottage Grove locations. Two of my own children receive instruction under Mr. Tyler Shaub, one of Mr. Beck proteges. Mr. Shaub is an enormously gifted instructor. I can't think of any teacher, instructor or coach of anything I would rather have working with my children.

Dwight A. Clough

As a parent I would like to stand up and applaud Karate America for "Boot Camp" presented to a combined group of boys and girls this summer of 2006.

Boot Camp was presented to these kids as a fun expression of what they have learned and what they will learn to become.

The program was exciting, well planned and shouted the spirit that is needed to build a child's love of sport and self esteem.

Thank you, Karate America!

Nancy Nitka