Japanese school training courses in Cedar Rapids, IA (public, in-house or online)

Traditional Japanese Shotokan Karate for ages 12 and older. Real Karate with total self-defense application. Not sport. No extravagant demonstrations. Practical approach to body dynamics and physical training. Taught by C.M. Smaby, 7th Dan Master Instructor with over 44 years experience.

Japanese Healing Methods date back thousands of years but have developed over the centuries to assimilate many other methods from many other cultures. The result is a rich and highly flexible set of holistic healing methods with a strong foundation in the concept of energy balance, and resulting use of life coaching, physical therapies, spiritual healing, exercise and nutrition.

In this course we study a wide range of aspects from Shiatsu and Japanese Herbalism, to how Life Coaching, CBT ...

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Web-based training in Japanese reading and writing to develop skills at the advanced level. Course activities combine independent work with communicative activities on the website. Ideal for in-service professionals seeking language development and maintenance. Repeatable one time.

Whether you want to learn conversational Japanese for travel or just for fun, you’ll find this course makes it easy and enjoyable for beginners to master the essentials of the Japanese language. Guided by a native Japanese instructor, you’ll also gain cultural knowledge only an insider has.

In each lesson, you’ll learn useful conversational phrases and vocabulary words particular to a specific area of travel. You’ll practice these in drills, interactive exercises, and...

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Whether you want to learn conversational Japanese for travel or just for fun, you’ll find this course makes it easy and enjoyable for beginners to master the essentials of the Japanese language. Guided by a native Japanese instructor, you’ll also gain cultural knowledge only an insider has.

In each lesson, you’ll learn useful conversational phrases and vocabulary words particular to a specific area of travel. You’ll practice these in drills, interactive exercises, and ...

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