Kowkabany's Family Martial Arts

The deep traditional stances that we use in our daily lessons while training at Kowkabany’s Family Martial Arts center in Tampa, Florida have been prevalent in martial arts (karate, taekwondo, kung fu, etc.) for thousands of years! Long before you could drive down the street to a local gym filled with high-tech machines and personal [...]

At Kowkabany’s Family Martial Arts Center (Tampa FL), we use the copyrighted Songahm Forms of the ATA (American Taekwondo Association) as part of our standard curriculum for our Adult Students, and in our Karate for Kids and Tiny Tigers programs. The first form in our martial arts system is Songahm 1; this form was designed [...]

Scientifically proven as the STRONGEST kick in all of martial arts, the reverse side kick is found in Taekwondo, Karate, and a myriad of other martial art styles. This kick has been proven to generate up to 700 psi upon impact! At Kowkabany’s Family Martial Arts, we practice many variations of the side kick in [...]

We are now in our fourth month with Team Kowkabany’s new public speaking class!! After looking at the various options and requirements to start a club sanctioned by Toastmasters International, (the lead organization in public speaking) we decided to start a “Gavel Club,” an affiliate of Toastmasters International! We now have a fully sanctioned and [...]

“Friday Night Sparring!!” Attention Karate Kids, Tiny Tigers, Adult Students and everyone else who loves martial arts videos! We have finally set-up our YouTube account!! Here you’ll see a mix of Friday Night Sparring videos, warm-ups from one of our traditonal martial arts lessons, an ATA parody of gangnam style (ATA Songahm Style), as well [...]

The following Official ATA Tournament Rules became effective as of June 23, 2012 beginning at World Championships, the start of the new tournament year. This first section contains the rules for the ATA Xtreme and ATA Creative competitions. We will cover these rules more in-depth with a local judging clinic (Tampa, Florida) to be held [...]