Kowkabany’s Family Martial Arts (KFMA) congratulates Ms. Amy Harris and Ms. Karen Lafond on earning a combination of five state titles for the 2016-2017 tournament year! Ms. Harris has now earned Florida State titles in sparring and traditional forms, and Ms. Lafond has earned titles in sparring, traditional forms and traditional weapons. While KFMA focuses […]

Kowkabany’s Family Martial Arts will be offering a FREE Women’s Self-Defense Seminar on Saturday, March 18th. This seminar is a community event, and is open to girls and women of high school age and up. As there is a limit as to how many we can teach in any one clinic, if you are interested […]

Is your high-school senior ready for college? Do you have a teenager with plans to travel overseas during the summer months? With several students approaching the end of their senior year in high school, parents are going through a mix of emotions as their teenagers prepare to graduate and to go off to college. Is […]

Kowkabany’s Family Martial Arts (KFMA) has focused on teaching realistic self-defense and traditional life skills (courtesy, respect, self-discipline, integrity) in a family atmosphere since we opened our doors in Tampa, Florida twenty years ago. Our students range from pre-school children through adults in their sixties, and many of our students enjoy the challenge of competing […]