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Teen / Adult Testing April 2012
A very special congrats to the students that were ready to move on in their Kenpo Adventures. Awesome Job Everyone!!! Kyle Naylor 2nd Orange Stripe Taylor Niggel 1st Purple Stripe Michele Laity 4th Green Stripe Shane McCarthy 1st Brown Stripe Chad Hendrix 1st Brown Stripe And a VERY, VERY special KUDOS goes out to our [...]
Teen Testing March 2012
Congratulation to all the Pre-Teens and Teens that achieved their new levels on their Kenpo Adventure. What a great night!! Mason Bowers 1st Orange Stripe Kyle Naylor 1st Orange Stripe David Lane 4th Blue Stripe Michele Laity 2nd & 3rd Green Stripe Draven Nguyen 2nd Red Stripe Savannah Nguyen 3rd Red Stripe And a very [...]
Pittsburgh Testing March
With the first semester over, the PKA Karate Academy in Pittsburgh held it’s first belt exam for those students that were ready and approved to move on in their Kenpo adventure. Congratulations to ALL! LOTS of hard work! Kidz Zone: Joey Klose: New Yellow Belt Jovian Smith: New Purple Belt Sami Niggel: New Purple Belt [...]
March Testing Burgettstown
Congratulations to all the students that tested for the end of this semester at the PKA Karate Academy, Burgettstown, location. Awesome Job!!! Adrian Plance: New Little Dragons Yellow Belt Cole Plance: New Little Dragons Orange Belt Rudy Brown: New Little Dragons Orange Belt William Brown: New Juniors Orange Belt Nicholas Gianfrancesco: New Juniors Yellow Belt [...]
January Testing Results 2012
First test of the calendar year went GREAT! Congrats to everyone in their achievements on their new levels while on your Kenpo Adventure! David Lane 2nd Blue Stripe Sean Hallahan 1st Gold Stripe Taylor Niggel 3rd Orange Stripe Shane McCarthy 1st & 2nd Green Stripe Kyle Naylor Advanced White Belt Zachary Murdich Advanced White Belt [...]
MOVIE Filming at PKA Karate
PKA Karate Academy in Pittsburgh was recently contacted by an independent film company, Happy Cloud Pictures to help out with their current film project, “Razor Days.” Click Here to learn more about the film and company The scenes that needed to be shot revolved around a women’s self-defense class. We were honored to be asked [...]
First Pictures out of Burgettstown
The PKA Karate Academy in Pittsburgh recently began operation at its second location, teamed up with Luanne’s School of Dance in Burgettstown. On Tuesdays and Fridays, REAL Kenpo in Pittsburgh has begun to expand out of the local area and the new location is exploding! The PKA Karate Academy specializes in Age Specific, Goal Driven, [...]
PNC YMCA- Senior Kenpo Class
On Tuesday, November 8th, 2011, the PKA Karate Academy in Pittsburgh took it’s Senior Silver-Sneaker Kenpo program on the road and provided a free class hosted by the PNC YMCA in downtown Pittsburgh. The attendance was great, the class was fantastic and the results were overwhelming! Some of the many outstanding comments that we received [...]
Welcome to Burgettstown!
PKA Karate Academy in Pittsburgh opens it’s 2nd Location. (More coming???) On Tuesday, September 20th, 2011, Kenpo in Pittsburgh took a HUGE step forward by expanding to it’s second location which is 1445 Main Street, Burgettstown, 15021. This was a plan in progress and with the growth of the McNeilly Road branch, the tremendous excitement [...]
Mr. Drew Gaffron plays the Hard Rock!
We want to salute and congratulate our very own Mr. Drew Gaffron, one of our new Assistant Instructors beginning this year! His band, “Good Timers” played the Hard Rock Café in Station Square on Sunday night, July 31st and THEY ROCKED THE HOUSE! Good Love (Cover) Free Bird (Cover) Dont Need No Doctor (Cover) Better [...]




