Christian Karate Summer Camp! Age 5 and Up! July 22nd-25th 9:00 AM- Noon Homeschool Resource Center 307 S. Parsons Ave. Brandon, 33511 Jon Touchton is an amazing instructor who runs a disciplined but FUN class! He integrates scripture into his programs! This camp is appropriate for karate students of all levels. We will cover basic karate (or whatever rank or experience they are at), plus lots of escapes and self-defense, role-playing, mat rolling, bag-kicking, and karate games (like point sparring with the foam swords, tape tag, etc.). Registration is $150 for the camp for the first child, $150 for the second child. 3rd child is 1/2 price and 4th child is FREE!!! (siblings). You may pay via PayPal, drop payment by the Homeschool Resource Center or mail to Tampa Bay HEAT, 1011 Knowles Rd. Brandon, 33511. Instructor Bio: Jon Touchton was a Tampa street cop for over 25 years and has taught martial arts (karate) and self-defense for 28. He is a 4th-degree black belt in American Karate (explained above) mixed with learning in Krav Maga and jujitsu and the experience that has come from a number of real fights while working as a police officer. I went to high school and college in Pensacola where I tutored math from lower grades to college-level while getting a B.S. in physics and a B.A. and Masters in history. From there I went into the CIA where I worked undercover for some years across the globe. It was in Washington, D.C. that I first began to study the martial arts. Following that service, I came to Tampa to teach karate professionally which I did for some years before joining TPD. I worked for 9 years on the midnight shift in high crime areas, from which I carry the physical scars of my real-life encounters with killers and thugs, including a bullet in my shoulder and the scars of having had staples in my head twice. I balanced my career in such ways that enhanced and benefited my family. I have two grown stepsons and a young adult son of my own, also a black-belt. My son is a wedding videographer and film-maker, and my wife is a retired Christian school pre-school teacher. Paladin Karate is a passion and I believe can be a great outreach and good thing for those seeking eclectic karate training, straight-up and effective and often simple self-defense and personal-protection skills, a good after-school program for kids, a platform for learning sensible self-defense and personal-protection for those in the corporate world, or simply a good family-oriented activity to do together while also offering tough and realistic self-defense training for all ages. --Jon Touchton | 