Martial Arts in the VI

Searching the phone book there is nothing for Karate or Martial Arts. I would think that you could make a nice sustainable business here doing that because there is a good population of parents that have the money and would want to send their kids to an extracurricular activity like this. A summer camp would be a boon for the parents looking for something their kids could do during the summer.

Just my opinion. I hope this helps.

I've seen some kids at Nisky Center wearing their little white uniforms with the different colored belts, I think they call them gees (misspelled I know, a hard g followed by a long e). Maybe there's some sort of martial arts instruction going on in the gym there.

There are at least three martial arts schools on STX that I know of:

Evworth Charles has a Tae-kwon-do dojo in Peter's Rest. Excellent instructor.

Elite Tae-kwn-do at the Village Mall (340) 772-3040 (they also have Fitness Kickboxing.)

There is a Goju dojo in Frederiksted, but I can't remember the name of it.

STX has quite a few martial arts practitioners, and regular tournaments...not familiar with the STT schools, but they come over to STX for tournaments and the students are usually really good.

On St. Thomas, Sensei Jackson offers Karate for adults at America's Paradise Gym on Fridays and for children on Fridays & Saturdays. (340)714-3488.

--Islander