Gentle Karate for 4 Yr Old

The Little Gym in South Tampa had a great class called Chop Sticks. It's not huge on lots of karate/martial arts moves. But they do learn blocks and kicks, but no sparring w/ other kids. They do this for about 20-25 minutes and then for the next 1/2 hour or so they do gymnastics rotations, that involve some aspect of what they just learned (blocks, kicks etc.) It was very fun and my kids had a ball in it-and were very tired by the end of class!

My kids took at the YMCA. I don't know what they have at the Eastlake Y, but the the Gills YMCA just over the Pasco line they offer karate, and it was great for little ones. Good luck.

Yes! Pro Karate Center on County Rd 1 in Palm Harbor is fabulous! You will not find a better Karate experience for your child. My son has been attending since he was 5 and he's 8 now. We had to take a short break due to financial reasons (recession is hitting everyone hard) but plan to go back. I won't take my child anywhere else. If you go tell Sensei Dean and his wife Miss June I said hello!
H. Stevens

Check out the YMCA
There is one behind Palm Harbor High School and they have classes for little ones.

Isshinryu Karate is great for little ones. My son took lessons at 5 years old and they really focused on self-confidence and self defence, not sparring and winning medals.

http://www.ingramskarate.com/