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Meet the Drake Family!

Dear Grand Master Hafner,

Training at Keith Hafner’s Karate has benefited me, a middle-aged man, in three distinct ways.  It has, first of all, fulfilled a lifelong desire to develop expertise in some form of karate.

Beyond this, it has provided both direct physical conditioning and an indirect framework and motivation for a regular physical training program. We all know that we should do physical conditioning. For me, the Hafner karate program has proven to be a way to make it happen.

Of equal value to the first two benefits has been sharing karate with my children, who started before me. It has become both a common bond and a way for the kids to impart some expertise and knowledge to Dad, which is a healthy counterpoint to the usual situation.

R. Paul Drake
Professor, Atmospheric Oceanic and Space Sciences
Professor, Applied Physics
Space Physics Research Laboratory
University of Michigan