Muslim American Society of Brooklyn

Muslim Youth Center

1933 Bath Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11214
Tel: (718) 232 5905 Fax: (718) 232 5103

Br. Rami: (347) 209-1910 - Sr. Layla: (347)479-3845

Karate

In order for children to have a healthy mind they need to have a healthy body. The karate program at the MAS Youth Center gives the children unbelievable self esteem. One can tell that the difference between the children that attend karate and the ones that don‘t .No, it’s not the suit that gives them away. It’s the way the children carry themselves with charisma, they look confident in their talk and walk.

The Karate program teaches children to always to be striving for a goal in various ways: changing their belts for advancement, the tournaments, or different events that keep taking place. This program gives the children a sense of recognition. It has many positive aspects that keeps the children looking forward to new accomplishments on a day to day bases.

Of course, behind this great successful program is a very well trained and educated champion instructor, friend, brother, and a leader, Sensei Yasser Salama. Here is little history about Sensei Yasser, the great instructor that hundred’s of children are trained by while thousands of parents are talking about. He is an asset to have at the MAS Youth Center because of the great accomplishments he has done with the children's physical, emotional, and psychological well being.

Sensei Yasser Salama began training in Karate at the age of 8 in Alexandria, Egypt under the instruction of Sensei Hassan Easa. He continued practicing and winning numerous national competitions. In 1990 he became a member of the Egyptian National Team, which gave him the opportunity to train under Japanese Instructor Hedike Okamoto, British Instructor Tommy Morris and Egyptian Instructor Dr. A. Fargali.

Sensei Yasser is a 4th Degree Black Belt in Shotokan and Shito-ryu karate, and is also a National and International Champion. In 1994 he participated in the 1st Clubs World Championship. He was the Gold Medal winner at the 1995 London Karate Open Championship and the Bronze.Medal winner at the 1994 Kobe Osaka World Cup in Scotland. He has won many Championships abroad and here in the United States as well. Sensei Yasser won the Bronze medal at the 1998 United States National Karate Federation Championship in New Orleans.

Here in the United States Sensei trains under Shihan Kai Leung who is the President of the Shotokai Karate Association. Sensei Yasser is a certified coach in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and he is also a member of the United States National Karate Federation (USNKF). Sensei Salama has over 23 years of teaching experience and over 28 years of continuous karate training. Sensei Yasser specializes in teaching sparring techniques that can be used to defend oneself and can also be used to become a sparring champion in competition.

If you are interested in learning more about the karate Program please feel free to come in to observe the class {free of charge}. We promise to wake you up with the great energy that these children rock the center with.

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