Denver ATA Karate for Kids

I’ve been a student of Master Lorenz since I was 8 years old (now 26). Through her instruction and the instructors on her team, I grew to be the person I am today, not just in my material arts skills, but also in the life skills taught (discipline “to obey what is right,” communication, honesty, etc.). I could not recommend her school more. Denver ATA Karate for Kids is the place to be if you want to grow into a successful martial artist and person or if you want that for your kids. I know when my kids are old enough they’ll be ATA Strong.

Master Patty Lorenz is a great instructor who owns the school. We feel very comfortable talking with her and she is very honest and upfront with everything. We have gone through some difficult times and she was willing to work with us! As long as we communicated with her and followed through with what we agreed to everything worked out just fine. I really respect her and what she does for our kids. The Life Skills alone has helped my son develop respect for himself and to show respect to others. Great family business and very down to earth. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND taking classes with Master Patty Lorenz!!!

Master Lorenz and Ms. Vanessa are hard working, diligent and extremely good both with kids and adults. Personable and professional, these martial artist definitely redefine the often negative stereotype of "American Martial Arts" by including a discipline of taekwondo (Songahm) that is both functional and enjoyable for adults and kids alike. If you are looking for a traditional martial arts in a kid friendly, professional, and hard working and tough school you have come to the right place. You will get your work on and you and your child both will benefit greatly from their instruction.

We are pretty new and have been only taking classes for about 6 months but I just had to review this dojo. I am so please with the level of instruction, friendliness of the staff, and not to mention a very clean location. The owner, Patty Lorenz, made sure to go through everything with us prior to signing up and made sure we were aware of all costs associated with this sport. The gear and weapons do have to be purchased through ATA due to insurance and I think that's completely understandable. We did try out a couple d deferent karate dojos before coming to ATA Denver. ATA is much better quality of instruction, the prices are much more affordable, and the benefits of the program are great! Plus all instructors are background checked and they have a standardized curriculum! This place is the real deal!

Please beware, do not sign a contract with this organization before you do your homework on ATA. I need to caution that you need to read the contract before you sign. The monthly fees are not the only fees you will incur. ATA requires that you use ONLY their equipment which costs two to three times what we priced out at a local martial arts supply store. And the weapons we did purchase at ATA were certainly not of superior quality or worth the 67% increase cost. The owner, Master Lorenz, seemed to only be concerned about our purchase of equipment and paying to test. This site is lucky however to have an excellent instructor, if Sam owned and operated this gym our outcome would have been totally different.