Most of the karate schools in US are just after school daycare for kids. There are good clubs, but you have to research them. Most Kyokushin clubs will teach y

Most of the karate schools in US are just after school daycare for kids. There are good clubs, but you have to research them. Most Kyokushin clubs will teach you quite a bit Foundation of modern karate was in the era when every boy in Japan did Judo in school. Every accomplished karate teacher at the time also was a decent judoka. For example Oyama who founded Kyokushin was a great grappler, many Natinal level judoka also trained karate. You have to train grappling or you might as well not bother training at all.