Our Club
Located in Whitefish, Montana, American Karate Club was formed to offer community based education in effective self defense. The club’s mission is to encourage teens and adults to improve their health and fitness through martial arts training. At our Whitefish location, we provide classes in American Karate, Krav Maga, and a variety of self defense workshops including weapons training.
Taekwondo
- American Karate is a traditional Tae Kwon Do program that incorporates a modern and realistic approach to effective and practical self defense. We offer classes to both teens and adults.
Krav Maga
Krav Maga originated in the Israeli armed forces and is as an effective and practical self defense system. Our teachers pull together the best techniques from Krav Maga, Kalah, and a variety of other martial arts to deliver what we believe is best in class training that will prepare you for a broad range of real life scenarios. Our classes include defenses against a variety of attacks by weapons including firearms and knives.
Our Team
Davey Anderson
Davey Anderson
Davey Anderson
Davey is American Karate Club’s lead Karate instructor. He holds a 2nd Dan Black Belt in American Karate and is a Krav Maga Instructor. Davey enjoys Japanese sword (Aikido) work, weapons training, and cross country skiing.
Bob Upton
Davey Anderson
Davey Anderson
Bob is a 2nd Dan Black Belt who has been practicing American Karate since 2009. He is also a certified Krav Maga instructor who has been training in Krav Maga since 2015. Living in Whitefish, is other interests include Irish Stick Fighting, precision rifles, fishing, hunting and skiing.
Tom Kelner
Davey Anderson
Tom Kelner
Our lead Krav Maga instructor, Tom is a Black belt Krav Maga practitioner. He has been training in various Krav Maga styles since 2013 having worked with Mr.Green. Tom is also a lifelong wrestler and coach, and is an expert Kassai horseback archer.
Tom is also expert in working with teens and through his work in the local school system has dedicated years to helping grow them into mature and capable adults. Tom lives in Kalispell.