About Pinewood
The Pinewood Headquarters is located in California's beautiful Napa Valley.
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| Pinewood was founded in 1989 by Dr. Daniel E. Andrews III and his wife Laurie to teach their children the ancient art of karate-do. They started the school on Pinewood Drive in Napa, thus the name, "Pinewood".
As with any good idea, especially one backed by a good and pure motive, it caught on. Other students joined in to study the martial arts. The students called themselves the "Pinewood Karate Club". The "club" continued to grow, but quickly needed a larger place for classes. Since then, the school has been in 3 facilities (dojos) before building a permanent Headquarters in 1994. |
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Permanent Headquarters built in 1994. |
| The main training hall has beautiful pine-paneling on the walls and the floor is hard wood. A large tatami mat before the shomen is used for practicing a number of techniques - tumbling, sparring, grappling, and throwing. The school is well equipped with heavy bags, pads, staffs, taiko drums, makiwara boards and other traditional training equipment. In addition to the inside, there is plenty of room outside for students to train.
The students do the upkeep around the dojo. Work is done with traditional hand tools to teach discipline and manual dexterity. Students use these tools for weapon training as did the ancient founders of karate-do. |
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If you would like to schedule advanced training classes or if you would like more information, please contact the Pinewood Headquarters The address is: Pinewood Karate School, 901 Trancas Street, Napa, CA 94558. (707) 253-9643. E-Mail: sensei@pinewoodkarate.com |