Taught By Sensei DeVonte Bennett
Meet Sensei Devonte Bennett Bey, a First-Degree Black Belt in Okinawa Shuri-Ryu Karate and a former U.S. Marine with more than 20 years of martial arts experience, including amateur MMA competition. Devonte is a national champion with the USAMA and has competed in martial arts tournaments at the world level.
Inspired by the profound impact martial arts has had on his own life, Devonte is passionate about helping young people develop confidence, discipline, resilience, and character through martial arts training. For more than a decade, he has integrated martial arts principles into his own family life and has been teaching and mentoring youth through martial arts and leadership programs since 2021.
Following years of teaching under his mentor, Kyoshi Maria Evans, whose retirement in December 2025 marked the end of an era, Devonte has continued her legacy by founding Shozen's Virtual Academy. Built upon the values, traditions, and teachings passed down through Shozen's Martial Arts, the academy serves as a direct extension of that lineage, bringing authentic martial arts education and character development to students wherever they may be.
Classes run weekly on Tuesdays & Thursdays at 4PM PST
Learn Discipline and Respect
Teach your children the value of self discipline, how to respect themselves and others. Martial arts instills the concept of discipline in students through consistent training and teaches respect through values such as bowing in to class for every class
Learn Self Defense
Gift your child the ability to protect themselves and the self confidence that comes with it. Martial arts is not just defense, it is an art form that uses the body to express oneself, it is also a skill that can forever be developed. Research shows that skills like martial arts help foster confidence that boosts childrens' development
Learn Basic Okinawan & Japanese Culture
Karate is an indigenous fighting form from the Ryukyu islands otherwise known as Okinawa. From there it moved to mainland japan. Karate has a deep cultural history and a long standing deep tradition rooted into it. Through units within this course we explore the language, the history and the traditions of Okinawa & Japan.
Scholarships Available
Scholarships are available for class. To find out more subscribe and send an email.
Benefits of Scholarships
1 of our initiatives is to teach over 500 children self defense in a world that gets more and more dangerous
Karate Scholarship
Karate Scholarships are available from our various small and large donors.
Benefits of Karate
Martial Arts fosters discipline, lifelong learning, respect, confidence, connects communities and more.
