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Update on COVID Protocols and Schedule

Dear Enso Karate Students and Families,

Thank you for bearing with us as we needed to start our Winter Break two days earlier than planned due to COVID related concerns. We hope that you and your families are staying safe and healthy. Fortunately, everyone in our household is feeling well, and we are following COVID guidelines. Today we want to share a few more updates related to Enso Karate events and classes:

  • Events during Winter Break. We will need to reschedule events we had planned for this week. Unfortunately, the Kids Only Game Day, and Adults Night Out will be postponed. We hope we can hold these events a bit later in the Winter.

  • Chicago Blast Karate Invitational. This event will not be held in January. We are working on selecting a new date for March or April.

  • January Class Schedule. After careful consideration, we will begin the new year with our current schedule starting Monday, January 3, 2022, which includes both in-person and online training options. We will continue to monitor the COVID situation and make changes if needed.


  • Per the City of Chicago’s Public Health Order 2021-2. Enso Karate will require valid proof of COVID-19 vaccination for all students and visitors age 5 and up starting January 3rd. See below on how to provide proof of vaccination.

  • Reservations Required for In-Person Classes. While we are not expecting demand for in-person classes to increase significantly in January, we are asking students to make advance reservations and will limit class sizes to 20 students in the Chicago and Oak Park dojos. This will allow us to control the number of people in the dojo at any given time and more efficiently comply with the new vaccination requirement. See How to make a reservation for an in-person class.

  • Masks are required for all students and visitors. Masks may only be taken off briefly during designated water breaks, when students will be kept at a distance.


Thank you! Through this pandemic, we've tried to apply lessons from karate-do to get us through -- the importance of being alert, staying calm in stressful situations, and persevering in the face of difficulty. We want to express a big thank you to our instructors who, especially in the last year, have made it possible to keep our dojo going strong. Let's all give a special shout out to Sensei Saul, Sensei Sam, Sensei Katie, Sensei Maxine, and Sensei Christa! And to our students and families, thank you for your patience and cooperation as we find ways to continue karate training and staying connected as a dojo during these very challenging conditions.

With best wishes for a safe and enjoyable holiday, and for a Happy New Year in 2022!

Sensei Jay & Sensei Denise
How to Provide Proof of Vaccination
Step 1: Click here to access Enso’s MindBodyOnline (MBO) system, which we use to manage a number of our systems. You may recognize it from your last Online Exam or special seminar!

Step 2: Click on the “My Info” tab, and then click on “Documents.”

Step 3: Click “Choose File,” and then find the image you’ve taken of your vaccination card. Many types of documents are accepted, including: bmp, doc, docx, gif, jpg, jpeg, mov, pdf, png, ppt, pptx, rtf, tif, tiff, txt, xls, xlsx, zip. Once you find the file, click “upload,” and you are done!

Alternatively: If you prefer, you can bring your/your child’s vaccination card(s) with you to your next in-person class, and an instructor/staff member will take a photograph of your vaccination card to upload to our system later.
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