{"id":4,"date":"2022-01-22T20:39:42","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T20:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5741.temp.domains\/~essexshu\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2026-06-15T16:13:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T16:13:23","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/essexshukokaikarate.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n      class=\"kv-control-placeholder kv-_page\"\n      data-kv-control=\"1\">\n    <\/div> <section class=\"background-id_808080m16 section-1642796394265 hypoxu08 kv-full-page\" style=\" position:relative;\">\n  <a name=\"section1642796394265\"><\/a>\n    <div\n    class=\"kv-control-placeholder kv-_section\"\n    data-kv-control=\"background\">\n  <\/div> <div class='kv-background  ' style=\" background-color: rgb(80,80,80);\">\n        \n        <div class='kv-background-inner ' data-image=\"background-image: url(&#x27;https:\/\/images.builderservices.io\/s\/cdn\/v1.0\/i\/m?url&#x3D;https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.googleapis.com%2Fproduction-bluehost-v1-0-8%2F648%2F1234648%2Fvn3Z0kZ9%2F338544b430184f34be627eb08d82f80a&amp;methods&#x3D;resize%2C2000%2C5000&#x27;);\" style=\"\n          background-image: url(&#x27;https:\/\/images.builderservices.io\/s\/cdn\/v1.0\/i\/m?url&#x3D;https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.googleapis.com%2Fproduction-bluehost-v1-0-8%2F648%2F1234648%2Fvn3Z0kZ9%2F338544b430184f34be627eb08d82f80a&amp;methods&#x3D;resize%2C2000%2C5000&#x27;);\n          \n          \n          background-color: rgb(80,80,80);\n          opacity: 0.5;\"><\/div>\n          \n<\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"position-relative kv-content\">\n    <div\n    class=\"kv-control-placeholder kv-_section\"\n    data-kv-control=\"content\">\n  <\/div> <div class=\"kv-ee-section kv-ee-section--lg kv-full-page\"><div class=\"kv-ee-container kv-ee-align-center\"><div class=\"kv-ee-row kv-ee-cover-text\"><div class=\"kv-ee-col-lg-12\">  <h1 class=\"kv-ee-cover-title kv-ee-section-title kv-ee-section-title--md\" data-type=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\">Awaken the <br>Power Within&#8230;<span data-prop=\"title\" class=\"ck-editable-element\" data-editable=\"basic\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/h1> <p class=\"kv-ee-cover-description kv-ee-section-description kv-ee-body--md\" data-type=\"text\" tabindex=\"0\">Essex Shukokai Karate offers people of all ages and abilities &#8212; from age 3 to 100 &#8212; the opportunity to learn a martial art steeped in history and culture and provides a wonderfully supportive community for its students and their families. 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