Karate Franchise Opens in Medfield

Personal Best Karate, the region's leading trainers in martial arts instruction, is coming to Medfield, announcing the opening of its fifth location.

 The newest Personal Best Karate has opened as a franchise, and is located at 38C Park St. Multi-style Black Belt, Rolando Perez, will operate the School. Residents of the town may recognize the location that is shared with Park Street Books.   The space, formerly operated as Medfield Martial Arts, will now bring Personal Best Karate’s rewards based student progress to the area.

 Christopher Rappold, founder of Personal Best Karate, is a Sixth Degree Black Belt and three-time World Champion, who has built the business to a five-location, highly respected Martial Arts Organization. In addition to the Medfield School, Personal Best Karate has locations in Easton, Foxboro, Norton and Norwood.

 "We are absolutely delighted to have the Perez family a part of our organization," said Rappold. "They are so excited to bring our character based martial arts instruction to the area.  The way we build quality schools is to start with quality people.  I am very proud to have the Perez family as the newest members of our team."

 Perez said Personal Best Karate prides itself on being about the families and is pleased to share the school with the Medfield community. 

“Being a father of three and seeing what Personal Best Karate has done for us, I am honored to be able to share Personal Best Karate with the families of Medfield and surrounding area,” he said.

For more information regarding programs at Personal Best in Medfield, call (508) 203-1777.

 About Personal Best Karate:

2011 marks the 20th year anniversary for Personal Best Karate. From humble beginnings, starting in a garage to becoming a Martial Arts Organization with a national reputation of excellence, Personal Best has continued to positively impact the communities it serves. Blending character education, physical fitness and effective self defense skills together into an age appropriate curriculum has created quite a following. This June, Personal Best Karate will celebrate its 1,000th promotion to the rank of first degree Black Belt. 

 Outside the walls of Personal Best, Rappold has led the way in anti- bully education for schools.  The very popular, BullyGuard™ program has aided 29 public and private schools in proactively dealing with bullying.  To date, Walpole, Foxboro, Easton, Norton, Mansfield, Sharon and many other communities have benefited from the program’s message.

Rappold is a frequent speaker on topics of bully education for parents and students, personal protection, raising self esteem, and peak performance psychology.  Additionally, Personal Best raises thousands of dollars annually for the local school systems with their after school programs. As part of their character education they established a non profit organization, Personal Best Charity, that has provided 14,000 Thanksgiving meals to local families in need over the past 16 years.