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Kyokushin Karate of Los Angeles

We are always accepting new students. For self-defense, health, and new challenges ! We have practitioners from 4 to 82 years old who practice day and night ! Our Downtown LA dojo is located on the 2nd floor of the Little Tokyo Galleria (3rd Street x Alameda). The Orange County Dojo is also accepting new students in Fountain Valley ! Please try our free trial class. Our popular women's exercise classes in the South Bay are offered at our Torrance dojo. These classes are not for karate members, but for housewives, office workers, students, and other members of the general public who can enjoy exercising in their favorite outfits.

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2 Mon 4 The National Championships held on Sunday were a success with many competitors from Romania, Hungary, Canada and other countries. The event ended on a high note. In addition, two female Los Angeles athletes who won ・ at this year's championships have been selected to participate in the international tournament to be held in Poland in October . Please look forward to the success of these Los Angeles athletes competing on the world stage !
Karate, which originated in Okinawa, is an ancient Japanese martial art that developed as a self-defense technique. Karate as a competition such as kumite and kata, which we often see in the media, is actually only one aspect of karate that has developed over the past few decades in the nearly 1,000 years of karate history and is used by young trainees as a place to gain experience. The Kyokushin Los Angeles Dojo has several instructors with world champion titles in various categories, and is among the best in the world at training athletes. This experience, combined with feedback from members of the military, police, and security professionals, allows us to offer classes in self-defense techniques that can be used to protect oneself in real life situations.

In Los Angeles, where public safety continues to deteriorate, everyone needs self-defense skills, not in the form of physical combat, but in the form of prevention and forewarning to avoid dangerous situations.


Our dojo has a 29-year history of sending athletes to the quadrennial Kyokushin World Championships every four years without fail since 1995, and our success in terms of athlete development is only one of several aspects of our dojo's character. The Kyokushin LA has over 40 experienced instructors with over 10 years ~ 40 years of karate experience alone. More than half of them are in their 40's or older, making Kyokushin LA a place where one can continue to enjoy martial arts training not only for the training of athletes as introduced at the beginning of this article, but also throughout one's life.

Thus, in Kyokushin Los Angeles, there are always active practitioners from 3 to 82 years old, young athletes who train day and night aiming at success in competitions, and mature and non-fighting practitioners who lead a fulfilling karate life.

●In Torrance, "Karate ・ Exercise Class" for women
Five-time women's world champion Why don't you enjoy exercising using thrusting and kicking movements by instructor Ito, who is a five-time world champion for women? No need to worry even if your body is stiff. You don't have to wear a karate uniform, just wear your favorite clothes that you can exercise in and enjoy the exercise to the fullest. ! Free trial class is welcome ! Please contact us for details.

●We have many students from beginners to experienced over 40.
Many people who wanted to do martial arts when they were younger but were unable to due to various restrictions, or who had to quit due to higher education or employment, join us after reaching middle age. Martial arts techniques are not real unless you understand the mind that is required to use them. Kyokushin Los Angeles is waiting for you who can see the way because of your life experience and who have the desire to be a lifelong martial artist, not to compete with others but to improve yourself.

●What is Karate like? The Los Angeles Dojo is a dojo where those who have such questions can find the answers.

Everyone has their own reasons for starting karate: for self-defense, to maintain health, to challenge yourself, or to train your mind through martial arts. Please start with karate. We will help you on your way to the "you" you are aiming for.
The Kyokushin Los Angeles coaching staff is led by Branch Director Nakasaka, who has served as the U.S. representative to the 1995 World Championships and as the North American National Team Coach for the World Championships, and includes instructors from youth to adults, men ・ women and men ・ who have won World Championships and have represented the United States at World Championships. In addition, we have many Japanese instructors who have taught karate in both the U.S. and Japan ・, and we have a strong group of black belt instructors who take advantage of the Japanese-American community. All of our black belts are karate practitioners who enjoy karate as their life's work, and we offer a full range of ladies and senior classes.

In competitions, those over 35 years old are classified as "mature" and some over 50 years old have won world championships, but they train day and night to achieve a mature and injury-free karate style that is different from the younger classes where they practice hard. There are many cases where people who practiced in Japan in the past rejoin with their children after several decades, and there are not a few people who encounter once again the forgotten thing of their youth, "the way to Kyokushin," here and practice hard to achieve the dream they once had.

In the women's division, instructor Ito, who is the only one in the long history of Kyokushin to have won world championships in both kumite and kata, is teaching in Torrance. Under her guidance, many promising female athletes have grown up, and the adult women's division is also training well. In Los Angeles, the first "mature women's kumite division" in Kyokushin history was held, and Watanabe, who won the championship there, is also a member of the class instructors.

Thus, in Kyokushin Los Angeles, people who practice karate with various thoughts and feelings gather and enjoy training.

Looking at the past tournament results of the Los Angeles dojo, it may seem that they have a great deal of knowledge and experience in training athletes. However, as they say, the path of the martial arts is a hard and steep one, and no matter how old we get or how well we do in the championships, we will always remain humble and ambitious, and continue to pursue the path of the martial arts throughout our lives.

Dojo Location :
Little Tokyo Little Tokyo Galleria 2nd Floor ( 3rd x Alameda )
Torrance Yakiniku Manpuku Side ( Carson x Cabrillo )
San Fernando Valley Inside SF Valley Japanese Community Center ( Branford x Laurel Canyon )
Fountain Valley Right across from Yakult Headquarters ( Newhope St x Warner Ave )
Santa Ana Inside Montessori International School ( East Dyer Rd x Halladay St )
Irvine Inside Orange Island Cultural Salon ( Redhill Ave x McArther Blvd )
Oceanside In Melba Bishop Recreation Center ( San Diego )
10 other locations
As a global karate organization, Kyokushin Kaikan is here to support your future karate ・ life, no matter where you go on the planet. The Los Angeles dojo is also characterized by the fact that people who have studied Kyokushin Karate not only from Japan but also from all over the world gather and sweat together. Many of our members have studied Kyokushin Karate in Los Angeles and have continued their studies after returning to their hometowns in Japan, and many have become black belts.

How about starting a karate life here in Los Angeles that you can continue throughout your long life ??
Practitioners from 4 to 82 years old are practicing day and night !

●Downtown LA Dojo is on the 2nd floor of Little Tokyo Galleria (3rd Street x Alameda \The Downtown LA Dojo is located on the 2nd floor of the Little Tokyo Galleria (3rd Street x Alameda). Also, Orange County Dojo is now accepting new students in Fountain Valley !
Please try our free trial class.

●Women's exercise classes, popular in the South Bay, are offered at the Torrance dojo. This class is not for karate members, but for housewives, office workers, students, and other members of the general public who can enjoy exercising in their favorite outfits.

Dojo contact information in Japanese :

Little Tokyo, Torrance, San Fernando Valley, Rosemead, Fountain Valley, Santa Ana, Irvine, Redlands and San Diego are (877) 662-7947 To Nakasaka ( Tall Free )

West LA Dojo
(310) 266- 7328 To Hasegawa

Please contact any other dojo not listed above.

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