The dojo helps you learn martial arts faster

The importance of having a dedicated DōJō is that it allows us to help you learn new martial arts skills faster. The DōJō has plenty of space which eliminates distractions and keeps you focused. This relaxed atmosphere makes it so much easier to submerge yourself in Martial Arts providing you with the opportunity for personal growth and increased fitness. 

Martial arts creates personal challenges that continue to become more interesting as you progress. At the DōJō we tailor our coaching to your specific requirements allowing you to learn your new skills confidently. This means you won’t be turning up to a class full of 50 people and be lost in a crowd. We understand that everyone is different, and you are unique which means we put processes in place to help you achieve your personal targets.

DōJō literally means the Path or Way of enlightenment. So it is not a gym, or box, or pit or whatever the slang term is for fitness places these days. This is a DōJō, a place to learn and grow in a culture steeped in history and its uniqueness will drive your learning and become the place to start a journey towards something more important in your life.

The DōJō is a place of learning, you won’t just be here to do an activity or to “keep fit”. You will become part of something greater and something meaningful. 

Rather than turning up to a soulless commercial Gym, this is your opportunity to be part of a supportive and thriving community of like minded people, a family that helps to motivate you and support you as you start to achieve amazing results.

You will find our coaches have one focused purpose, which is simply to help you learn martial arts. That’s it. The reason they are so good at this is that they are professionals, they live the arts they coach, and have the highest standards for themselves and their students.

One of the martial arts we teach that everyone has heard of, is Karate. This art is all about undertaking a challenging journey of personal growth. Our passion for real Karate means our coaches travel to Japan to learn from the source. Many of our coaches have successfully competed at the highest levels too in order to ensure we are at the top of our game for you.

To become truly successful in any journey, immersing yourself in a new lifestyle is the most powerful approach. An underlying foundation of fitness for example is a great way to supercharge your results, and like everything we do at the DōJō, results for you matter, which is one of the many reasons we have the Training For Warriors 6 week challenge.

This is an incredible fitness programme founded in martial arts philosophy. As an example Karate uses belts as a way of assessing the start and end point of your journey, in our fitness transformation challenge we understand the value of this benchmarking method and apply a similar system . This means you will always start with a baseline body composition analysis and basic fitness tests so that we can map out your journey with assessment points. So you will always have a goal to reach and the motivation to stick with it.

When you get involved in learning martial arts you naturally start to set yourself personal goals. These targets are a fun way of developing your new skills and the act of passing your belt grades becomes a fun and exciting activity. As you move forward in your art, you are not measured against other people, but instead against a set of criteria. This makes it so much easier to achieve massive results in a shorter time period.

As you start learning new martial arts skills and progressing through your belts, you will start to notice that your confidence in your abilities will increase and because you are using different muscle groups, your body will start to feel stronger and fitter as well. Martial arts strengthens your core as well as all muscle groups, which ultimately helps you have more energy in your daily activities. Click here to join us!

Arrive a few minutes early so you can get ready for class. We recommend you give yourself time to sign in, get changed, catch up with fellow students and start warming up before we begin class. We do a thorough warm up, but every body is different so it’s good to get nice and loose before we begin. Getting into the habit of warming up your muscles before your workout will prevent discomfort, lower the chance of injury, and will also generally improve your health and your ability to learn new moves.

When it comes to Karate it's not just a Sport. It’s a Lifestyle. The value of training in this incredible art is huge, while many parents choose it for the improved concentration and creation of more orderly thinking in its students, many adults also desire the holistic health benefits too.

Karate is about defense not fighting. It’s about developing a social mindedness and a sense of community. 

If you're in Abingdon, karate training at the Can Do Martial Arts DōJō will give you the authentic Japanese martial arts experience, this is quite unique.

Karate’ is great for fitness too. You’ll go through a routine to loosen up and stretch out. You’ll practice basics to increase your strength, do acrobatic moves in kata, which will help improve your agility and dynamic movement skills and you’ll also practice kumite (sparring) to give you spacial awareness and reaction skills whilst getting you into better shape, and of course while you sweat, you will be eliminating toxins and burning fat. It’s hard not to like karate practice!

So a brief history of Karate would go something like this - it’s a Japanese system of health and exercise, that focuses on the aspect of self defence and character development, traditionally taught in a DōJō. Click here to join us!

I have studied Karate for over 32 years now, I’m what people call a Sensei or teacher and a 5th degree black belt. The journey I have had has been fantastic so far, challenging all the way but it has defined my life’s direction. Karate is an art that utilises blocking, striking and foot sweeps as its primary techniques. It can make you more flexible, stronger, faster, more focussed, confident and coordinated. It certainly gives you an appreciation for the value of respect, discipline and persistence, and facing your fears.

I am always excited to see new students enter our DōJō with high hopes and expectations for their karate journey to come, and it is my privilege to be able to guide them on their way. 

We offer Karate as one of our choices because it's a well recognised self defence that everyone seems to ask about. What we find interesting is that once new students find out more about our other martial art forms, they love to explore them as well. Either way martial arts helps to increase self belief, improve your confidence, discipline, self-defence, fitness, and confidence. It’s accessible to anyone and for anyone wanting something positive and different in their life.

Karate is a form of unarmed combat employing a wide range of punching and kicking techniques. There are no weapons involved in practising karate and the term 'karate' literally means 'empty hand'; (Kara 'empty', Te 'hand'). Only the hands and feet are used for blocking and striking. There are many distinctive styles of karate each with their own characteristics such as emphasising speed, power and hip rotation.

Being part of a group of like minded people ensures you have the support you need to reach your goals. When you are part of a community you are also accountable to them, so turning up to train is easier as you have others around you who want you to be there

and who are there to support you when times get tough.

We all know that motivation is fleeting, but being committed to your friends and the arts you are learning together makes the learning process last and achievement attainment real.

We want you to achieve your goals so we have made our memberships more flexible and put support systems in place to keep you engaged. Click here to join us!

We have created a family community in the DōJō which means you are treated with kindness, fairness, respect and enthusiasm, it’s not just about the classes you take but the friends you make along the way that make the difference between success and failure.

In our DōJō you are treated as an equal, it is a safe place, dedicated to the advancement of your knowledge and skills. 

I built this business upon strong ethical values I believe in, the principles of honesty and integrity being at the forefront. I also wanted the DōJō to have an elite coaching team which has led us to become recognised as a positive force in the local community, and place of refuge for those seeking a better way.

We want to help you turn your motivation into results when you join the DōJō. That’s why our coaches will always be there for you, making sure you feel safe and continue to develop new confidence in yourself and your capabilities. So please feel free to join our family focussed business and become part of something that is a source of positivity and hope with your local community. Click here to join us!