Instructing Traditional Japanese style martial arts, Karate, in South San Jose. We practice contact style of Karate for children (5-12 yrs old) and adults (13 and up). Training material emphasis on Traditional Katas and drill down the meaning of techniques introduced in Kata, Bunkai for thorough understanding of techniques.
It is great for regular exercise, losing weight, conditioning, fun sparring, strong and good technique, self defense.
Established in 2009. Dojo, the school, was established in 1980's in South San Jose and have been in Almaden areas and serving community for traditional Karate training. - We create a positive community place where public finds learning Karate has good effect to their lives and have good experiences. The dojo to be a friendly community center - We operate the dojo continuously so people who appreciates can gather to training together for a long time.
Fukunishi started teaching Karate in 1996, with over 20 years of experience teaching Karate in the south San Jose area. He finds passion to share his training experience in full contact style karate, and as he took over the dojo operation ownership in 2010, he has been devoting to share his knowledge and experiences to those south San Jose communities. Throughout his teaching career, he has helped many students to obtain black belts and fighters who became champions at local and international tournaments.
Sensei Shuji Yamauchi began his martial arts journey at the age of 14, training in Goju-Ryu Karate before moving to Kyokushin Karate at 16 and Seido Kaikan at 18.
With over 40 years of experience in full-contact karate and combat sports, including kickboxing, Muay Thai, and mixed martial arts (MMA), his journey has been shaped by continuous challenges, discipline, and perseverance.
For Sensei Yamauchi, martial arts have never been solely about winning or losing. They are a lifelong journey of self-discipline, humility, perseverance, and personal growth. He believes that the true essence of martial arts lies in the ability to discipline oneself while developing kindness, compassion, and respect for others.
He believes that true strength is not simply about defeating an opponent, but about having the courage to face challenges, overcome adversity, and continue moving forward, while never losing the humility and compassion to care for others.
Ms. Chiharu Saito is a calligrapher who kindly offered to compose the characters “Yusei Kai” for our dojo sign and uniform. She started to learn calligraphy at the age of 6 and by college had mastered a brush writing technique by learning from Chinese classic works. Her calligraphy writings have been exhibited 11 times at the Sogen Shodo 1st Category Exhibition. In addition, she was awarded the Shuitsu Excellence Award on two occasions. In 2018, her calligraphy piece was chosen for display at the prestigious 70th Mainichi Shodo Exhibition. We are honored to have her writing of “Yusei Kai” embroidered onto our “Dogi,” training uniform.
