Samurai Judo Association

The Samurai Judo Association is a health institution located at 1006 South Jefferson Avenue in Goose Creek, South Carolina, United States. Our beginner classes are perfect for adults new to the sport of judo, with experienced instructors guiding you through the basics and helping you establish a strong foundation. For experienced judokas, we offer advanced classes focused on refining techniques and developing new skills to take your judo to the next level.

Judo is not just a competitive sport, but also a practical form of self-defense. Our instructors will teach you how to apply judo techniques in real-life situations. Our Joint Base Charleston Samurai Judo and Jujitsu program creates a supportive community where students and instructors are like family, welcoming new members to our dojo.

Judo and Jujitsu are great ways to stay active and healthy, teaching discipline, focus, and respect that can carry over into all aspects of life. Our training includes aerobic workouts, muscle toning, self-defense skills, and improved speed, flexibility, power, agility, balance, and reflexes. Judo builds self-confidence, encourages a competitive spirit, and offers a recreational or defense activity for those not interested in competing.

Our jujitsu program focuses on practical self-defense, street survival, and ways to deal with or eliminate threats. We teach court defensible strategies, avoidance techniques, and methods of controlling others through holds and joint locks. Judo is a sport with strict rules for competitive play and safety, offering opportunities for competition at various levels.

Judo originated from feudal Japan's fighting systems, primarily jujitsu, and provides an effective self-defense system. Our location at Building 725, across from Sam’s Gym in Goose Creek, offers a year-round activity appealing to people of all backgrounds. If you are interested in our program, feel free to reach out with any questions. We are located at Naval Weapons Station in Goose Creek, South Carolina, and offer free access to active-duty military, reserves, retired personnel, DoD civilians, and CAC card-holding military family members. Join us at the Samurai Judo Association to learn and improve yourself physically, mentally, socially, and spiritually through the art of judo.