Blitz Dojo Martial Arts and Fitness

"My young boys have been going to Blitz for 2 years now - once a week as well as camps. This family-run dojo has the perfect mix of community, discipline, fun, and achievement for kids. The senseis/teachers are excellent and my kids adore them. I look forward to our boys going to competitions as they get older. I really can’t say enough good things about this dojo."

"A good Sensei teaches discipline and how to overcome adversity! Sensei Joseph Rivera, is a True Master in helping teach his students true discipline! Looking for a great Sensei go to Blitz!!"

"My son has gone to Blitz for years and loves it. Focusing on form, balance, and strength while having fun has been great for him. Recently my daughter started going more regularly as well which has been a lot of fun for her."

"As a divorced single parent of a 10-year old, shuttling between DC and NYC, I've rotated through my son's momentary intrigues w/ soccer, tennis, ice hockey, lacrosse, coding and chess. But not until we discovered Karate/BJJ, was there a sustainable enthusiasm. Certainly, the patterns, order and discipline of Karate/BJJ are part of the appeal to a hyperactive (ADHD) kid. But the Sensei of Blitz Dojo -- Joe and Victoria -- are such extraordinary educators that Izzy Levine has found seven different Dojos in DC, not to mention two others in Brooklyn, to be significantly inferior. I make my living evaluating teachers in high schools and colleges, but I've never seen a finer pair of teachers than Joe and Vicki. They have a remarkable ability to balance fun-work, while multi-tasking to make the smallest detail adjustments to improve their students. Plus, the Sensei have won numerous national titles which creates a foundation for the building of a Sport Karate tournament juggernaut in Central Brooklyn. The proof is in the number of students and parents happy to travel from Manhattan and far-flung Brooklyn neighborhoods (like ourselves -- 45 minutes each way) for the honor of training with such superlative instructors. Joe and Vicki were fortunate to train under one of the seminal Shotokan Karate figures on the East Coast (Dee Villalona). And they're celebrating Villalona's famously exacting attention to detail along with her inspiring both girls and boys. Indeed, Blitz kids must rigorously earn their Karate benchmarks beyond the more typical "belt factory"- McDojo model of many Dojos. Thank you, Sensei Joe and Victoria, for inspiring Izzy and his Dojo peers. It's an honor to watch such consummate professionals motivate young people to attain levels of excellence beyond what they (and their parents) had ever imagined each and every day!"

"I've been going to Blitz dojo since I was eight years old and I still go there. The staff are amazing people and aren’t just sensei’s, but they are mentors to the kids. When I go there I learn something new about martial arts, fitness, self defense, etc. I think it’s one of the the best dojo’s in Brooklyn because Blitz doesn’t focus on one type of martial art, but they focus on many. When I was younger one of the sensei’s would take me and my friend to get pizza and he is someone that I trust in any situation."