London Budo
About Us
Budo
Developing the warrior's mind, body & spirt
At London Budo we teach authentic Japanese Jiu Jitsu that has been passed down from teacher to pupil for hundreds of years combined with the best techniques from modern combat sports and self defence programs.
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We aim to provide a complete martial art system for 21st Century Londoners that combines self defence, fitness and tradition in a friendly supportive community.
It is incredibly difficult to find authentic, practical Japanese jiu jitsu in the UK so our head instructor has travelled to Japan over 35 times to learn this art directly from the masters there. He first visited Japan in 1993 and his teacher awarded him a shidoshi (teacher's) licence in 1999. He is also a daishihan (master instructor) of the Bujinkan Dojo in Japan.
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Our master's dojo in Japan
In addition our head instructor is a BJJ black belt which was awarded to him by Roger Gracie, a professional MMA competitor and the greatest BJJ champion of all time. This allows him to incorporate the cutting edge techniques from high level modern combat sports (BJJ, MMA etc) into our curriculum.
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​Our focus is to provide a program of effective self defence training whilst understanding the techniques and lessons from past generations.​​
We are a sociable group and like to go to the pub after training.