Okinawan Seidokan Karate and Kobudo
 
 
 

Welcome to the website of the Torii Dojo, a member of the All Okinawa Seidokan Karate Kobudo Association. The dojo was established in 1970 by Ed Duga, Shihan Sensei and continues to teach Okinawan martial arts in western Pennsylvania in the same traditional manner today.

The Torii Dojo offers well-rounded martial arts training that focuses on:

  • karate - empty hand technqiues
  • kobudo - "old way" weapons
  • toide - joint locking and throwing techniques

Specializing in self defense training, the Torii Dojo offers students in the Derry and Blairsville areas of Westmoreland and Indiana County, PA a unique experience to practice karate with instructors who have studied in Okinawa and class time emphasizing discipline, focus and refinement of character.

The traditional Okinawan martial arts training provided by the Torii Dojo Includes:

  • junbi undo - warm ups
  • hojo undo - body conditioning
  • kihon waza - basic techniques
  • kata - forms
  • bunkai and techiki - interpretation and application of kata
  • kumite - free sparring
  • ippon kumite - one attack and counter techniques
  • yakusoku kumite - multiple step techniques

Please contact or stop by during dojo hours for more information.

 
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Note: All videos on this site are intended as references for Torii Dojo students or students of other Seidokan schools. The videos are not intended to be instructional materials nor should anyone attempt any of the techniques featured in the videos without the supervision of a certified Seidokan instructor.

  

RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
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5/14/10-5/15/10 The RSKKR Annual Training will be held at Camp Cory in Rochester, NY

April Open Saturday Workouts will be 4/3, 4/17 and 4/24

3/24 & 3/31 Free Women's Self Defense Two-Night Clinic will be offered from 7 - 9 PM. Please call (724) 675- 8020 or email to register (limited to first 25 participants).

March Open Saturday Workouts will be 3/6, 3/13 and 3/27

1/5/10 Classes will resume following Christmas break

12/22/09 This will be the last class before Christmas break

11/26/09 Thanksgiving - No Class

11/14/09 The new location will have it's Grand Opening - please join us for a day of demonstrations, sharing and fellowship. Note that this is a different date than originally posted and that dinner will follow at Robokyo Japanese Steakhouse.

7/5/09 Congratulations to Sensei Duga who was promoted to 9th Dan today by Toma Sensei

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