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 Sensei Ed Duga 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 jutsu - empty hand technqiues comprised of
  • kyusho jutsu - vital point manipulations
  • tuite jutsu - joint locking and grappling
• kobudo - "old way" weapons

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 - supplemental conditioning
• kihon waza - basic techniques
• kata - forms
• bunkai and techiki - interpretation and application of kata
• jiyu 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.