For 22 years we've been keeping kids off the streets, teaching them discipline, honor, respect, integrity, and self-defense.
For 22 years we've been keeping kids off the streets, teaching them discipline, honor, respect, integrity, and self-defense.
For 22 years Sunset Park Martial Arts has been helping children and adults regain their self-confidence, channel their emotions, and learn valuable lessons and skills to help them in their daily lives. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our school has been closed for almost 4 full months. At this time we are unsure if we will be able to reopen. Our students and our instructors are our family. If we close, our family has to break apart. We are asking you to donate whatever you can to keep our dojo family together. No amount is too small or too large. Thank you very much for your assistance. We will hopefully see each other again in August, God willing. Stay safe and stay strong.
Durante 22 años, Sunset Park Martial Arts ha estado ayudando a niños y adultos a recuperar su confianza en sí mismos, canalizar sus emociones y aprender lecciones y habilidades valiosas para ayudarlos en su vida diaria. Debido a la pandemia de COVID-19, nuestra escuela ha estado cerrada por casi 4 meses completos. En este momento no estamos seguros de si podremos volver a abrir. Nuestros estudiantes y nuestros instructores son nuestra familia. Si cerramos, nuestra familia tiene que separarse. Le pedimos que done todo lo que pueda para mantener a nuestra familia dojo unida. Ninguna cantidad es demasiado pequeña o demasiado grande. Muchas gracias por su asistencia. Esperamos vernos de nuevo en agosto, si Dios quiere. Mantente seguro y fuerte.
American Judo and Karate
In 1970 a satellite program was developed at the Methodist Hospital in Park Slope Brooklyn. The program was a free Martial Arts program for the youth in the community. The program was a great success. In 1973 the hospital had cleared the program from its plate due to budget cuts. The free students had nowhere to train at this time and John wanted to keep this program on track, it kept youth off the street and out of harms way. Later that year John opened up a school of his own so the students would have place to go and new students could join. It was called American Judo and Karate and was located in Sunset Park Brooklyn, on 46th Street between 5th and 6th Avenue. From 1973 to 1977 Kar-Do-Jitsu Ryu was molded and perfected, in 1977 the system was established and recognized in Japan.
Founder: Shidoshi John F. Manniel III
Kar-Do-Jitsu Ryu
Was one of the first mixed martial arts created,
this is an American System.
I was born in New Jersey and at the age of 2, my family moved to Sunset Park, Brooklyn. At an early age I began my journey as a Martial Artist under the tutelage of Shidoshi John Manniel. I received my black belt about the age of 18 and I have been both assisting and instructing my own class for about 15 to 20 years. I am currently one of the Chief Instructors at the KDJR Hombu Dojo. Shidoshi Manniel instilled traits and philosophies in me which I have been able to use in my everyday life, such as perseverance in my career, faith and respect in my relationships, and honor and loyalty for my friends and family. Throughout my teaching experience, I have had the honor of training with family members, several friends and outstanding instructors. I currently have the pleasure of training my daughter and son, I hope to some day see my children running their own Dojo and following the ways of Shidoshi John F. Manniel.