Our class pricing
introductory offer for Jujutsu and cardio kickboxing
6 Weeks For $99, 2 Sessions per week.
Little Ninjas 5-6 years
Give your youngster a leg up at school with increased self-confidence, discipline and respect for others;
Junior Jutsu 7-13 years
Our Junior Jutsu program teaches not only self-defense skills such as blocking, striking, proper falling and throwing, but essential life skills such as self-confidence, integrity and respect for others.
Teen JuJutsu Program 14 + years old
Strengthen your body and mind as you learn the art of combat jujutsu. Miyama Ryu JuJutsu class benefits you in so many different aspects of your life, such as through increased physical fitness and core strength.
Adult JuJutsu Program
You will practice time-tested skills that give you the edge in a physical assault. You will learn how to fall and roll properly, how to block and deflect attacks from those intending to harm you, and how to utilize throwing, joint locking and strangulation techniques to defeat an attacker.
Self-Defense Class
Learn and practice the fundamentals of self-defense with nationally recognized expert Shihan Diane Wallander. Our ultimate goal is to assist you in feeling more confident, secure and empowered in your life.
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Cardio Kickboxing
for teens and adults
Our Cardio Kickboxing class is a complete body workout for teens and adults, designed to increase agility, flexibility, balance and core strength. Experience a fabulous workout while you practice skills such as blocking, deflection and hand/foot strikes, and gain self confidence that comes with an improved fitness level and training in vital self-defense skills.
Our Mission Statement
The Chicago Minami Dojo offers training in Miyama Ryu Combat Jujutsu, a style of martial arts designed to merge the techniques of classical Japanese jujutsu with karate, judo, aikido and western-style street fighting into a tremendously effective system of self-defense. Developed by legendary Shinan Antonio Pereira in 1964 in the South Bronx, New York, this time-tested defensive art has been utilized in real-life situations by tens of thousands of people, throughout the world.
Classical Jujutsu was developed by samurai warriors for war. In our modern world, Miyama Ryu Combat JuJutsu is used for self-defense in the personal, private war that civilians face. Violent crimes against individuals often fail to make the headlines, appearing merely as statistics. Miyama Ryu Combat JuJutsu teaches how not to become one of those statistics.
Our Miyama Ryu Combat JuJutsu program is complemented with a youth jujutsu program, cardio kickboxing classes, and self defense classes and monthly seminars designed for women and taught by women.