Welcome to Kazoku Karate Academy!

We have been providing martial arts instruction for over 40 years in the Totowa/Woodland Park area. We teach traditional Shorin-ryu karate as well as Women's Self Defense, Bully Self Defense, Aikijujutsu, Japanese Sword Arts, and other martial and physical fitness programs.

Karate (空手)is a martial art developed in the in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called te (手, literally "hand"; tii in Okinawan) and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks, restraints, throws, and vital point strikes are taught in some styles. A karate student is called a karateka (空手家).