Santa Barbara Dojo

10/07/2026

Santa Barbara Dojo is excited to announce our annual Thanksgiving Basket Brigade! 🍂

Every year since 2010, our Dojo family has come together to ensure that no family in our community goes without a warm holiday meal. Last year, our incredible volunteers assembled 370 baskets—delivering 11,000 lbs of food to local families!

This year, our goal is to feed 250 families across Santa Barbara County, and we need your help to get there.

How You Can Help:

🏡 Adopt a Family:
• $75.00 adopts an entire family and pays for one full basket (turkey/ham, potatoes, veggies, pumpkin pie, and all the fixings for a family of 5!).
• $37.50 splits the cost of a basket with another Dojo family.
• $150.00+ feeds 2 or more families.

💼 Become a Corporate Sponsor: If you own a local business or know someone who does, we offer community advertising in exchange for sponsorships! Email us at [email protected] to partner up.

🙌 Save the Date to Volunteer: We need hands on deck to assemble and deliver these meals!

📅 Saturday, November 21st, 2026 at 11:00 AM sharp
📍 Santa Barbara Dojo (122 E. Gutierrez St.)

Once we pack the baskets, the real magic happens when we load up our cars and hand-deliver them directly to the doorsteps of local families in need.

Let’s make 2026 our most impactful year yet! ❤️

👉 Click the link below to donate online now!
https://sparkpages.io/?i=_5V0b

Here's a quick video of last year's Basket Brigade!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1qpw5g2soM&t=2s&authuser=0

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07/03/2026

We are closed tomorrow in observance of Independence Day. 🇺🇸🎇

There will be one holiday kickboxing class at 8am.

Enjoy the weekend! ✨️🇺🇸

07/01/2026

Happy Birthday, Master Alex! 🥳

Master Alex is a leader in our school and teaches our advance classes. He teaches our advanced students, with a particular touch for readying testing candidates and black belts. 🥋

Did you know he has been training martial arts since he was 8 years old?! He has trained in many arts, including Jeet Kune Do and Shaolin Five Animal Fist. 🐅

Master Alex was inducted into the USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame in 2020, and has also written books on martial arts.

We appreciate all that Master Alex brings to our school. Wish him Happy Birthday in the comments!! 👇 🎉

06/26/2026

Summer is here and we're getting ahead on our goals! 🌟

If you ask our students, they'll tell you the dojo has become like a second family, or their home away from home. We take that seriously! Our community is what truly sets us apart, and our students are what make the dojo an amazing place. 🙌

We love seeing families on the mat, training and growing together - not to mention, seeing kids grow up learning the tenets of our school:

✅️ Courtesy - I treat others as I want to be treated.
✅️ Integrity - I am accountable for my words & actions.
✅️ Perseverance - I motivate myself to get it done.
✅️ Self Control - I am in charge of my attitude & behavior.
✅️ Indomitable Spirit - I can overcome all obstacles.

Stronger families, stronger children, stronger communities. 🥋

Interested in Martial Arts and fitness for your family? Send us a DM to get started. 👆

05/25/2026

Reminder, we are closed for Memorial Day. 🇺🇸

Enjoy your day with family and friends! See you tomorrow.

05/19/2026

A few highlights of the throws and takedowns from our recent advanced black belt test. 💥

Throws and takedowns are a core part of Hapkido — using momentum, timing, leverage, proximity, and often joint locks to control and redirect an opponent.

We are proud of the control, technique, and intensity these students brought to the mat. 🥋🖤

📸Pc: Dara Curtis

05/19/2026

POV: Sensei Talia has an idea for a video 💡

We excel at martial arts and fitness.. choreo is a work in progress. 😌💀✨️

They did amazing! Who did it best? Let us know ⬇️

05/15/2026

Senseis Talia and Aliyah are proof that discipline and fun can exist in the same room. 🤌🥋✨