WELCOME TO
 ARKANSAS GOSHINKAN

The members of Arkansas Goshinkan are a diverse group interested in learning jujitsu & judo in a friendly and relaxed environment. Each student is encouraged to participate and progress at an individual level. The Kodokan Judo maxim of Jita Kyoei or "mutual welfare & benefit" is at the heart of our training. Each Arkansas Goshinkan member treats the other with the utmost respect. We train for recreation, sport, self defense, exercise, stress relief and a number of individual reasons, but we mainly have fun.

We consider ourselves recreational judoka. While we don't place a heavy emphasis on competition we do encourage our students to occasionally compete in tournaments as a means to test the effectiveness of the skills they have learned.

The jujitsu we practice is combat oriented - self defense. As such it does not lend itself to competition.