Gloomy
06-07-2005, 23:29
Hab mir mal ne paar Schulen in Japan für BJJ & MMA rausgesucht. Wenn einer noch welche hat, dann bitte ergänzen. Könnte generell für diejenigen interessant sein, die mal nach Japan in Urlaub fahren u. dort nebenbei sich paar Gyms anschauen o. auch für längere Zeit trainieren wollen.
Hoffe das es manchen nützt. Hab selber länger gesucht.
Falls manche Links nicht aktuell sind, bitte korrigieren.
http://www.axisjj.com/top.html
http://www.triforce-bjj.com/
http://www.gozo503.com/ (Paraestra)
http://www.x-shooto.jp/gyms/ (ne menge shooto gyms, leider auf jap. sorry)
http://newaza-world.hp.infoseek.co.jp/
PUREBRED
Omiya-kenko center, Yuni-sato, Shinkan 1F, Marugasaki 2919-1, Omiya-shi, Saitama-ken 330-001
Tel: 048-686-3328, Fax: 048-685-4915, e-mail: www.e-force.co.jp
Directions - take the Utsunomiya line from Omiya station to Higashi Omiya. Turn right out of the ticket barriers and down the steps. Right infront of the stairs is a pick-up point for the special Yuni-sato minibus. It’s free, stops directly outside Purebred, and runs every half hour (on the 00 and the 30).
Membership is a one-off Y20,000 and then Y8,000 a month for unlimited training. When you join you must pay 2 months up front. Non-members pay Y3,000 for a day’s training. Classes can be watched for free.
Training is from 1pm to 9pm, mostly free training or sparring. Scheduled classes are 6:30pm every day, except 4:30pm Sunday. There’s shooto and BJJ classes. BJJ is taken by Yoshiaki Dai who recently got his black belt from Enson. Shooto classes are mostly taken by Kimihito Nonaka, but sometimes other pros. Enson drops in but doesn’t teach regular classes.
There is a boxing ring, punchbag area, large matted area and a small weights room. Male and female changing rooms with toilets and showers.
I train here and I’d recommend it to anyone. The BJJ sparring is very good and even the yellow belts stretch you. Most BJJ sparring is 50/50, done in spurts of 10minute rounds. Shooto is a little more manic, but the sparring is split into intermediate and advanced.
Purebred recently opened a gym in Kyoto. E-mail them for details.
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PUREBRED GOLDS GYM
Gold's Gym, Saitama shintoshin 2-27, Saitama Super Arena 6F
Right next to Saitama Shintoshin on the Utsunomiya and Keihin Tohoku lines. Turn left out the station and you can't miss the Arena. Gold's Gym is in the arena.
This is a Purebred affiliate gym where some of the Purebred instructors come down everyday to run classes. The timetable is: BJJ sunday 16:15 to 17:45, thursday 18:45 to 20:15. Shooto tuesday 20:30 to 22:00 and thursday 20:30 to 22:00. Membership is Y5,000 and a monthly sub of Y7,000
Bascially its a cut-down branch of Purebred Omiya.
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PANCRASE YOKOHAMA
T231-0031 Yokohama City, Chu-ku Ho-yo machi 1-2-4 dainabe Biru B1
Nearest station: Kannai. Take the Negishi line from Yokohama for 2 stations, or the Keihin-Tohoku line towards Ofuna from central Tokyo (e.g. Ueno station). Turn right out of the station (south exit) and cross the road and keep walking down the seedy back street. Pancrase is in the basement on the next corner.
Membership is a one-off Y20,000 and then Y10,000 a month for unlimited training. The gym is open 5:30pm to 10pm. Classes are 6pm to 7:30pm and 8pm to 9:30pm monday to friday, saturday 7pm to 9pm.
The teaching roster has a different recognisable pro each night, including Minoru Suzuki, Osami Shibuya, Takafumi Ito etc.
Facilities are similar to Purebred but a bit smaller. The atmosphere seems good but I`ve never trained there.
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PANCRASE TOKYO
T106-0047 Tokyo-to ?ku, minami ? ? 4-2-25
Near the french embassy. Take the private (eidan) subway, Hibiya line, from Ebisu to Hiroo and leave by exit 1. It takes 5 minutes walk from there. There's no car park.
Prices are the same as Pancrase yokohama, and virtually the same class schedule.
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PARAESTRA KICHIJOJI
Kichijoji City, Honcho 1-22-10-B1 tel:0422-21-0611
Take the sobu or chuo line west to Kichijoji from Shinjuku. North exit, walk past the bus rotary towards Mitsukoshi department store. The gym is in the basement behind Mitsukoshi. You can usually hear the bag work when you walk past.
This is actually called Cross Point Gym, but its affiliated to Paraestra now. The main draw is the kickboxing. Muay Thai world number two Rambar M16 teaches Muay Thai twice a week (he's fighting mma in Deep now), and a former All Japan Kickboxing champ Genki Yamaguchi teaches kickboxing 5 times a week. Naoya Uematsu does Shooto and BJJ classes once a week each, and another two BJJ classes are taken by Satoshi Takatani, a Yuki Nakai purple belt.
Facilities are a bit weak, just a matted arean, some heavy bags, and shower / changing room. Its small, because its so close to the station. Membership is Y15,000 and the monthly sub is Y10,000. The gym opens at 3pm and closes at 11pm, classes are 6:30pm until 9pm
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SK ABSOLUTE
Mr Tenshin Matsumoto, SK Absolute, 2-23-25 Hyakunintyou, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan 169-0073. tel: 03-3364-0101
Leave Okubo station (chuo line) and cross the main road out front using the pedestrian crossing. It's a wide one, so keep to the right hand side of it. There'll be a tiny pedestrian street immediately infront of you that hugs to the right hand side of the train tracks. Follow that a little way until a fork in the road by a love hotel that has a cat for it's emblem. Take the right-hand path and keep walking for a while. You'll pass a collection of about 7 vending machines on the right. At the first crossroads turn right and the Sports Kaikan should be more or less visible. The gym is on the 3rd floor.
The core is a large matted room about the size of a tennis court with mirrors lining one side. It's fully matted in the wrestling style. There's a shower and jacuzzi. There's also access to a weights room and boxing space downstairs. It costs Y1,500 a time to train.
There's no classes as such, this is purely a sparring space. On mondays training is a solid hour of sparring from 8pm, but people do stuff before and after the alotted time. For example, pro-Pancrase fighter Mitsuyoshi Sato came down at 9pm to work on his standup for a fight this weekend. There's training on wednesdays too.
The big draw of this place is that pro fighters and active sub-grappling competitors use it as a training space, so you are guaranteed very high quality opponents. There's variety too. Grabaka regulars include Akihiro Gono, Mitsuyoshi Sato, Wada and sometimes others, so that's top-five-rated Pancrase guys. The head guy, Mr Matsumoto is a former judo champion, though they train exclusively no-gi. There's also a sambo contingent and a few Greco-Roman guys. The atmosphere is relatively relaxed, with only the occasional explosion of strength, and no big egos on display.
This is a place you come to if you're already high-level and you're looking for new sparring bodies. Beginners wouldn't last the pace, and there's no structured teaching.
Note: The gyms listed above get fuller write ups simply because I've been to them to either train or check them out. I don't mean to imply that they are any better or worse than the gyms with shorter write-ups.
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5.2 Where to find the other gyms
Pick up a fight mag from the bookshop and there's always a directory of gyms and fight shows, as well as features on particular gyms and fighters. Its all in Japanese, so find a fit bird to translate for you. I did, and here's some info:
Shooto
A complete listing of Shooto gyms can be found by either buying a programme at the show, or by logging on to www.x-shooto.co.jp/ That's an expensive pay site though. I've translated alot of the gym list below:
Question marks indicate incomplete translation. Phone numbers starting with 090 or 070 are for mobiles so beware of the price.
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Hokkaido
Paraestra Sapporo: Tel 011-733-5301
Paraestra Hira?: Tel 011-818-7885
Paraestra Miyanozawa: Tel 011-671-3862
North Kings Gym: Tel 011-756-0908
Paraestra ?kawa: Tel 090-8270-7365
Paraestra ?kan: Tel 0138-31-0024
Hokkaido Shooting Club HCK: www.all-comer.com/kakutos.htm
Hokkaido K Academy: Tel 0154-42-9687
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Aomori Prefecture
T-Pleasure: Tel 0173-72-7637
Paraestra ?: 0178-22-7454
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Iwate Prefecture
Paraestra ?te: Tel 090-1069-2351
Grappling Academy: Tel 090-8057-0151, www.h2.dion.ne.jp/~shooto/index.html
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Akita Prefecture
NHB Water: Tel 0186-49-6745
Saito ?kan: Tel 090-1495-4902
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Miyagi Prefecture
Paraestra? : Tel 023-645-1442
MRBC: Tel 090-2795-8690
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Yamagata Prefecture
Paraestra Yama?: Tel 023-645-1442
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Fukushima Prefecture
Paraestra ?shima: Tel 090-2883-9458
Paraestra ?yama: Tel 090-2883-8458
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Ibaraki Prefecture
Shooto Mach Dojo (Hayato Sakurai): Tel 0297-65-3966
Paraestra ?: Tel 0280-33-2211
? Kakutogi TOPS: Tel 0298-23-9705
Total Fighting Shimodate Wizard: email shimodate_wizard@Itot.mail.com
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Saitama Prefecture
Purebred Omiya: See above
Purebred Saitama Super Arena: See above
Kakutougi STF: Tel 070-6183-0340
Pogona Club: 048-294-9406
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Chiba Prefecture
? Tanaka: Tel 0474-74-1841, www2k.biglobe.ne.jp/~shinauo/tanaka/
? Tanaka2: Tel 047-377-6082
Paraestra Chiba: Tel 070-6659-2303, www.h2.dion.ne.jp/~parematu/
Paraestra ?: Tel 047-369-5663, same website
Sports Gym JETS: Tel 047-384-6221, www.sportsgym-jets.com/
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Tokyo-to
Paraestra Tokyo (Yuki Nakai): 03-5984-3209
Paraestra Ikebukuro (Yuki Nakai): 03-5955-7766
Paraestra Suidobashi (Yuki Nakai): 03-5955-7766
Paraestra ?: 090-1601-3170
Paraestra Kichijojo: 0422-21-0611
Paraestra Hachijoji: 0426-28-9370, www.gozo503.com/
Gutsman: 03-3325-1500, www.globetown.net/%7Egutsman/
Tokyo IeRomans: 03-3927-5528, www.ki-jin.com/
SK Absolut: 03-3364-0101, www.bekkoame.ne.jp/(top wiggle thing)sambo/c00.html
Sutoribaru (Naoyuki Hirai): 03-3917-9434. www.grappler-taira.com/
Kiguchi Workout Studio (Gokita): 042-726-1460, www2.ocn.ne.jp/(top wiggle)workout/
? Club: 090-9395-4673
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Kanagawa Prefecture
Shooting Gym Yokohama (Kenji Kawaguchi): 045-316-3663, www.01.246.ne.jp/(top wiggle)shoot/
Shooto Gym K'z Factory: 042-740-5710, 1-14-3 Kamituruma Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan 228-0802
Shooting Gym ?: 045-786-1818
X-One Gym: 0466-50-5370, town.fujisawa.ne.jp/1358/
Rodeo Style: 0468-61-1672
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Niigata Prefecture
Pirokytetesu Niigata: 025 287 2172, www.the-niigata.com/schoolHP/sport/piro.html
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Nagano Prefecture
Karatedo Zendokai: 0265-34-2170
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Ishikawa Prefecture
HS: 0767-74-1261
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Shizuoka Prefecture
Shooting Gym Shizuoka: 0545-57-1180
K.O. Shooto Gym: 053-466-7754, http://plaza.across.or.jp/[funny high squiggle]hamamatsu-ogusu/index.html
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Aichi Prefecture
Alive: 052-719-0133, http://www.hat_hi-ho.ne.jp/aliveacademy/
Chokushinkai Nagoya: 052-705-1319
Shooting Gym Tokai Kakuto-Jyuku: (Tomoyuki Ohara) 0569-32-3301
S&G Factory: 090-8677-5070, http://www.geocities.co.jp/Athlete-Olympia/5496/index.html
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Fukui Prefecture
Sotokai Sanmura Dojo: 0776-29-1445
Livewire Shooto Sanmura Dojo: 0778-24-5801
Vale Tudo Lab: 0776-37-1111, www.hello.co.jp/(high wiggle thing)yasuji_numa/
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Gifu Prefecture
Paraestra Gifu: 090-8866-4625, www.geocities.co.jp/Athlete/9376/
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Shiga Prefecture
Omidojo: 077-534-5221
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Kyoto Prefecture
Purebred Kyoto: 075-254-7777, www.geocities.co.jp/Athlete-Samos/7499/
Kokusaikakutobudokyokai (that's International Fighting Arts Association or something) 075-971-2592, www.skd21.com/
Sogokakutougi: 0774-63-6605, www.angura.net/
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Osaka City
Shooting Gym Osaka: 06-6390-5010, www.geocities.co.jp/Athlete-Crete/7434/
Chokushinkai Kakutougi dojo: 06-6708-5350, www4.osk.3web.ne.jp/(high wiggle thing)kakutougi/
Ryuseijyuku Cannonball Gym: 06-6477-6609, www.sevenborne.co.jp/rexjapan
??: 090-8523-9886, www13.0038.net/(high squiggle)soho/top
Sogokakutougi Musosonejyuku: 090-3724-6650
Rairutsu Conan: 0723-34-8048
Wings: 06-6693-1457
Kawamoto Judo Dan: 06-6458-8043
Stay Cool Sports Gym: 06-6795-0030
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Hyogo Prefecture
Club J: 090-7351-8534, www.itts.to/(high squiggle)shooto/
Paraestra Kakogawa: 0794-27-2678, www18.tok2.com/home/paraestra
?? Circle Cobra Kai: 090-5062-3694, www.jttk.zaq.ne.jp/cobrakai/
Mito Dojo: 078-735-1286
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Wakayama Prefecture
G-Free: 073-483-7819
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Okayama Prefecture
Zero Sen Club: 090-3371-5552
Seconds Out: 0868-42-2880
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Hiroshima Prefecture
Paraestra Hiroshima: 090-3372-0747
Team Junfan: 090-7124-1972
Trank Keiras: 090-8609-8215
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Totori Prefecture
Shooto Jam Water: 0858-22-3010, www5a.biglobe.ne.jp/(high squiggle)omizu/
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Shimane Prefecture
Van-Wolf: 090-9062-9130
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Ehime Prefecture
Ehime Shooto Club: 089-977-1938, www.dokidoki.ne.jp/home2/minmi/
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Fukuoka Prefecture
Paraestra Kita Kyushu: 070-9405-7168, http://homepage2.nifty.com/gudo-kai/YUKOU/yukou.01.htm
Seiryukai: 093-591-7153
Kyudokai Kakutougi: 090-9076-2094, http://homepage2.nifty.com/gudo-kai/index.html
Teppouebi: 090-4350-3606
J.J.J.: 090-3077-1296, http://homepage2.nifty.com/gudo-kai/YUKOU/JJJ.htm
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Nagazaki Prefecture
Team Q: 090-2512-2152, www.geocities.co.jp/Colosseum-Acropolis/1452/
T.F.Toki?: 090-1197-2946
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Miyasaki Prefecture
Kakutougi Chikada Dojo: 0982-35-5554
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Okinawa Prefecture
Nothing official, but there's BJJ classes at Kadena Air Base on the main island. Also at least one Pancrase-based training space in central Naha. Last time I was there, directions were: At the Ryubo end of Kokusaidori, turn right and head towards the Matsuyama area (passing with Ryubo on your left) and keep walking, heading in the general direction of Naha beach (the one with the overpass across the sea). Its around there on your left. Can't remember much more, I'm afraid.
And of course there are tons of gyms that aren't affiliated to the Shooto organisation. Pancrase only have the 2 official gyms, the rest are loosely affiliated. Rings only ever had gyms for its own pro fighters. Shooto seems to be the only pro company with a proper extensive network of gyms.
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Shootboxing
There are several of these gyms. One of the Tokyo gyms is right next to Fitness Shop in Suidobashi (see below). Tel: 03-3265-4646. Membership fee is Y12,000, monthly sub is Y8,000. Training is on Thursdays and Saturdays from 7pm till 9pm. There might be more but that's all that's listed on the flyer.
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Kickboxing
There are tons of kickboxing schools, but I'm only gonna list what I have to hand right now, which is the J-Network Kickboxing affiliated gyms in Tokyo:
Active J Gym: Tokyo-to, Setagaya-ku, San?Chaya 2-14-12, Santen building 5F, tel: 03-3418-5248. Open 3pm to 10pm
Sochitarada Shibuya Gym: Tokyo-to, Shibuya-ku, Shibuya 3-6-19 ?ki dai 1 building B1F. tel: 03-3498-3067. Open 3pm to 10pm
Sabai Machida Gym: Tokyo-to, Machida-shi, Haramachida 2-9-8, Kogosakabashi building 1F, tel: 0427-22-2433. Open 3pm to 10pm
Ikebukuro Gym: Tokyo-to, ?shima-ku, Minami (south) Ikebukuro 2-12-5, Dai 6.7 Nakano Building 4F. tel: 03-5954-8815. 3pm-10pm
Some of those J-Network translations are highly suspect so be prepared to call them when you get lost.
Hoffe das es manchen nützt. Hab selber länger gesucht.
Falls manche Links nicht aktuell sind, bitte korrigieren.
http://www.axisjj.com/top.html
http://www.triforce-bjj.com/
http://www.gozo503.com/ (Paraestra)
http://www.x-shooto.jp/gyms/ (ne menge shooto gyms, leider auf jap. sorry)
http://newaza-world.hp.infoseek.co.jp/
PUREBRED
Omiya-kenko center, Yuni-sato, Shinkan 1F, Marugasaki 2919-1, Omiya-shi, Saitama-ken 330-001
Tel: 048-686-3328, Fax: 048-685-4915, e-mail: www.e-force.co.jp
Directions - take the Utsunomiya line from Omiya station to Higashi Omiya. Turn right out of the ticket barriers and down the steps. Right infront of the stairs is a pick-up point for the special Yuni-sato minibus. It’s free, stops directly outside Purebred, and runs every half hour (on the 00 and the 30).
Membership is a one-off Y20,000 and then Y8,000 a month for unlimited training. When you join you must pay 2 months up front. Non-members pay Y3,000 for a day’s training. Classes can be watched for free.
Training is from 1pm to 9pm, mostly free training or sparring. Scheduled classes are 6:30pm every day, except 4:30pm Sunday. There’s shooto and BJJ classes. BJJ is taken by Yoshiaki Dai who recently got his black belt from Enson. Shooto classes are mostly taken by Kimihito Nonaka, but sometimes other pros. Enson drops in but doesn’t teach regular classes.
There is a boxing ring, punchbag area, large matted area and a small weights room. Male and female changing rooms with toilets and showers.
I train here and I’d recommend it to anyone. The BJJ sparring is very good and even the yellow belts stretch you. Most BJJ sparring is 50/50, done in spurts of 10minute rounds. Shooto is a little more manic, but the sparring is split into intermediate and advanced.
Purebred recently opened a gym in Kyoto. E-mail them for details.
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PUREBRED GOLDS GYM
Gold's Gym, Saitama shintoshin 2-27, Saitama Super Arena 6F
Right next to Saitama Shintoshin on the Utsunomiya and Keihin Tohoku lines. Turn left out the station and you can't miss the Arena. Gold's Gym is in the arena.
This is a Purebred affiliate gym where some of the Purebred instructors come down everyday to run classes. The timetable is: BJJ sunday 16:15 to 17:45, thursday 18:45 to 20:15. Shooto tuesday 20:30 to 22:00 and thursday 20:30 to 22:00. Membership is Y5,000 and a monthly sub of Y7,000
Bascially its a cut-down branch of Purebred Omiya.
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PANCRASE YOKOHAMA
T231-0031 Yokohama City, Chu-ku Ho-yo machi 1-2-4 dainabe Biru B1
Nearest station: Kannai. Take the Negishi line from Yokohama for 2 stations, or the Keihin-Tohoku line towards Ofuna from central Tokyo (e.g. Ueno station). Turn right out of the station (south exit) and cross the road and keep walking down the seedy back street. Pancrase is in the basement on the next corner.
Membership is a one-off Y20,000 and then Y10,000 a month for unlimited training. The gym is open 5:30pm to 10pm. Classes are 6pm to 7:30pm and 8pm to 9:30pm monday to friday, saturday 7pm to 9pm.
The teaching roster has a different recognisable pro each night, including Minoru Suzuki, Osami Shibuya, Takafumi Ito etc.
Facilities are similar to Purebred but a bit smaller. The atmosphere seems good but I`ve never trained there.
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PANCRASE TOKYO
T106-0047 Tokyo-to ?ku, minami ? ? 4-2-25
Near the french embassy. Take the private (eidan) subway, Hibiya line, from Ebisu to Hiroo and leave by exit 1. It takes 5 minutes walk from there. There's no car park.
Prices are the same as Pancrase yokohama, and virtually the same class schedule.
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PARAESTRA KICHIJOJI
Kichijoji City, Honcho 1-22-10-B1 tel:0422-21-0611
Take the sobu or chuo line west to Kichijoji from Shinjuku. North exit, walk past the bus rotary towards Mitsukoshi department store. The gym is in the basement behind Mitsukoshi. You can usually hear the bag work when you walk past.
This is actually called Cross Point Gym, but its affiliated to Paraestra now. The main draw is the kickboxing. Muay Thai world number two Rambar M16 teaches Muay Thai twice a week (he's fighting mma in Deep now), and a former All Japan Kickboxing champ Genki Yamaguchi teaches kickboxing 5 times a week. Naoya Uematsu does Shooto and BJJ classes once a week each, and another two BJJ classes are taken by Satoshi Takatani, a Yuki Nakai purple belt.
Facilities are a bit weak, just a matted arean, some heavy bags, and shower / changing room. Its small, because its so close to the station. Membership is Y15,000 and the monthly sub is Y10,000. The gym opens at 3pm and closes at 11pm, classes are 6:30pm until 9pm
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SK ABSOLUTE
Mr Tenshin Matsumoto, SK Absolute, 2-23-25 Hyakunintyou, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan 169-0073. tel: 03-3364-0101
Leave Okubo station (chuo line) and cross the main road out front using the pedestrian crossing. It's a wide one, so keep to the right hand side of it. There'll be a tiny pedestrian street immediately infront of you that hugs to the right hand side of the train tracks. Follow that a little way until a fork in the road by a love hotel that has a cat for it's emblem. Take the right-hand path and keep walking for a while. You'll pass a collection of about 7 vending machines on the right. At the first crossroads turn right and the Sports Kaikan should be more or less visible. The gym is on the 3rd floor.
The core is a large matted room about the size of a tennis court with mirrors lining one side. It's fully matted in the wrestling style. There's a shower and jacuzzi. There's also access to a weights room and boxing space downstairs. It costs Y1,500 a time to train.
There's no classes as such, this is purely a sparring space. On mondays training is a solid hour of sparring from 8pm, but people do stuff before and after the alotted time. For example, pro-Pancrase fighter Mitsuyoshi Sato came down at 9pm to work on his standup for a fight this weekend. There's training on wednesdays too.
The big draw of this place is that pro fighters and active sub-grappling competitors use it as a training space, so you are guaranteed very high quality opponents. There's variety too. Grabaka regulars include Akihiro Gono, Mitsuyoshi Sato, Wada and sometimes others, so that's top-five-rated Pancrase guys. The head guy, Mr Matsumoto is a former judo champion, though they train exclusively no-gi. There's also a sambo contingent and a few Greco-Roman guys. The atmosphere is relatively relaxed, with only the occasional explosion of strength, and no big egos on display.
This is a place you come to if you're already high-level and you're looking for new sparring bodies. Beginners wouldn't last the pace, and there's no structured teaching.
Note: The gyms listed above get fuller write ups simply because I've been to them to either train or check them out. I don't mean to imply that they are any better or worse than the gyms with shorter write-ups.
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5.2 Where to find the other gyms
Pick up a fight mag from the bookshop and there's always a directory of gyms and fight shows, as well as features on particular gyms and fighters. Its all in Japanese, so find a fit bird to translate for you. I did, and here's some info:
Shooto
A complete listing of Shooto gyms can be found by either buying a programme at the show, or by logging on to www.x-shooto.co.jp/ That's an expensive pay site though. I've translated alot of the gym list below:
Question marks indicate incomplete translation. Phone numbers starting with 090 or 070 are for mobiles so beware of the price.
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Hokkaido
Paraestra Sapporo: Tel 011-733-5301
Paraestra Hira?: Tel 011-818-7885
Paraestra Miyanozawa: Tel 011-671-3862
North Kings Gym: Tel 011-756-0908
Paraestra ?kawa: Tel 090-8270-7365
Paraestra ?kan: Tel 0138-31-0024
Hokkaido Shooting Club HCK: www.all-comer.com/kakutos.htm
Hokkaido K Academy: Tel 0154-42-9687
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Aomori Prefecture
T-Pleasure: Tel 0173-72-7637
Paraestra ?: 0178-22-7454
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Iwate Prefecture
Paraestra ?te: Tel 090-1069-2351
Grappling Academy: Tel 090-8057-0151, www.h2.dion.ne.jp/~shooto/index.html
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Akita Prefecture
NHB Water: Tel 0186-49-6745
Saito ?kan: Tel 090-1495-4902
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Miyagi Prefecture
Paraestra? : Tel 023-645-1442
MRBC: Tel 090-2795-8690
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Yamagata Prefecture
Paraestra Yama?: Tel 023-645-1442
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Fukushima Prefecture
Paraestra ?shima: Tel 090-2883-9458
Paraestra ?yama: Tel 090-2883-8458
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Ibaraki Prefecture
Shooto Mach Dojo (Hayato Sakurai): Tel 0297-65-3966
Paraestra ?: Tel 0280-33-2211
? Kakutogi TOPS: Tel 0298-23-9705
Total Fighting Shimodate Wizard: email shimodate_wizard@Itot.mail.com
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Saitama Prefecture
Purebred Omiya: See above
Purebred Saitama Super Arena: See above
Kakutougi STF: Tel 070-6183-0340
Pogona Club: 048-294-9406
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Chiba Prefecture
? Tanaka: Tel 0474-74-1841, www2k.biglobe.ne.jp/~shinauo/tanaka/
? Tanaka2: Tel 047-377-6082
Paraestra Chiba: Tel 070-6659-2303, www.h2.dion.ne.jp/~parematu/
Paraestra ?: Tel 047-369-5663, same website
Sports Gym JETS: Tel 047-384-6221, www.sportsgym-jets.com/
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Tokyo-to
Paraestra Tokyo (Yuki Nakai): 03-5984-3209
Paraestra Ikebukuro (Yuki Nakai): 03-5955-7766
Paraestra Suidobashi (Yuki Nakai): 03-5955-7766
Paraestra ?: 090-1601-3170
Paraestra Kichijojo: 0422-21-0611
Paraestra Hachijoji: 0426-28-9370, www.gozo503.com/
Gutsman: 03-3325-1500, www.globetown.net/%7Egutsman/
Tokyo IeRomans: 03-3927-5528, www.ki-jin.com/
SK Absolut: 03-3364-0101, www.bekkoame.ne.jp/(top wiggle thing)sambo/c00.html
Sutoribaru (Naoyuki Hirai): 03-3917-9434. www.grappler-taira.com/
Kiguchi Workout Studio (Gokita): 042-726-1460, www2.ocn.ne.jp/(top wiggle)workout/
? Club: 090-9395-4673
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Kanagawa Prefecture
Shooting Gym Yokohama (Kenji Kawaguchi): 045-316-3663, www.01.246.ne.jp/(top wiggle)shoot/
Shooto Gym K'z Factory: 042-740-5710, 1-14-3 Kamituruma Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan 228-0802
Shooting Gym ?: 045-786-1818
X-One Gym: 0466-50-5370, town.fujisawa.ne.jp/1358/
Rodeo Style: 0468-61-1672
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Niigata Prefecture
Pirokytetesu Niigata: 025 287 2172, www.the-niigata.com/schoolHP/sport/piro.html
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Nagano Prefecture
Karatedo Zendokai: 0265-34-2170
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Ishikawa Prefecture
HS: 0767-74-1261
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Shizuoka Prefecture
Shooting Gym Shizuoka: 0545-57-1180
K.O. Shooto Gym: 053-466-7754, http://plaza.across.or.jp/[funny high squiggle]hamamatsu-ogusu/index.html
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Aichi Prefecture
Alive: 052-719-0133, http://www.hat_hi-ho.ne.jp/aliveacademy/
Chokushinkai Nagoya: 052-705-1319
Shooting Gym Tokai Kakuto-Jyuku: (Tomoyuki Ohara) 0569-32-3301
S&G Factory: 090-8677-5070, http://www.geocities.co.jp/Athlete-Olympia/5496/index.html
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Fukui Prefecture
Sotokai Sanmura Dojo: 0776-29-1445
Livewire Shooto Sanmura Dojo: 0778-24-5801
Vale Tudo Lab: 0776-37-1111, www.hello.co.jp/(high wiggle thing)yasuji_numa/
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Gifu Prefecture
Paraestra Gifu: 090-8866-4625, www.geocities.co.jp/Athlete/9376/
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Shiga Prefecture
Omidojo: 077-534-5221
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Kyoto Prefecture
Purebred Kyoto: 075-254-7777, www.geocities.co.jp/Athlete-Samos/7499/
Kokusaikakutobudokyokai (that's International Fighting Arts Association or something) 075-971-2592, www.skd21.com/
Sogokakutougi: 0774-63-6605, www.angura.net/
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Osaka City
Shooting Gym Osaka: 06-6390-5010, www.geocities.co.jp/Athlete-Crete/7434/
Chokushinkai Kakutougi dojo: 06-6708-5350, www4.osk.3web.ne.jp/(high wiggle thing)kakutougi/
Ryuseijyuku Cannonball Gym: 06-6477-6609, www.sevenborne.co.jp/rexjapan
??: 090-8523-9886, www13.0038.net/(high squiggle)soho/top
Sogokakutougi Musosonejyuku: 090-3724-6650
Rairutsu Conan: 0723-34-8048
Wings: 06-6693-1457
Kawamoto Judo Dan: 06-6458-8043
Stay Cool Sports Gym: 06-6795-0030
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Hyogo Prefecture
Club J: 090-7351-8534, www.itts.to/(high squiggle)shooto/
Paraestra Kakogawa: 0794-27-2678, www18.tok2.com/home/paraestra
?? Circle Cobra Kai: 090-5062-3694, www.jttk.zaq.ne.jp/cobrakai/
Mito Dojo: 078-735-1286
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Wakayama Prefecture
G-Free: 073-483-7819
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Okayama Prefecture
Zero Sen Club: 090-3371-5552
Seconds Out: 0868-42-2880
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Hiroshima Prefecture
Paraestra Hiroshima: 090-3372-0747
Team Junfan: 090-7124-1972
Trank Keiras: 090-8609-8215
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Totori Prefecture
Shooto Jam Water: 0858-22-3010, www5a.biglobe.ne.jp/(high squiggle)omizu/
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Shimane Prefecture
Van-Wolf: 090-9062-9130
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Ehime Prefecture
Ehime Shooto Club: 089-977-1938, www.dokidoki.ne.jp/home2/minmi/
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Fukuoka Prefecture
Paraestra Kita Kyushu: 070-9405-7168, http://homepage2.nifty.com/gudo-kai/YUKOU/yukou.01.htm
Seiryukai: 093-591-7153
Kyudokai Kakutougi: 090-9076-2094, http://homepage2.nifty.com/gudo-kai/index.html
Teppouebi: 090-4350-3606
J.J.J.: 090-3077-1296, http://homepage2.nifty.com/gudo-kai/YUKOU/JJJ.htm
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Nagazaki Prefecture
Team Q: 090-2512-2152, www.geocities.co.jp/Colosseum-Acropolis/1452/
T.F.Toki?: 090-1197-2946
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Miyasaki Prefecture
Kakutougi Chikada Dojo: 0982-35-5554
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Okinawa Prefecture
Nothing official, but there's BJJ classes at Kadena Air Base on the main island. Also at least one Pancrase-based training space in central Naha. Last time I was there, directions were: At the Ryubo end of Kokusaidori, turn right and head towards the Matsuyama area (passing with Ryubo on your left) and keep walking, heading in the general direction of Naha beach (the one with the overpass across the sea). Its around there on your left. Can't remember much more, I'm afraid.
And of course there are tons of gyms that aren't affiliated to the Shooto organisation. Pancrase only have the 2 official gyms, the rest are loosely affiliated. Rings only ever had gyms for its own pro fighters. Shooto seems to be the only pro company with a proper extensive network of gyms.
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Shootboxing
There are several of these gyms. One of the Tokyo gyms is right next to Fitness Shop in Suidobashi (see below). Tel: 03-3265-4646. Membership fee is Y12,000, monthly sub is Y8,000. Training is on Thursdays and Saturdays from 7pm till 9pm. There might be more but that's all that's listed on the flyer.
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Kickboxing
There are tons of kickboxing schools, but I'm only gonna list what I have to hand right now, which is the J-Network Kickboxing affiliated gyms in Tokyo:
Active J Gym: Tokyo-to, Setagaya-ku, San?Chaya 2-14-12, Santen building 5F, tel: 03-3418-5248. Open 3pm to 10pm
Sochitarada Shibuya Gym: Tokyo-to, Shibuya-ku, Shibuya 3-6-19 ?ki dai 1 building B1F. tel: 03-3498-3067. Open 3pm to 10pm
Sabai Machida Gym: Tokyo-to, Machida-shi, Haramachida 2-9-8, Kogosakabashi building 1F, tel: 0427-22-2433. Open 3pm to 10pm
Ikebukuro Gym: Tokyo-to, ?shima-ku, Minami (south) Ikebukuro 2-12-5, Dai 6.7 Nakano Building 4F. tel: 03-5954-8815. 3pm-10pm
Some of those J-Network translations are highly suspect so be prepared to call them when you get lost.