About the BKJJ Club

Belleville Karate and Jiu-Jitsu has remained a preeminent institution for self-defense and martial art instruction, teaching Karate, Jiu Jitsu and Self defense for well over 30 years in the Belleville area. 

BKJJ welcomes all ages and abilities. You can learn 2 martial arts at the same time, including practical & effective self defense. With over over 1400 square feet of training space and classes that run 3 times a week, you will find our club offers convenience comprehensive martial arts training. We have hosted annual open tournaments and offer self defense courses and seminars.

Our Japanese Karate and Jiu-Jitsu programs allow students to progress through the traditional Japanese grading system. Students begin as white belts and as they gain competency at various belt levels (yellow, orange, green, blue and brown), will after four to five years, earn their Black Belts! Classes emphasize fitness, fun, confidence building and discipline. We offer training for beginner, intermediate and advanced children. Accommodations are often made to better serve the individual needs of students and parents.

Club Logo

The red and gold colours in our new logo remain the same as they have since our inception. Gold symbolizes the pursuit of wisdom and red symbolizes power and passion for what we do. The white background symbolizes purity of spirit. The main changes are the combination of the maple leaf and the hinomaru (Japanese sun), which represents the joining of our Canadian and Japanese Koubukan dojo together as one family; and the ensō (circle) outline. In Zen, Ensō symbolizes many things including enlightenment, strength and the all-encompassing universe, but what speaks to me is the idea of creating ensō. Zen practitioners may draw ensō as a spiritual practise using one fluid, uninterrupted stroke. Once drawn, it is not changed, but contemplated and appreciated in its natural state for its simplicity, its imperfections. As Kancho often says when asked about the intricacies of a technique – it should be natural. Tomorrow’s circle may be different and, with practice, more elegant and more perfect but, as in our training, while we strive for improvement we must also allow ourselves to appreciate every moment as it is.

The club is owned and operated by Head Instructor Shihan Martin Salisbury.