Best coach and master ever. Love the coaching style and…read moretechniques. Highly recommend 180 MMA.

I love working with Hectar. He has been training my daughter for a couple of months and she loves…read moreit. He is great at what he does and it has been a great experience.

Amazing experience. Instructor is really good and funny. All students are friendly and enthusiastic…read moretowards swords. I am having a lot of fun

Review from my 15-year-old son: Tony is a great teacher, everyone is very friendly, and sword…read morefighting is lots of fun. Review from me: We were really happy that our son found this school to take his fencing to the next level. Class schedule and location are both really convenient and pricing is competitive. Highly recommended if you're looking for a fun and super cool sporting activity!

Gosh, where do I begin? Of the handful of dojos in the SJ area that practices full contact karate,…read morethis has to be one of the best. I attend the adult classes and the timeframe works very well for me. I've been out of martial arts for 10 years with a background in tae kwon do and within months I was able to totally reconstruct my fighting style to the needs of not just karate, but possibly kickboxing and mma for the future. The dojo is great, not to mention the nearby amenities that you can enjoy too (Subway, Popeye's, and a convenient gas station to name a few). If you are Japanese/Japanese-American, have Japanese-American children, or want to learn Japanese then look no further since Sensei Motoi and Senpai Jun bring a little slice of Japan to the South Valley so you, your family, and friends can keep your Japanese language skills sharp. It's a family-oriented community that will bring smiles and laughter among the sweating and yelling. I moved to San Jose in the Summer of 2019 and my only regret is not joining them then, my second regret is not making the time to go to all the adult classes uninterupted. As I leave the country to start a new life soon, there's nothing I will miss more from San Jose than the friends and experiences I made from attending Yusei Kai. Expect to push yourself physically and challenge your own limitations to reap the benefits of this practice that few can truly become a subject matter expert in. And trust me, your body might be sore, you might be out of breath, you may be overheating and dripping with sweat, but you will be grateful you did it to the end. Thank you for having me, until we meet again. OSU!

I have been training Karate under Sensei Motoi over 10 years. I got black belt after 6 years of…read morehard Kyokushin-style (full-contact karate) training. Sensei Motoi continues to evolve his martial arts style fusing Kyokushin-style and traditional Okinawa karate, developing a martial arts style applicable to self-defense, kick-boxing and beyond.

From the moment we stepped into the United Bay Area Karate Club, Sensei Joane greeted us with a…read morewarm smile and introduced us to the other families, making us feel right at home. This dojo is a hidden gem, especially for first-timers. The instructors are exceptional--with class sizes, they give every student personalized attention, ensuring they master proper techniques while building confidence and life skills like discipline and respect. What truly stands out is how Sensei Joane and her coaches connect with each child. My kids were shy at first, but their patience and encouragement helped them come out of their shells. Now, they're more confident than ever and really look forward to class! They strike a perfect balance of discipline and support, meeting kids where they are--whether they're quiet or full of energy--and helping them grow at their own pace. Sensei Joane teaches Goju-Ryu, a style that focuses on close combat, making it an excellent choice for self-defense. As a world-class competitor, she's led UBAKC students to become USA Karate national champions and earn spots on the National Team pool. She instills a strong work ethic and a drive to excel, all within a safe and structured environment. If you're thinking about martial arts for your kids, UBAKC is the perfect place to start. The welcoming community and top-notch instruction have made such a difference for my children--I know yours will thrive here too!

Sensai Joane and the UBAKC community have been amazing. We have 2 kids that are part of the dojo…read moreand we can see the growth they have achieved in the last 4 years under her training. Our children are more confident in themselves and have become close to their fellow athletes. We feel it is a welcoming community of parents and athletes alike.

Professionally ethically, as I understand it, I am required to own up to my mistakes and correct…read morethem when possible. I believe it is appropriate to extend such ethical behavior into my personal life. I originally gave this place five stars. Part of that was because I was coming off a horrible experience with the predecessor organization of this place, part of it was because David Diep does in fact have some good knowledge with respect to shao lin training. Some of what he states is not correct, or at least debatable at best, but no one can be perfect and I think I could have easily overlooked most of his short comings. To start with, like their predecessor organization, they lied. Before I started training there, I asked a very simple question and was outright lied to. That question was do they hit the floor or do ground work. I even elaborated and stated that their predecessor organization claimed to do ground work but during sparring, the minute two people hit the ground, it was stopped. Further, they considered ground work rolling and drop kicking and a half day seminar annually on the same. Chuan Wu even has mats, so I thought they were telling the truth. But alas, they were in fact lying. They do not do ground work. On this same light, I believe their understanding of Chin Na is missing the spirit of Chin Na. Like their predecessor organization, their Chin Na is more akin to what Kajukenbo calls quick responses. Chin Na, as I understand it, translates to "sieze and hold," not move out of the way while punching and kicking. It became clear to me that joint locking was foreign to most at this location. Then the problems started to arise about six weeks after I started to train there. A third degree violently verbally projected his lack of understanding of the subtle emptiness inherent in tai qi sparring. How he rose to the rank of third degree without this understanding baffles me. But this issue would more than likely have resolved itself, except others did not want it to. David's wife, second in command as I understand it, overheard part of the subsequent conversation between the third degree and myself. Taking the part of the conversation out of context and blowing it up to a mountain resulting in further drama culminating in both public and private meetings. During the private meeting, I was required to become much more than humble merely to save the face of David even though it clearly showed in his face that he knew very well he was not speaking the truth and was taking credit where it did not belong. From this incident, I started to see that although David does have some good knowledge, he doles it out as his whimsical heart determines. Unfortunately this means if you are not in his good graces, irrespective of the underlying reason, the information is withheld. To me, one of the primary functions of a teacher is to provide information to the students, not withhold it. The incident with the third degree and the subsequent wife issue, were just the start. The drama and psychological costs kept occurring to the extent that I realized I had been through this before. For five years I trained at a place that had decent kung fu and training. Four or five days per week for about five years, I motivated myself to take the 45 minute drive, and train for three plus hours. At this place, the training was top notch, but just about every week, one of the upper echelon would behave in such a way as to demotivate the class. The same thing was happening at Chuan Wu. The only difference is at the other place, the very top guy was not involved; at Chuan Wu the top guy is involved and often treats adults like children. He requires people to be perfect yet he is far from it. On numerous occasions I answered a question only to be told I was wrong and then listened to him reiterate my correct answer. The final straw for me was when David's son, a second degree who's shen is not developed enough for him to hold such status, apparently became bothered because he and many other upper echelon of this place believe respect is a one way street, and that lower ranked persons should be in a perpetual bow to bolster the empty egos. In my opinion, this is completely wrong. If an upper belt is on the floor during a lower belt class, the upper belt, being the guest at the moment, should yield to the lower belts since it is their class time, but the empty egos simply would not allow this. If you are willing to pay the psychological costs, and if you are willing to accept teachers that take much effort to demotivate, as opposed to motivating students, and dole out information sparingly based on whimsical emotions, you might be able to get some decent training here. I think it is sad, because the majority of the people I trained with had good hearts, I was learning and changing, but like the other place of many years ago, the upper echelon leave a lot to be desired and exact a price that I am not willing to pay.

Martial arts is a broad concept, which is one of the reasons I took a while to commit to a system…read moreof the art. I finally had the opportunity to engage in Kung Fu after years of thinking about what to get into, what my objectives were and finding the appropriate school to suit what I was looking for: 1. Balance of my mind, my emotions (positive/negative) with my phsycial being; 2. A skill that I can use for self-defense; 3. Improvement in mobility, endurance and my overall health; 4. A traditional Kung Fu school that focuses more on the art of Kung Fu comprehensively without the competition. After visiting, observing and meeing with owners of various Kung Fu schools, I learned that CHUAN WU KUNG FU INSTITUTE would be able to provide the guidance, the skills and the knowledge to help me meet my objectives. It has been five months attending CWKF and I have already started the process in obtaining my personal goals and have even received more than I what I wanted. The sifus and masters - Master David, Master Oanh, Master Katherine, Sifu Noel, Robert and the other instructors are very patient and have years of experience. They make this experience a successful one.