Rising Sun Martial Art

05/17/2026

Congratulations to students who were tested and promoted this past week…
Cristina - Blue stripe
Ariela - Blue stripe
Kaden - Brown stripe
Joshua - Double Brown stripe
Jaden - 5th kyu blue belt
Carter - 4th kyu purple belt

Well done!

05/02/2026

Last weekend, Rising Sun Dojo was honored to host day 2 of the 2 day Kannagara Aiki in Kissimmee's annual taisai event. Led by Koichi Barrish sensei, attendee's traveled from all across the US to participate and take part in an amazing in depth study of internal structure and organization.

04/05/2026

Yesterday the dojo held it's 19th Annual Dojo Picnic...lot's of good food...good people...and good times.
Thank you all for your continued support of our dojo.

03/02/2026

An excellent video on reiho...which unfortunately, is often translated as simply "showing courtesy"...it is much, much more.


https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/3025282/?cid=wohk-fb-FB_Spiritual_Reiho_PR_1x1_photo_1917_vod_20260219_20260322_A_FB_photo_20260219_Spiritual_en_2026Feb_ad_dps-202602-001&fbclid=IwY2xjawQSh69leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFROHRvWlhYcXpnY2hseDBBc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHmYealrQ14cwnJdULhVjOj4RxHpSYlI69UER4xj_QPCXkSSiG-_IaqoHZ57v_aem_bIMeDP2uOornpmxCrzI9Qw

For 800 years, the Ogasawara family has taught Japanese etiquette through daily actions. We learn how this cultivates self-awareness and understanding of others.

01/31/2026

Congratulations to Ariela and Joshua for Perfect Attendance for the month of January. Great job!

01/24/2026

Congratulations to Ariela, Cristina, Jaden, and Carter on their promotions today. Well done!

12/30/2025

Congratulations to Mukushin-ryu students- Lucas and Stephane, for their promotions to shodan and nidan, respectivly.

12/08/2025

Haider sensei and several students from Rising Sun Dojo travelled to Jacksonville over the weekend to attend the Gima-Ha Americas Shotokan seminar
Led by Jose Cruz sensei, students trained in kihon, kata, kobudo, and more.

Martial Arts School in Kissimmee, Florida. Traditional Shotokan Karate, Okinawa Kobudo, Iaido and Kenjutsu classes in Kissimmee, Florida.

12/08/2025

The Dojo will be closed on
Thur., 12/25 and Thur., 1/1
All other classes will be on schedule

11/11/2025

Congratulations to all our students who tested and were promoted at our brown/black belt testing this past weekend.

Maxwell Zephirin - 3rd kyu
Gina Jaramillo - 3rd kyu
Donovan Zephirin - 2nd kyu
Zeth Lizardo - 1st kyu
Roberto Reyes - shodan
Jake Agrello - nidan
Pieranna Pfister - sandan
Erick Pfister - sandan