About The Kobukai Jujitsu Dojos

The Kobukai Jujitsu Dojo is a combination of traditional Japanese Jujitsu styles and modern Military Combatives. Techniques are easy to learn, easy to remember, and easy to execute under pressure. The philosophy of the Kobukai Dojos is that you can learn a highly effective self-defense form of Jujitsu in a traditional Japanese training atmosphere without having to engage in external competitions

Kobukai Jujitsu - Founded 1993
Kobukai Kensington - Established 2015

Kobukai Jujitsu Kensington is a part of the Kobukai Dojos and is run by Sensei Chris Richards in a spartan, no-frills setting. As a small, semi-private dojo, offers students many advantages that larger schools simply cannot compete with - more individualized instruction, focus and emphasis on each and every student's unique needs to accelerate learning and progression, and affordability.

Head Instructor

Sensei Richards started at Kobukai Jujitsu under Shihan St. Hilaire in 2004. He received his black belt in 2010 and was awarded Menkyo (licensed instructor) in 2015 shortly after opening the Kensington Dojo. In 2024, he was promoted to Kaiden 5th Degree Blackbelt. Sensei Richards served in the U.S. Navy. Coach Richards as he is also referred outside of the dojo is a lifelong athlete with a background in competitive swimming, rugby, trapeze instructor, weighlifting, and a youth lacrosse coach for 4 years.

Senior Instructor

Sensei Leary started at Kobukai Jujitsu under Shihan St. Hilaire in 2009. He received his black belt in 2016 and became a licensed instructor - Menkyo 3rd Degree Blackbelt in 2021. Sensei Leary has been an assistant instructor under Sensei Richards at the Kobukai Kensington Dojo and prides himself in his technical instruction and attention to detail.

Our Students

We have students from all nationalities, creeds, faiths, walks of life, genders, and fitness levels practicing under the tutelage of our instructors. Our ultimate goal is to make you the best that you can be through individualized instruction and motivation coupled with a tried and true methodology that has been refined over decades of teaching and research.

Chief among all, we are most inspired by our students, each of whom walks through the door and gives it their all, possessing an eagerness to learn and participate with a tenacity and determination to beat the odds and break through their own physical and mental limits in become more experienced jujitsuka and better people.