Professional Karate Institute Mixed Martial Arts
Fitness
Self Defense
Character
The Professional Karate Institute Mixed Martial Arts is home to the unique style called Ju Ki Do. In addition to being the exclusive place to train in Ju Ki Do, PKIMMA also offers a wide variety of training to promote the development of fitness, self-defense, and character. PKIMMA has 4 locations in Boerne, Castroville, San Antonio, and Helotes, along with a sister school founded by Sensei Paul Haben in Bulverdi, TX called Inochi MMA. All PKIMMA schools are family owned and operated. We look forward to meeting and welcoming you into our Martial Arts Family!
About Us
Ju Ki Do
Ju Ki Do, when translated to English, literally means “The Gentle Powerful Way.” The style, inspired by 14 traditional martial art disciplines was founded by Kyoshi Ivan Ujueta in 1988.
The primary philosophy of Ju Ki Do is to disable a man from doing wrong and enable him to do right. Our current society is rapidly losing the concept of value for human life. This is evident by the ever increasing atrocities committed against one another on a daily basis. The mindset of vengeance and self-justification runs rampant through our communities. Ju Ki Do opposes this mindset by teaching students an art more difficult to master than destruction; the art of healing.
What will you learn?
At PKIMMA, we teach and practice Ju Ki Do. All of our activities are anchored on three pillars:
Fitness
Performance and Endurance are the key, pounds and inches are the side effects!
Self Defense
Develop the confidence and mindset of a VICTOR not a Victim!
Character Development
The best version of you begins with the choices you make today!
Learn the art of disabling man from doing wrong and enabling him to do right.
The term Ju conveys a concept of being gentle or yielding. It is the idea of not meeting force with force, but rather embracing and redirecting.
The term Ki is representative of power. More specifically the life energy or internal power.
The term Do is a path or a way. In other words a mindset or perspective to abide by.
Kyoshi Ivan Ujueta
Ivan Ujueta is the Kyoshi of the Professional Karate Institute, PKI, and the founder of the style of Ju Ki Do mixed martial arts. His study in the martial arts spans over 50 years. His training began at age 13, at the Japanese Kodokan Dojo in Queens, New York, encompassing the styles of Judo, Jujutsu, and Aikido. At age 14, in Manhattan, NY, he studied Nisei Goju Karate, a formidable system of five styles, founded by Grandmaster Frank Ruiz, under Grandmaster Chaka Zulu. At the age of 17, he moved to California where he studied Shaolin Kung Fu (the study of 18 ancient weapons).
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