Goju Training Center
About
Goju Training Center on the Wilmington Riverfront
Goju Training Center is a traditional Goju-Ryu karate dojo at 402 Justison Street in the Wilmington Riverfront district, one of the city's main martial arts gyms and a fixture of the Riverfront fitness community. The school is run by head instructor Kenny Everett, who teaches Goju karate alongside a hybrid Goju Tai-Jitsu curriculum blending Japanese Goju-Ryu (the hard-soft Okinawan system founded by Chojun Miyagi), Tai-Chi influenced soft material, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu groundwork - so students cover striking, internal energy work, and grappling without changing schools.
Kids Martial Arts Programs
The Kids Martial Arts curriculum is segmented by age group so younger kids train at an appropriate pace and older kids get technical intensity:
- Goju-Ryu karate basics with games, drills, and repetition
- Sanchin and tensho kata as students rank up
- Foundational hand-and-foot basics, partner drills, and controlled kumite
- Tai-Jitsu side: takedown defense, positional escapes, ground-control basics
What's Included
- Head instructor Kenny Everett teaching a hybrid Goju Tai-Jitsu blend
- Standard Goju belt-rank syllabus
- Cardio-kickboxing and personal training so parents can train alongside kids
- Trial classes available
Experience
The unusual hard-soft-grappling blend lets families cover striking, internal energy work, and grappling under one roof rather than splitting across schools. The Riverfront location is convenient for downtown Wilmington, the Riverfront, Trolley Square, and western Wilmington neighborhoods.