Goju Training Center

Goju Training Center is a traditional Goju-Ryu karate dojo on 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 that combines Japanese Goju-Ryu (the hard-soft Okinawan karate system founded by Chojun Miyagi), Tai-Chi influenced soft material, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu groundwork - an unusual blend that lets students cover striking, internal energy work, and grappling without changing schools. The Kids Martial Arts curriculum is segmented by age group so younger kids train at a developmentally appropriate pace and older kids get the technical intensity they need; classes are built to keep children engaged through games, drills, and repetition that builds clean basics. As students rank up they progress through the standard Goju syllabus - sanchin and tensho kata, the foundational hand-and-foot basics, partner drills, and structured controlled kumite - while the Tai-Jitsu side adds takedown defense, positional escapes, and ground-control basics that round out the curriculum. The Riverfront location at 402 Justison Street is convenient for downtown Wilmington, the Riverfront, Trolley Square, and the western Wilmington neighborhoods. Cardio-kickboxing and personal training programs run on the same schedule so parents can train alongside their children. Trial classes are available.