The Way Dōjō
Practice • Preserve • share
MISSION STATEMENT
Built on the spirit of the dōjō, The Way Dōjō helps people find their voice and share what they know, so living traditions can continue and thrive.
501(c)(3) nonprofit status in development.
Dōjō means “Place of the Way”
A place for learning and practice. The Way Dōjō carries that spirit into living traditions: skills, practices, stories, and knowledge passed from person to person through learning, doing, and sharing.
WHAT WE DO
We work to create physical, digital, and community spaces where living traditions can be experienced, taught, and shared; document people’s knowledge and skills; and help them shape and share their stories.
THE WAY OF PRACTICE
Learn. Train. Create. Participate.
Keep traditions living by actively practicing them.
THE WAY TO PRESERVE
Capture. Organize. Document. Protect.
Record people, practices, stories, and knowledge before they are lost.
THE WAY TO SHARE
Teach. Connect. Give it a voice and a home.
Help knowledge, stories, and traditions be discovered and carried forward.
COMMUNITY
EXAMPLES OF THE WAY Dōjō AT WORK
Every community carries a story.
We help give that story a home, honoring the work behind it and creating a place where it can be discovered, shared, and carried forward.
EXPLORE OUR GROWING COMMUNITY AND SEE HOW THE WAY DŌJŌ CAN HELP YOU.
listening to okinawa
Preserving and sharing the history, knowledge, and voices of Okinawan karate through video archives, interviews, research, articles, and other archival materials.
seibukan minnesota
Traditional Okinawan Shorin-ryu karate rooted in the teachings of Chotoku Kyan and the Seibukan lineage. A place to practice, study, and carry the tradition forward.
DŌJŌ TO DŌJŌ
A Way DÓJÓ initiative that takes Seibukan MN on the road — visiting other dōjō to train, exchange knowledge, and strengthen connections across the Seibukan community.
COAL MOUNTAIN, GA SEIBUKAN
KS SEIBUKAN DOJO
WHIDBEY ISLAND SEIBUKAN
RED LODGE, MT SEIBUKAN
3T COLORADO SPRINGS
SEIBU-KAN GRAND JUNCTION, CO
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
NASHVILLE SEIBUKAN
DENVER, COLORADO
THE VISION AHEAD
The Way Dōjō is already building a digital home for living traditions. a place to document, preserve, teach, and share. We hope to one day create a physical home along side it: a flexible, welcoming space where people can practice, learn, create, and gather, with video, audio, and live-streaming built in to connect the two.