Just to brag. I now live in Hilo on the Big Island of Hawai'i. My grandson, age 7, started Judo and my wife and I went to the Waiākea Recreation Center to watch. Fun class, affable old sensei giving a great mix of training and encouragement and giving them **** - had the kiddies drop and do judo style pushups or "sit" against the wall often when they goofed off or didn't follow directions, but all in good humor and good vibes. What got to me was that I looked at the bulletin board and noticed the number of martial arts classes held in the building. This is way more than any other center I've seen on the mainland and it's one of a couple Hilo centers. They have Hilo Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido Club, Hilo Sheishikan Aikido Club, Hilo Kobukan Kendo Club, Canda Tae Kwon Do, Kongo Zen Shrinji Karate, Waiakea Judo Club, Shudokan Judo Club, Perry's Boxing, and Waiakea BJJ. I think martial arts are a bigger part of life here than anywhere on the planet.
And I'll add a partial list of the schools on this island of 180,000. I say partial because it doesn't have the school I was in, Pahoa Kenpo Karate, a Rick Alemany lineage Hawaiian Kempo school, and many other small dojos.
Advanced Kempo-Karate System
Hilo Branch
Donn Kawabata & Lance Uchida
Hilo Daijingu
10 Anela Street
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
(808) 959-1360
&
Kona Branch
Albert Rosario
Hualalai Academy
74-4966 Kealaka'a Street
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740
(808) 325-2368
URL: http://www.advancedkempokaratesystem.com
Style: Kempo Karate
Aikido of Hilo
29 Shipman Street, Room 203
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
(808) 935-2454
Style: Aikido
Big Island Martial Arts Academy
69 Waianuenue Avenue
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
(808) 933-2503
Style: Tae Kwon Do
Big Island Wado Kai Karate
29 Shipman Room 202
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Style: Wado Kai Karate
BJ Penn's World Class Mixed Martial Arts Academy
BJ Penn
(in the old Hilo Macaroni Factory)
639 Kino'ole Street
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
(808) 960-1346 (TK, Academy office manager)
&
Kona Academy
Inside Gold's Gym
74-5603 B Alapa Street
Kailua Kona, Hawaii 96740-3106
(808) 935-3499
URL: http://www.bjpenn.com
Email: bjpennseminars@yahoo.com
Style: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Capoeira Mandinga
Johnathan “Aimore” Kailuili
Waiakea Recreation Center
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
(808) 961-6204
Style: Capoeira
Eagle Martial Arts Tae Kwon Do, Hapkido & Karate Training Academy
Jeremy Poulin
65 Makaala Street
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
(808) 969-3737
(808) 982-7119
Email: eaglemartialarts@hawaii.rr.com
URL: http://www.geocities.com/eaglemartialarts
Style: Hapkido, Tae Kwon Do, Karate
Evergreen T’ai Chi Ch’uan
(808) 326-7976
URL: http://www.taichihawaii.com
Style: T’ai Chi Ch’uan
G&E Kenpo
(808) 329-1136
Charles Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Hilo Academy
Professor Chris Smith
266 Waianuenue Ave.
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
(808) 430-8807
Email: chris.smith@tigerbjj.com
Style: Gracie Jiu-Jitsu
or
Gracie Kona Jiu-Jitsu Academy
Charles Gracie Team
Coach Kimo
74-5603 Alapa Street, Lot 7
Kona Industrial Subdivision, Unit 3
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740
(808) 960-1014
Email: graciekonajiujitsu@gmail.com
Style: Gracie Jiu-Jitsu
Han Shi Yi Quan
Glenn Pasion
P.O. Box 1022
Pahoa, Hawaii 96778
(808) 989-9635 Glenn
(808) 557-1379 Andrew
URL: http://www.yiquanhawaii.com
Email: ckthetruth@hotmail.com
Email: andrew@arplack.com
Style: Yi Quan
Hilo Fight Co
84 Ponahawai St
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
(808) 934.0925
(808) 895.1489 - Scott's Cell
Email: scott@hilofightcompany.com
URL: http://www.hilofightcompany.com/
Hawaii Freestyle Martial Arts
Steve Von Hargett
74-5563 Kaiwi Street
(in Kona's Old Industrial Area)
Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
(808) 329-8856
URL: www.thedojo-hawaii.com
Email: info@thedojo-hawaii.com
Style: Mixed martial arts of American Karate, Boxing,
Kickboxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jutsu, Filipino Weapons
Hilo Honwanji Judo Club
398 Kilauea Avenue
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
(808) 935-9175
Style: Judo
Honaunau Judo Kai
Charles T Hua III
84-4970 Mamalahoa Hwy
Captain Cook, HI 96704
(808) 328-9867
Email: puhoranger@hotmail.com
Style: Judo
Honomu Judo Club
Kazuki Okura
P.O. Box 67
Honomu, Hawaii
Style: Judo
International Karate League - Kona Dojos
Julian H. Shiroma
(808) 938-2414 Cell
(808) 328-9458 Home
Email: Konashiromas@aol.com
URL: http://www.ikl.org
Style: Shorin-Ryu Karate
JIKC Kailua-Kona Dojo
Hale Hoomalu Building
(near Kaiser Medical Center)
Hualalai Road
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740
Style: Karate
Kuntao~Silat~Kali Hawaii
Dana Mattos
74-5603 Alapa Street, #107
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. 96745
(808) 640-7789
Email: Attakdog@hawaiiantel.net
URL: http://www.Attakdog.com
Style: Kuntao, Silat, Kali
KEMITE Martial Arts
Bruce Marshall OMD, PhD
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Email: dr.bruce.marshall@gmail.com
URL: www.kemitemartialarts.net
(808) 756-1321
Style: Kemite Tai Chi Chuan, Hsing I Chuan, Pa Kua Chang(baguazhang), Chi-Kung(qi-gong) and Chinese Medicine.
Ki Mana Aikido Academy
Billy Weaver
21-A Kalanianaole Avenue (Behind Hilo Vernas)
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
(808) 935-3499
Email: kimanaaikido@yahoo.com
Style: Aikido
Kona Boxing Club
Sonny Westbrook
Kona, Hawaii 96740
Style: Boxing, Kickboxing, MMA
Kona Judo Club
Donovan Cho
P.O. Box 405
Honaunau, Hawaii 96726
(808) 328-9221
(808) 329-3756
Style: Judo
Kona Self Defense Club & Shoot Hawaii Submission Academy
Jaz Yglesias
Kona Aerials Gymnastics Club, Haleki'i Street, Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii
Yano Hall, Captain Cook, Kona, Hawaii 96740
Konawaena High School, Kona, Hawaii 96740
(808) 322-7250
URL: http://www.theshooter.net
Email: toninjaz@msn.com
Style: Japanese Submission, Muay Thai & KenpoJujitsu
Lua Halau O Kaihewalu
Walter Manuia
225 East Palai Street
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
(808) 952-0121
URL: http://www.olohe.com
Style: Lua
or
Norman Navarro
Kona, Hawaii
(808) 328-2560
Style: Lua
Martial Arts Hawaii
(808) 959-1895
Ohana Kenpo Silat
Sifu Gordon Buck
79-7393 Mamalahoa Hwy (Old Kainaliu Bowling Alley)
Kealakekua-Kona, Hawaii 96750
(808) 960-4533
Email: Kenpo@Kona.net
URL: http://www.OhanaKenpo.com
Style: Ed Parkers American Kenpo Karate,
Sundanese Pentjak Silat
Patrick's Martial Arts
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740
(808) 325-7787
PCCC Judo Club
Dwin Shishido
(808) 961-5447
Email: EdJackShelTJ@aol.com
Style: Judo
Pencak Silat Hawaii
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
(808) 935-1161
SKIF Kona-Hawaii Branch
Gilbert Taira, Sensei
Kailua-Kona Imin Center
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740
808-329-3723
URL: http://skifusa.com/index.html
Style: Shotokan
Sonson Progressive Martial Arts Academy
Shane A. Sonson
76-5616 Alapa St. Bay #1
Kailua-Kona HI, 96740
(808) 990-1050
Email: spmaa@live.com
URL: sonsonmartialartsacademy.org
Style: Kick-Boxing, American Karate, Jujitsu, Freestyle
Tai Chi Chuan/Chi Kung
519 Manolo Street
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
(808) 640-8517
The Studio
Waikoloa, Hawaii
(808) 886-2055
Universal Kempo Karate School
(808) 322-3032
Honokaa (808) 345-0019
Kailua-Kona (808) 640-8557
Waikoloa (808) 640-8557
Waimea (808) 883-2754
Style: Kempo Karate
Yoon Tae Kwon Way-Do
Keaau, Hawaii
(808) 966-8116
Style: Tae Kwon Do