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Karate dojos, by what else they teach
Very few karate dojos teach only karate. Most are full martial arts schools where the floor is shared with a whole other curriculum — a taekwondo or kickboxing program, a jiu-jitsu or judo class, an MMA team, sometimes kung fu or a dedicated self-defense course under the same roof. That's good news if you want more than one thing: to add a ground game or a second striking style to your karate, to cross-train for mixed martial arts, or just to have options on nights the karate class doesn't fit. Pick an art below and you'll see the karate dojos that also train it, ranked by rating, with members' reviews as proof. New to how these arts differ and overlap? Start with the flagship guide, karate vs taekwondo.
🛡️ Self-Defense
Reality-based, situational self-defense — awareness, de-escalation and simple effective technique. Karate dojos often run dedicated courses, including women's self-defense.
🥊 Kickboxing
Punches and kicks at speed (muay thai adds knees, elbows and clinch) — a fitness-friendly striking workout that pairs naturally with karate's own kicks and punches.
🥋 Jiu-Jitsu
The ground game — controlling and defending yourself on the ground with leverage and position instead of strikes. A striker's perfect complement, and the reason many dojos teach both.
🦵 Taekwondo
The Korean striking art of dynamic, high and spinning kicks — the martial art most often compared to karate, and a natural partner art for families choosing between (or blending) the two.
🏟️ MMA
Where striking and ground fighting meet in one sport — a place for karate strikers to add the ranges karate doesn't cover, whether to compete or just train it all.
🐉 Kung Fu
The family of Chinese martial arts — flowing forms, stances and strikes. It shares karate's deep roots in traditional forms training, so the two sit well under one roof.
🤼 Judo
The Japanese art of throws — using grips and timing to put an opponent down. It shares karate's gi, belt ranks and dojo etiquette, so many schools teach both.
Why karate dojos are so often multi-art
Karate gives you a striking foundation — kicks, punches, blocks, and the discipline of kata — but a real fight and real self-defense can happen at every range, which is why so many dojos pair it with a ground art like jiu-jitsu or judo, another striking style like taekwondo or kickboxing, or a full MMA program. Sharing a roof also just makes sense: one facility, one community, one membership, more ways to train — and a family can put one kid in karate and another in taekwondo without a second drive. A dojo lands on a page here when its own site or its members' reviews show real evidence it teaches that art — "they also run a great jiu-jitsu class," "the taekwondo program is excellent," "they added kickboxing" are exactly the lines that count. One honest caveat: a class schedule is a snapshot, not a promise — dojos add and drop programs, so confirm before you count on it.
Keep going: browse dojos by karate program, compare the arts in the vs guide, or find a dojo with a free trial to try a class.