2024  -  Year of the Dragon

JANUARY

FIRST CLASS OF THE YEAR

  • January 3rd (Wednesday) 
  • Children Class:  5pm ~ 5:50pm
  • Adult Class: 6pm ~ 7:20pm 

SO HONBU DOJO WINTER KYU TEST

  • January 13th (Saturday)
  • 1PM - Children
  • 2:30PM - Adults
  • Jacksonville, FL

19TH YEAR SO HONBU DOJO ANNIVERSARY

  • January 25th (Thursday)
  • No Adult Karate Class
  • Celebration Dinner RSVP Only
  • Late Soke Masaharu Sakimukai's birthday

MARCH

HANSHI T. SAKIMUKAI'S 81ST BIRTHDAY DINNER

  • March 27th (Wednesday) 
  • Jacksonville, FL

APRIL/MAY

SO BUDO KAI SPRING DELAWARE GASSHUKU

  • April 26th ~ 28th (Friday ~ Sunday)
  • Host: Chintokan USA Honbu Yudansha
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MAY

SO HONBU DOJO SPRING KYU TEST

  • May 11th (Saturday)
  • 1:00PM - Children
  • 2:30PM - Adults
  • Jacksonville, FL

JUNE 

SUMMER ELITE CONDITIONING CAMP 

  • June 12th ~ July 13th 
  • 12:30pm ~ 6:00pm Monday, Wednesday & Friday

JULY

14TH SOKE MEMORIAL GASSHUKU

ANNUAL SO BUDOKAI UNIFIED TRAINING, DAN GRADING AND CERTIFICATION

  • Begins: July 12th (Friday) 9:00 AM
  • Ends: July 13th (Saturday) 3:00 PM

62nd ANNUAL CHINTOKAN CELEBRATION DINNER
July 13th Saturday @ 6PM SouthBank Hotel at Jacksonville Riverwalk 
$85 PER PERSON - RSVP REQUIRED


SEPTEMBER

SO HONBU DOJO FALL KYU TEST

  • September 7th (Saturday)
  • 1:00PM - Children
  • 2:30PM - Adults
  • Jacksonville, FL

SOBUDOKAI FALL GASSHUKU

  • TBA

DECEMBER

ANNUAL DOJO DAY

  • December 7th (Saturday)
  • 9am ~ 2pm
  • No Class
  • Dojo Projects and Maintenance 
  • Clean Up inside and outside of the Dojo

 

 LAST CLASS OF THE YEAR

  • December 28th (Saturday)
  • Children and Adults Combined
  • 10am ~ 11:30am



2025 JANUARY

FIRST CLASS OF THE YEAR

  • January 2nd (Thursday) 
  • Children Class:  5pm ~ 5:50pm
  • Adult Class: 6pm ~ 7:20pm

SO HONBU DOJO IS CLOSED ON THE FOLLOWING HOLIDAYS
Jacksonville, FL

"New Year's Eve and Day"  -  "Memorial Day"  -  "Independence Day (4th of July)"  -  "Labor Day"  -  "Veterans' Day" - "Thanksgiving Day & Friday"  -  "Christmas Eve and Day"

ADDITIONALLY - It is a Japanese custom to close the Dojo for the New Year from "Last Class of the Year" to "First Class of the Year"