We are the Kudari-Ryu sect of the Dragon Cloud school of CHUGOKU KENPO KARATE. Founded on the principle of Developing Character “First” in spirited fighters, we are architects of Fitness and Health for the Mind, Body and Soul.  We strive to develop our Minds, Bodies and Souls by educating ourselves through the practice and promotion of Chugoku Kenpo Karate. We seek to improve ourselves everyday, with passion and sentiment we strive to achieve our goal to face all challenges with courage.
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We aim to obtain a clear mind, an honorable heart and a strong body by enriching our lives with foresight, knowledge, courtesy and an invincible will. By lifting our spirit and polishing our soul brighter than the sun, we hope to gain greater inner strength, self-respect, self-confidence and Spiritual Enlightenment.
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For only the Brave with Wisdom are complete weaponless Warriors!

Chugoku Kenpo can also mean Chinese fist methods, sometimes also known as Manchurian Kenpo. However, any of the Chinese boxing arts and/or Kung Fu forms as practiced in Japan can be considered forms of Chugoku Kenpo. Sometimes we come across Chugoku Kenpo Gojuken, this is because Chugoku can be either a hard or soft fist art depending on the style Nobori-Ryu (up-dragon, northern style) or Kudari-Ryu (down dragon, southern style), the technique can also be hard and/or soft depending on technique being used and level of practitioner.

Kempo and/or Kenpo is the Japanese term for Chinese Temple Boxing, or organized kung fu known as ch'uan fa (quanfa) in mandarin or ken fat in Cantonese. In Japan, Kenpo refers to Shorin-ji Kenpo (Shaolin temple boxing), Chugoku Kenpo (Chinese boxing), Nihon Kenpo (Japanese boxing), as well as Manchurian Kenpo.      

We teach the Down Dragon system of the Chinese Secret Science of the Law of the Fist and of the Empty Hand. This system is a Japanese art of Chinese ancestry. The techniques are of the Chuan Fa Family of Arts, (The Way of the Fist or Fist Style). This also shows in our technique because of our use of mostly hands. Our kicks are mostly low and quick. We bow to the Japanese flag, our Senior Instructors, and the Founders of our organization who are Japanese. Sensei Jose's instruction was surely Japanese Psychologically and Physiological based.

After all, Sensei Ameta is Japanese and a very proud one!

Our purpose is to provide Martial Arts programs that strive to develop the MIND, BODY & SOUL to meet the demands of today’s stressful living and have the student achieve a clear mind, an honorable heart and a strong body.

It is our mission to establish long term relationships with all our members, provide the best programs, staff, and equipment, to fully meet the various Martial Arts, sports and fitness expectation of our members, to enrich their lives and foster strong community ties.

Instruction in Bo Staff, Sai and Kama for advanced students only.
We provide instruction in Okinawa weapons (Kobudo) to students that have the desire to learn weapons and have achieved the rank of Green Belt, Kyu 5.

The art of Kobu-Jutsu is that of fighting with the aid of adapted farming implements of the far east. Tradition credits Okinawa as the source country for these arts due to the 15th century suppression of that country by the Japanese. Like all conquerors, the Japanese forbade the local inhabitants to possess any weapons. As a result farming implements were adapted and used as a means of self defense. This story is very likely to be basically true but it seems highly probably that the use of farming tools for fighting was an ancient art throughout the Far east long before the Japanese set foot on the Isle of Okinawa. In ancient times wars were a frequent occurrence. These were fought between petty rulers in the vast majority of cases and were often little more than glorified cattle raids. The armies lived off the country they passed through and any village near the line of march was usually pillaged to the bone. If the villagers had sufficient warning of the army's approach they may have been able to hide grain and livestock to enable them to survive the coming winter and start again. If not then the survivors of the army's passing were reduced to banditry in order to live. The old, the weak and the very young soon perished and rival factions would soon reduce any large group to a number of small, highly mobile bands. Other villages throughout the country soon learned to fear these outlaw bands. Forbidden by their local lords to arm themselves they looked to their everyday farming tools for means of defending themselves. The edged tools such as the Kama (sickles) had obvious value but other tools soon showed themselves to have surprising possibilities. Among these were the Tonfa, Nunchaku, Bo and Sai. Kobudo like Karate developed into an Art of many different styles, Ufuchiku Kobudo is but one of the many weapons fighting styles of Okinawa. Sensei Hernandez has dedicated his life to Martial arts training and his Journey of Kenpo Karate and Kobudo. His Karate experience ranges 57 years and he has trained and studied with a few great Masters in the United States and aboard in the orient.

We at Dragon Cloud Dojo practice Kobudo arts for a variety of reasons: To make the weapons an extension of our bodies, to improve our skill and use of the weapons, and to acquaint ourselves with the ranges of attack & defense on a different subconscious plane which is a different level than with empty hand techniques. We strive to improve our empty hand art’s and understanding of weapon disarmament such as in techniques learned in Jutte and other tradional kata. And of course to preserve the history of Kobudo and it’s kata.

Meeting & Introduction: Sensei Hernandez met Master Kina shortly (within the first 2 weeks) after arriving at Kadena Air Base, in the Spring of 1979. He was stationed there on temporary duty assignment.He spent just under six months learning Ufuchiku Kobudo one of the indigenous arts of the Ryukyu Islands from Kina Sensei. His formal introduction to Master Kina was via other serviceman. Sifu Wright introduced Sensei Hernandez to Sensei Anthony Marquez, who in turn introduced him to Kina Sensei.