Asian Martial Arts in Israel: Dojos, Schools & Classes (2026)

Fri, 29 May 2026 14:00:00 +0300

Israel has one of the most unusual martial arts cultures in the world. Krav Maga was forged here; the IDF has exported it globally. Judo has an Olympic pedigree — Yael Arad’s 1992 Barcelona silver medal triggered a national conversation about combat sports. And yet, beneath the headlines about self-defence and Olympic judo, a quieter tradition has grown steadily: thousands of Israelis train in classical Asian disciplines — Japanese karate and aikido, Chinese kung fu and tai chi, Korean taekwondo and hapkido — drawn in part by the anime and manga boom of the 2000s that reached deep into Israeli youth culture, and in part by practitioners from Japan, China, and Korea who settled here and opened schools.

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Asian Martial Arts in Israel: Dojos, Schools & Classes (2026)