Kokondo(literally "the way of the past and the present")Karate and Jukido Jujitsu are martial arts developed by Paul Arel.
You can read more about Paul Arel here.
Jukido Jujitsu was founded in 1959, and Kokondo Karate was founded in 1970.
Kokondo is a closed system as in students are expected not to train in any other martial arts.
The focus of Jukido and Kokondo is on realistic self-defense, not sport fighting. As such Kokondo practitioners are discouraged from competeing in martial arts tournaments.
Arel's stance is that training for tournaments is disruptive to true self-defense training.
The IKA (The International Kokondo Association) does not use student contracts, rather, it attempts to retain students through excellence of instruction.
This is not a "McDojo" either. The average length of time that a student takes to reach a black belt is 4 to 5 years.
You can visit their official site here:
http://www.ikja.com/
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