How this directory works

Rise Eight Times lists martial arts schools by the art they teach, so you can find a kendo club, a judo dojo or a jiu-jitsu gym near you and see how its classes run before you visit. It starts in Washington, in Tacoma, Spokane, Bellevue and Kirkland, and adds cities as their schools are checked.

Where the facts come from

Each school page is built from that school's own website: its styles, classes, ages, trial offer, prices, schedule and instructors, exactly as the school publishes them. Clubs that belong to a federation are also taken from the federation's dojo list. Every page says which website its facts come from and when they were checked.

A fact the school doesn't publish stays out. If a school lists no prices, the page says so and suggests asking, without guessing. Schedules show the days and part of day, with a link to the school's own timetable for exact times. Ratings and reviews from other sites aren't used.

How the pages are checked

The facts on each page are read off the school's site and then checked a second time against the quoted text before anything is published. The prose on a school page is written from those checked facts, and a second reader goes through every sentence against its source. Mistakes still happen, and schools change their classes, so every page links to a correction form.

Schools with a short listing

Some schools appear on a city page with only their name and a link. Their website couldn't be read, or their full page isn't ready yet. Full pages are added city by city.

Corrections and missing schools

If you run a school and something on your page is out of date, or a school is missing, send a message. Corrections are checked against the school's website and the page is updated with a new date.

Who runs it

Rise Eight Times is run by Markus Green in Berlin. It isn't connected to any school, federation or booking platform. Contact details are in the legal notice.