The LA Rope Dojo is located in Koreatown at 2nd and Western.
Our address is:
4406 West 2nd St. Â #202
Los Angeles, CA 90004
Founded in 2011, the LA Rope Dojo is dedicated to providing safe and traditional training in the Japanese art of kinbaku. Â We offer regular classes, workshops, intensives, and events to help build the LA rope and kinbaku community. Â We have brought Grandmaster Yukimura Haruki and rope master Akira Naka to Los Angeles to offer seminars and workshops.
Zetsu is a licensed instructor of Yukimura Ryu (often refered to as “Newaza” or “Carressing Style”) in North America, holds a certificate (menkyo) certifying him as “Instructor First Class” in Yukimura’s style, an honor presented to him in person by Yukimura Sensei at his rope dojo in Ebisu in 2013.