Brussels · European district

The self-defense system of the Japanese police.

Taiho Jutsu is what Japanese officers actually train: strikes, throws, joint locks and ground control, taught to stop a fight without wrecking anyone. No competition, no ego. Just useful.

No booking, no paperwork, nothing to pay. Beginners welcome — most of us started with zero experience.

Your first class

  • When Wednesday, 20:30 – 22:00
  • Where Dojo du Cinquantenaire
    9 rue Abbé Cuypers, 1040 Brussels
  • Getting thereMetro Mérode, 2 min walk
  • Cost Free — no commitment
  • Bring Sportswear + water
  • Minimum age 15 years

Turn up ten minutes early

Find us on the mat, say hello, and we'll walk you through what happens. You train barefoot. You don't need a kimono, a licence, a medical certificate or any prior martial arts experience for a first class.

Classes are taught in English, French and Spanish — whatever the room needs.

Prefer to ask first? WhatsApp +32 492 73 10 06 or info@taihojutsu.be.

Where we train

Dojo du Cinquantenaire
9 rue Abbé Cuypers
1040 Brussels, Belgium

A few minutes from the Cinquantenaire park, in the European district. Reachable from Mérode station (metro 1 & 5, train), bus 20, 61, 80 and 22, tram 81 and 82.

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What you'll actually learn

Techniques that work

Karate strikes, judo throws, aikido joint locks, ju-jitsu ground control — combined into one coherent system by the Tokyo police, and revised whenever real arrests show something doesn't hold up.

How the system fits together →

Control, not damage

The goal is to stop someone without injuring them. That constraint is the whole point of Taiho Jutsu — and it's what makes it usable within the limits of self-defense law.

Where it comes from →

The part before the fight

Reading a situation, managing your own stress, and talking your way out. A fight avoided is a fight won — we train that as seriously as the physical techniques.

What a class looks like →

Who teaches

Classes are run by Giordano and Julien, both certified instructors and students of Sensei Jean-Michel Roncero — 9th Dan Taiho Jutsu, founder of the French school, and our technical director.

The Belgian club is affiliated with the French school, whose lineage runs back to Sensei Brian Eustace, the man who brought Taiho Jutsu from Japan to Europe.

It's a small club. You will not be a number in a hall of eighty people.

Instructors of Taiho Jutsu Belgium on the mat

Membership

Your first class is free. If you want to continue, membership runs for the season and covers every class — there is no per-session fee.

  • Full year, insurance included240€
  • Per quarter 80€
  • Students, per year 170€

Payable in cash or by transfer to the club account BE74 0004 3125 3007. We train all year round.

On the mat

Taiho Jutsu class training in Brussels Practising a control technique Partner drill during a Taiho Jutsu class Students training at the Dojo du Cinquantenaire

See you Wednesday

Wednesday, 20:30 – 22:00, at the Dojo du Cinquantenaire. First class free — nothing to book, nothing to pay.

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