Our family has been part of this dojo for 10 years, and it has been a wonderful experience. The teachers are skilled, kind, and very patient. They always support our daughter, who has special needs, and help her feel confident and strong. Everyone at the dojo is friendly, and it feels like a big family. We are very thankful to be part of this great place!

Amazing Senseis!!!!! I’ve been going since 2017 when I was 5 years old. Went from Kent station to Bellevue to now Mercer Island. I have definitely grown as a person. In the picture added was when I finally got my black gi! They have a great community and my little sister just started going. Definitely have very patient and understanding senseis

This place is great! The more effort you put in, the more you get out of it and the more the instructors put into you. I'm still learning techniques and concepts after years of practicing here. It's also a great community, everyone is really friendly and encouraging.

It’s one of the BEST decisions of my life to enroll at Zen Dragon. I started training at this dojo about 3 years ago, and I’m already a brown belt heading towards a black belt degree soon!! I’ve had the best training experiences here with amazing, supportive, encouraging instructors and students. I’ve made some pretty cool friends here too. It’s a fun community of learning and growing. I also appreciate and love how diverse the program is — with all different age range and backgrounds. The biggest takeaway is that I feel so much stronger and empowered every time I finish my training and workout. It feels like therapy too. A great way and a safe space to release all of my emotions and unleash my inner strength. I am so grateful to be a part of this. Zen Dragon changed me for the best. It feels like home to me now.

For the time I've been at Zen Dragon I've known nothing but a wonderful, kind and supportive community from the students around me and the instructors that teach me. I've grown and gained a lot of confidence because of the help of this amazing place!

The teachers are amazing! They are encouraging, supportive, fun to work with, inspiring, and effectively challenge the students to do their best. I personally enjoy their focus on building skills, working on flexibility, balance, and self-discipline, all while enjoying the camaraderie of both fellow students and the teachers.

Zen Dragon Mercer Island dojo is a great place with an amazing team of Senseis and students. I can vouch for both adults and kids training because me and my daughter have been a part of Zen Dragon family (even before the awesome rebranding) for quite a few years now. I took my daughter to her first karate class when she was 3. Having a shy, extra nice and somewhat timid child, I was concerned about possible bullying when school stats. Little did I know that she’ll gain so much more than self defense skills. Discipline, confidence, commitment, resilience, desire to advance, learning about respect and boundaries are to name a few. A child learns about something that I call “adult life simulation” where you can see what the direct consequences of your actions are, for example, you try and train hard and get promoted to the next belt level or win a trophy at a tournament (great joy 🤩), or you slack a little and don’t get the desired reward, which IMO is also necessary in kids character building. Did I mention the great and supportive group of likeminded kids and adult friends that comes with the dojo by default? No matter how good Sensei Nikolay’s martial arts skills are, he can’t escape and break free from my daughter’s “daily mandatory super strong hug” 🤗 The kiddo feels like home at the dojo and karate is definitely her favorite extracurricular activity. Now to the adults. It gets addictive. I joined because of the child (there are quite a few karate parents with the same starting point), wanted to have a common thing to do with my daughter and liked the environment in general. I get bored at the gym pretty quickly, and karate seemed to involve not just physical but also mental activity. That was underestimation and there’s so much more to the sport and training at the dojo. Over time and even without me noticing it became a path of my own. I can talk about the benefits of training for a long time, but I would strongly encourage adults to just take a few trial classes and see for themselves. Did I mention the great and supportive team of awesome Senseis 🥋? Those ladies and gentlemen are absolutely awesome 😎

Our son goes here for about a year now and really enjoy the community here! I really like the format of 1:1 and group class combination to help him get better!

Our family has been part of this dojo for 10 years, and it has been a wonderful experience. The teachers are skilled, kind, and very patient. They always support our daughter, who has special needs, and help her feel confident and strong. Everyone at the dojo is friendly, and it feels like a big family. We are very thankful to be part of this great place!

Amazing Senseis!!!!! I’ve been going since 2017 when I was 5 years old. Went from Kent station to Bellevue to now Mercer Island. I have definitely grown as a person. In the picture added was when I finally got my black gi! They have a great community and my little sister just started going. Definitely have very patient and understanding senseis

This place is great! The more effort you put in, the more you get out of it and the more the instructors put into you. I'm still learning techniques and concepts after years of practicing here. It's also a great community, everyone is really friendly and encouraging.

It’s one of the BEST decisions of my life to enroll at Zen Dragon. I started training at this dojo about 3 years ago, and I’m already a brown belt heading towards a black belt degree soon!! I’ve had the best training experiences here with amazing, supportive, encouraging instructors and students. I’ve made some pretty cool friends here too. It’s a fun community of learning and growing. I also appreciate and love how diverse the program is — with all different age range and backgrounds. The biggest takeaway is that I feel so much stronger and empowered every time I finish my training and workout. It feels like therapy too. A great way and a safe space to release all of my emotions and unleash my inner strength. I am so grateful to be a part of this. Zen Dragon changed me for the best. It feels like home to me now.

For the time I've been at Zen Dragon I've known nothing but a wonderful, kind and supportive community from the students around me and the instructors that teach me. I've grown and gained a lot of confidence because of the help of this amazing place!

The teachers are amazing! They are encouraging, supportive, fun to work with, inspiring, and effectively challenge the students to do their best. I personally enjoy their focus on building skills, working on flexibility, balance, and self-discipline, all while enjoying the camaraderie of both fellow students and the teachers.

Zen Dragon Mercer Island dojo is a great place with an amazing team of Senseis and students. I can vouch for both adults and kids training because me and my daughter have been a part of Zen Dragon family (even before the awesome rebranding) for quite a few years now. I took my daughter to her first karate class when she was 3. Having a shy, extra nice and somewhat timid child, I was concerned about possible bullying when school stats. Little did I know that she’ll gain so much more than self defense skills. Discipline, confidence, commitment, resilience, desire to advance, learning about respect and boundaries are to name a few. A child learns about something that I call “adult life simulation” where you can see what the direct consequences of your actions are, for example, you try and train hard and get promoted to the next belt level or win a trophy at a tournament (great joy 🤩), or you slack a little and don’t get the desired reward, which IMO is also necessary in kids character building. Did I mention the great and supportive group of likeminded kids and adult friends that comes with the dojo by default? No matter how good Sensei Nikolay’s martial arts skills are, he can’t escape and break free from my daughter’s “daily mandatory super strong hug” 🤗 The kiddo feels like home at the dojo and karate is definitely her favorite extracurricular activity. Now to the adults. It gets addictive. I joined because of the child (there are quite a few karate parents with the same starting point), wanted to have a common thing to do with my daughter and liked the environment in general. I get bored at the gym pretty quickly, and karate seemed to involve not just physical but also mental activity. That was underestimation and there’s so much more to the sport and training at the dojo. Over time and even without me noticing it became a path of my own. I can talk about the benefits of training for a long time, but I would strongly encourage adults to just take a few trial classes and see for themselves. Did I mention the great and supportive team of awesome Senseis 🥋? Those ladies and gentlemen are absolutely awesome 😎

Our son goes here for about a year now and really enjoy the community here! I really like the format of 1:1 and group class combination to help him get better!