ZanchinKarate-Do

Your journey begins here.

7th Dan
Kyoshi Luis Sanchez, head instructor
3rd Dan
Sensei Adrian Sosa, instructor
75+
Black belts made in this dojo
Kenwa Mabuni's Shito-Ryu lineage · since 1934 Hialeah dojo · 2800 W 84th St, Bay 9

Zanshin · The mind that remains

Karate isn't just kicks. It's the awareness that stays after the strike. Your kid takes it to school. You take it to work.

Why we train this way →

Focus, control, power

Zanchin in numbers

0thDan — our head instructor's rank
0+Black belts made in this dojo
0★Google rating — every review five stars
0+Years teaching karate in Hialeah

Live kata

This is what a 3rd Dan looks like

Sensei Adrian Sosa performs a Shito-Ryu kata in front of the whole school. Every stance, every breath, every look has a purpose. This is what your kids learn here — step by step, belt by belt.

  • 糸東流Authentic Shito-Ryu
  • 0+Kata in the style
  • 3rdDan · Sensei Adrian
Train with him
Sensei Adrian Sosa and a senior instructor laughing with a young student

A family of black belts

Taught by masters

Zanchin is run by the Sosa family alongside Kyoshi Luis Sanchez, 7th Dan. Every class is taught by a black belt who knows your child by name.

  • Luis SanchezKyoshi · 7th Dan
  • Grimalys SanchezSensei · 4th Dan
  • Ivan SosaRenshi · 4th Dan
  • Adrian SosaSensei · 3rd Dan
  • Alex SosaSensei · 3rd Dan
Meet the senseis

What parents tell us

28 Google reviews. Every one of them five stars. These are the words that come up most.

安

Safe environment

A clean, organized dojo, always supervised by black belts.

忍

Patient senseis

They explain, correct and encourage. No child gets left behind.

和

Family oriented

Parents, siblings and grandparents train together. Everyone knows everyone.

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A Zanchin kid shouting a kiaiKyoshi Luis Sanchez smiling with studentsKyoshi Luis with two Zanchin kids
Belt promotion certificates presented to two kidsA student's high kick into a padKyoshi Luis with a little student in seiza
Senior instructor on the matsSensei Adrian high-fives a studentSensei Adrian teaching a yellow belt
Instructors laughing with a young studentKyoshi Luis coaching a full class

Life on the mat

Real photos. Real students. Every week in Bay 9.

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From Okinawa, 1934

A lineage, not a franchise

Kenwa Mabuni joined Okinawa's two great schools into Shito-Ryu. Today it's one of Japan's four major styles — and the one we teach at Zanchin.

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Earn your place on the mat

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