Thank-you for your interest in the Tiny Tiger Judo Program at Kokushikai Judo Academy! 

This is a special program designed specifically for 4-5 year old boys and girls.  It is an 18-class semester (40-minute classes) with a maximum capacity of six children per class.  Classes meet twice a week for approximately 2½ months according to the selected class schedule. All classes are taught by Celita Schutz, 3x USA Judo Olympian and Head Instructor of Kokushikai Judo Academy located in Fair Lawn, NJ.

KJA Tiny Tiger Judo Program Summary:

We recognize that children in the age range of 4-5 years old sometimes have difficulty integrating into our regular ongoing judo classes because of the rolling admission and the larger number of students on the mat. As an alternative, we developed the Tiny Tiger judo program to provide a smaller setting with limited enrollment for this special age group. These classes offer the ideal environment for children to learn strong judo fundamentals, build confidence, and make individual progress before moving to the next level.

To keep distractions to a minimum, new students may not enter Tiny Tigers in the middle of a semester and are asked to join the waitlist for the next semester to begin.  This small, controlled setting allows for the special attention and one-on-one teaching that this age group requires. Since all students begin the program at the same time, an appropriate building block curriculum for this age group can be applied.