Sensei Colin Ninvalle

Wadoka Academy evolved from its founder’s initial mission to harmonize the connection between karate and other arts. Sensei Colin Ninvalle (pictured) started out in 1977 studying Japanese Wado Ryu Karate. ’Wado’ literally means ‘way through peace.’ Wado Ryu Karate taught him to win numerous karate tournaments by utilizing ‘non aggressive’ strategies and techniques to defeat his opponents.

But once he delved deeply into other art forms, he made a discovery that provided the foundation for his approach to training himself and others today. He discovered the concept “Ka” buried in the tribal customs of African Zulu warriors. “Ka” literally means “knowledge of everything.”

By uniting the bedrock ideas of “peace” and “knowledge” Wadoka karate gained a transformational stature giving students access to a very unique system of development. Wadoka literally means: “way through peace and knowledge.” For this reason, Wadoka Karate stands out from other martial arts systems because it celebrates the student’s progress in a context that features a perfect alignment of complimentary goals, ‘mind’ (moral) and ‘body’ (physical).