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We don’t just teach martial arts – we build champions on and off the mat!
Our world-class instructors and unwavering commitment to excellence set us apart from others. It is what defines our school and its purpose. We proudly employ national, state, and world champion martial artists who bring elite-level experience and dedication to every class. Whether your goal is self-defense, personal growth, or competitive success, the quality of training you or your child will receive here is second to none. Our coaches lead by example, instilling discipline, focus, and confidence in every student.
We believe in pursuing perfection
We believe in pursuing perfection—not only in martial arts technique but in character development, respect, and resilience. This philosophy is at the heart of everything we do and is passed down through every belt rank and class.
From age 4 to adulthood, Champions Bushido offers programs for all skill levels in a safe, supportive, and motivational environment. We have deep roots in the community of Spring, Texas. Our longstanding location reflects our dedication to consistency, trust, and excellence.
If you’re looking for authentic martial arts training that empowers, inspires, and transforms—Champions Bushido Houston is where champions are made.
Meet our instructors
Grand Master Johnnie Murphy
Carol Parenti
Bushido Kai–a Japanese-style Karate Jutsu Martial Art
The Bushido Kai system includes kata, one-step sparring, self-defense, hand and foot techniques, weapons, free sparring, tournament point sparring, ground fighting, board and brick breaking, multiple-attack defense, meditation, and aerobic workouts. Training includes endurance drills, open-hand forms, tournament katas, and creative musical weapons.
It is a classical art with high-quality standards, ensuring the style maintains true – and correct – techniques that have been passed down from the ancient masters.
Bushido Kai is taught in a logical process. It starts with the most basic concepts and works into the more advanced principles. All of the techniques are taught directly from beginner, intermediate, advanced, and black belt books written by Johnnie Murphy. These books formalize your training and aid in your knowledge of karate. These books contain important information and pictures about the scientific approach we take in the training, breathing, movement, flexibility, and physical fitness of the student. These books and other materials are available upon request. The information will aid and follow you in the pursuit of excellence for the rest of your life.
The art form that we teach was the first Japanese karate to be brought to this country. Mas Oyama brought karate to American in the late 1940s, originally as a demonstration art form and traveled around the USA demonstrating breaking, sparring, and other amazing martial arts feats. Mas was best known as the master who knocked out a full-grown bull and then broke off its horn. This demonstration was done on TV and created a vast wave of interest in karate in this country. Later on, Thai Kick boxers who were not defeated challenged the Japanese to a fight. Mas Oyama was the only one to respond and sent his students to Thailand where they promptly defeated the Thai team in one of the toughest and greatest series of matches ever seen.
Bushido Kai is basically a Kokushinkai style. However, due to legal reasons that are associated with the economics of the name, many here in America had to change the name of what they were teaching.
James Radcliff II was the head of Bekoku Bushido Kai, with its main school located in Colonial Heights, Virginia. Radcliff died of cancer in 1999. Upon his death, Johnnie Murphy became one of the most senior practicing students alive today. Johnnie was taught by Hulon Willis, who was taught by Mas Oyama, who was taught by Gechin Funikoshi and Chojin Yamagochi.
Johnnie Murphy founded Bushido Kai as it exists today. It is a full-range art form and teaches solid, reliable information and training skills. Bushido Kai is a living art form, and its current advancement is passed on to you through Johnnie Murphy’s many years of training, victories in trial by combat during competition, many thousands of hours of training to perfect skill, and contemplation on its best study.