dojo

noun

do·​jo ˈdō-(ˌ)jō How to pronounce dojo (audio)
plural dojos
: a school for training in various arts of self-defense (such as judo or karate)

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Then some of his young students are kidnapped by child traffickers and Alex descends into the criminal underworld; nothing can prepare you for the bananas final 45 minutes as Foster lays waste to the siege of villains in his dojo. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025 Of course, Johnny also took home the Sekai Taikai trophy in the series finale of Netflix's Cobra Kai — and regained ownership of his beloved dojo. Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 13 Feb. 2025 Miguel wins the fight, but Cobra Kai is tied with Axel’s Iron Dragons dojo, leading to a rare tiebreaker match between the dojo’s senseis — Johnny and Wolf — to determine which is the best in the world. Skyler Trepel, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025 As for Cobra Kai, Kim Da-Eun seizes control of her family’s dojo and stops her grandfather’s madness… by murdering him with his own version of the five-point-palm exploding heart technique. Nick Caruso, TVLine, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dojo

Word History

Etymology

Japanese dōjō, from way, art + -jō ground

First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dojo was in 1942

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“Dojo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dojo. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.

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