Ijakadi is a Modern African Martial Art Movement purposed to uplift, empower, and liberate.

What makes African Martial Arts different than other forms of martial arts? Culture, Identity, and Method. Different from the Yoruba system, our Ijakadi was developed by Africans in America inspired by historical African Martial Arts rooted in African-centered values.

African Martial Arts focuses on celebrating the beauty of our people. Yes, racism and oppression are real and should not be ignored, but African Martial Arts teaches us the beauty of our Motherland far outweighs this current oppression.

Yet, through centuries of brutal slavery and colonialism, we've been largely cut off from our original culture, our identity. Many of us believe we are who we see in the media, thugs, gangsters, hoes, or just victims.

Is our history simply slavery and civil rights? Who were you before? Who stole that from your mind?

Remember Who You Are.