Serving OB and Point Loma since 1994, Setting Sun Dojo teaches Go Jiu Bujitsu — a proprietary hybrid style combining traditional Shotokan Karate, Judo, and Japanese Jiu Jitsu under the dojo's founding Doshu, with a Shuseki Shihan bringing 34-plus years of martial arts training after joining the dojo in 1995. Age-banded classes start at age 4 and run through adult, a breadth of programming that parallels the multi-generational family options at the nearby T. Claude and Gladys B. Ryan Family YMCA. A monthly free women's self-defense class runs as community outreach, and new students can test the curriculum through a two-week free trial before committing to monthly membership. Monthly memberships bundle two classes per week with gi and belt included, and cumulative joint care from the dojo's hard-style sparring and throwing work sends many students to Dr. Jon B. Ambert, Chiropractor for spinal and joint realignment. Character-first instruction — respect, etiquette, self-control, safety — is built into every class rather than layered on as a separate curriculum, and many alumni return as assistant instructors under Doshu oversight. The most involved progression is a multi-year black belt pathway through the hybrid Go Jiu Bujitsu curriculum — striking, throwing, and grappling tested at each belt stage — a completion arc typically measured in years of consistent training rather than months.