Cayuga Lake Seido Karate

Name

Cayuga Lake Seido Karate

Legal name

Lake Cayuga Seido Karate

Website

https://cayugaseido.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Cayuga Lake Seido Karate is a private Lansing, NY dojo offering traditional Japanese karate instruction to children, teens, and adults in the Ithaca and Tompkins County area. Founded in 2006, it operates as an affiliated branch of World Seido Karate Organization and generates revenue from recurring membership dues and add-on birthday party packages.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Martial Arts Instruction

NAICS

Sports and Recreation Instruction (61162)

akta.pro primary industry

Traditional Martial Arts Schools (Karate, Taekwondo, Kung Fu, etc.) (HSADADAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Kids & Youth Martial Arts Programs (HSADADAG)

Keywords

• Martial arts instruction
• Traditional karate training
• Children karate programs
• Adult fitness classes
• Dojo membership services

Headquarters

HQ city

Lansing

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Martial Arts Membership Dues: Ongoing membership fees for regular karate instruction across children, teens, and adults programs. Students pay recurring fees for access to scheduled classes and training.
2. Birthday Party Packages: One-time event rentals for children's birthday parties. Package includes 1.5-hour party for up to 20 children with karate class, pizza, drinks, paper goods, cake ceremony, and goodie bags. Starting at $349.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Cayuga Lake Seido Karate provides in-person traditional Japanese Seido Karate instruction for children, teens, and adults at its Lansing, NY dojo. Programs are organized by age tier (PeeWee ages 4-6, Junior ages 7-9, Youth ages 10-14, Teens, and Adults) and supplemented by birthday party packages and recurring community events such as belt promotions, tournaments, and fundraisers.

Product overview

Cayuga Lake Seido Karate offers a unified suite of traditional Japanese martial arts programs for all ages, organized into three core age-based tiers (Children, Teens, Adults) plus supplementary services. The Children's programs are divided into Pee Wee (ages 4-6), Junior (ages 7-9), and Youth (ages 10-14) tracks, each with age-appropriate curriculum emphasizing cognitive development, motor skills, and character building. Teen and Adult programs provide progressive training with specialized beginner curricula, incorporating Seido Meditation for adults. The studio also offers Birthday Party Packages and Special Events (tournaments, camps, fundraisers) as add-on offerings. Founded in 2006, the dojo serves the greater Ithaca and Tompkins County area from its Lansing, NY location.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Children's Martial Arts Programs

Quantifiable outcome

• #1 Martial Arts/Karate Studio in Ithaca Journal Readers' Choice Awards (2015, 2016)

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• World Seido Karate OrganizationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1976Cayuga Lake Seido Karate is a local branch of the World Seido Karate Organization, founded in 1976 by Kaicho Tadashi Nakamura. The organization has branches in 14 countries with over 20,000 students worldwide. Local students participate in annual events, tournaments, and gasshuku (special training) sponsored by the parent organization.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• USA Karate (USANKF): National governing body for sport karate in the U.S. and an affiliated network of traditional karate clubs/dojos offering instruction in traditional karate styles. Comparable as an affiliated karate organization ecosystem, though non-commercial relative to Cayuga Lake Seido Karate's for-profit school.
• U.S. Judo: National governing body for judo in the U.S. with affiliated clubs offering judo instruction across age groups. Comparable as a traditional martial arts federation with club-based instructional delivery, though judo-specific.

Direct peers

• Choe's Hapkido: Franchised traditional martial arts instruction chain offering Hapkido and karate classes to children and adults on a recurring-membership model with introductory trial offers. Comparable as a competing subscription-based traditional martial arts school network with similar GTM motion.
• Sky Martial Arts: Multi-location traditional taekwondo and karate instruction chain with subscription-based memberships, age-tiered programs, and introductory trial offers. Directly comparable operating model — physical dojos, recurring dues, age-segmented curriculum, family programming.
• Premier Martial Arts: Franchised martial arts instruction chain operating across numerous U.S. locations, focused on karate and kickboxing for children and adults with structured curriculum and membership pricing. Closely comparable operating model — single-location dojos, age-tiered programs, recurring dues.
• Tiger-Rock Martial Arts: Multi-location martial arts franchise teaching taekwondo and traditional martial arts to children, teens, and adults in dedicated dojo settings with subscription-based memberships and trial offers. Direct comparable business model: physical dojos, recurring dues, children/adult programming, and trial-to-membership funnel.
• Gracie Barra Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: Largest BJJ franchise globally with hundreds of school locations running age-tiered programs (kids, teens, adults) on recurring membership pricing. Direct peer on operating model and customer base, though focused on grappling/BJJ rather than traditional Japanese karate.

Broad incumbents

• The Little Gym: Franchised youth enrichment program offering structured motor-skill, gymnastics, and martial arts classes for children aged 4 months through 12 years via subscription-based memberships. Comparable as a competing children-focused structured activity program with recurring dues, though broader than karate.
• ATA Martial Arts (American Taekwondo Association): Largest martial arts instruction franchise in the U.S., offering karate and taekwondo programs for children and adults through hundreds of independently-owned school locations. Comparable as a competing traditional martial arts instruction model, though broader in geographic and stylistic scope than Cayuga Lake Seido Karate.
• YMCA (Tompkins County / national): Community-based nonprofit offering youth and adult fitness, sports, and enrichment programs including martial arts classes in many locations, often at lower price points via membership. Comparable as a competing local provider of youth and adult physical activity programming in the same Lansing/Ithaca catchment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CLSKarate
• Instagraminstagram.com/cayugalakeseido
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cayuga-lake-seido-karate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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