World Dojo Index
Every city has a fighting soul. It shows up in the gyms: how many there are, where they cluster, which arts thrive and which barely exist. The World Dojo Index is our attempt to map that soul, city by city, using data.
We analyzed thousands of gym and dojo listings across multiple cities on four continents, identifying the specific martial arts and combat sports taught at each location. Then we ran the same analysis on every city: density, popularity, combinations, cultural fingerprints, and gaps.
These are not rankings. No city is better than another. This is a portrait of how culture, diaspora, geography, and martial tradition shape the places where people choose to fight.
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How we built this
Each gym listing was processed through a custom analysis pipeline that identified the specific martial arts taught at each location. Records were then cleaned, classified, and analyzed across seven parameters: density, most popular disciplines, most popular combinations, least represented arts, immigrant community correlation, white space, and single vs. multi-discipline gym structure.
This is a living study. Cities will be added. Methodology will improve. If you train at a gym we missed or spot an error, reach out.