History
After teaching for more than 20 years in Orange County, Sensei Juan Montenegro went out on his own and established the Orange County Judo Training Center in September 2007. He began by taking space in other martial arts schools. He opened the doors to his Garden Grove location in September 2012 fulfilling his dream of having his own facility.
Specialties
Orange County Judo Training Center is open 7 days a week and offers more judo classes than any other nationally registered judo school in Orange and Los Angeles County. We are the only judo club in Orange and Los Angeles County that offers morning judo classes during weekdays. We also offer No-Gi and Combat Judo classes twice a week. We offer free Anti-Bully seminars several times a year. We are also the only nationally registered judo school in Orange County with the Denver Judo Floating Floor system which greatly increases the comfort and safety for our members, and which design was improved by our construction crew. Orange County Judo Training Center also hosts many of the top coaches and up and coming athletes for seminars. MMA stars Ronda Rousey and Rick Hawn were clinicians during their judo careers. Olympic and World Champion Ilias Iliadis, World Champions and Olympic medalists Mike Swain and Neil Adams, Olympic and World medalist Marti Malloy have taught on our mats. Dave Camarillo and many others have shared their knowledge at our facilities.