Its historic dojo must close… the fight of an entire district of Paris to save it

Sitting in what looks like a tiny lounge area, Ava applies herself with her felt-tip pens to a blank page. “All with Jean-Pierre, let’s save our dojo”: the letters are childish but the message is clear. In front of the hall of the Cité Champagne, a neighbor who does not yet take lessons there fills out the petition taped to the window. Since Monday, nearly 800 signatures, the vast majority of which on the Internet (change.org) have been collected and a kitty has been put online to save this room, which has been established for more than 25 years in this popular district of the 20th arrondissement, from disappearing. from Paris.