I had an amazing full day experience with Naoki and Ruben. I walked in with essentially zero experience drifting and maybe a 10 minute lesson prior to this on how to drive a stick shift. They were patient and understanding, but most of all they tailored the instruction and methods to ME - everyone learns differently, and I definitely tend to overthink and get too analytical, but Naoki and Ruben really helped me get out of my head. As soon as I did, some of the concepts started clicking. They had me drifting from run #1, and from there my confidence just grew. If you’ve ever thought about drifting and wanted to try it out, not only are you learning from the best, but... read full review
May 2025
It was like taking a page right out of the drifting lore and living in that moment!!Mitsuru haraguchi ( Xander's fav drifter) would have been pleased with Naoki's ability to bring this to the next level. Straight from the get go we were immersed in The Art of Drifting. What an amazing experience for my son AND for his birthday present. Now we are counting the days for when we can return and this time IM taking the wheel with my kiddo!! Naoki Thank You for making this dream a reality, it was so much more than my son and I could have anticipated!! We will see who comes home The Drift King ;) next time. Also Ruben you rock! Thx u
May 2025
Naoki does a great job of tailoring instruction to a student's skills and goals. If you want to learn drifting, you can learn drifting; if you want to focus more on car control applied to high-performance driving or racing, he can adapt and customize exercises on the fly to facilitate that too.
The classes are small--on the first day I had two classmates and on the second day it was just me! So you get a ton of direct instruction and feedback: Naoki has a co-instructor, Ruben, who is also excellent at providing feedback and guiding skill development. The cars are perfect to learn drifting on. You get tons of seat time, far more than in any other... read full review
I had an amazing full day experience with Naoki and Ruben. I walked in with essentially zero experience drifting and maybe a 10 minute lesson prior to this on how to drive a stick shift. They were patient and understanding, but most of all they tailored the instruction and methods to ME - everyone learns differently, and I definitely tend to overthink and get too analytical, but Naoki and Ruben really helped me get out of my head. As soon as I did, some of the concepts started clicking. They had me drifting from run #1, and from there my confidence just grew. If you’ve ever thought about drifting and wanted to try it out, not only are you learning from the best, but... read full review
It was like taking a page right out of the drifting lore and living in that moment!!Mitsuru haraguchi ( Xander's fav drifter) would have been pleased with Naoki's ability to bring this to the next level. Straight from the get go we were immersed in The Art of Drifting. What an amazing experience for my son AND for his birthday present. Now we are counting the days for when we can return and this time IM taking the wheel with my kiddo!! Naoki Thank You for making this dream a reality, it was so much more than my son and I could have anticipated!! We will see who comes home The Drift King ;) next time. Also Ruben you rock! Thx u
Naoki does a great job of tailoring instruction to a student's skills and goals. If you want to learn drifting, you can learn drifting; if you want to focus more on car control applied to high-performance driving or racing, he can adapt and customize exercises on the fly to facilitate that too.
The classes are small--on the first day I had two classmates and on the second day it was just me! So you get a ton of direct instruction and feedback: Naoki has a co-instructor, Ruben, who is also excellent at providing feedback and guiding skill development. The cars are perfect to learn drifting on. You get tons of seat time, far more than in any other... read full review