Goju-ryu Karate
Goju-ryu is well known as a hard/soft style of karate. Founded in the 1920s by Chojun Miyagi, the system blends the hard linear Okinawan...
Matsubayashi Shorin-ryu
Matsubayashi-ryu is also known as Matsubayashi Shorin-ryu, It is a school of Okinawan Tomari-te karate founded by Shoshin Nagamine (1907-1997) in 1947. the Matsubayashi...
Karate the Practical Fighting Art
A Karate block can also be a strike, lock or take down throw!
The disciplined and dedicated practice of Karate, the practical fighting art, can...
Shito-ryu
Karate has been taught outside of Japan for almost 40 years, and was exported to the rest of the world along both stylistic and...
Sport Karate Organizations
Karate is divided into different style organizations. These organizations often cooperate in non-style specific sport karate organizations or federations. Examples of sport organizations are...
Isshin-ryu: The Style that Tatsuo Shimabuku Built
On January 14, 1956, Tatsuo Shimabuku went to sleep and had a vivid dream. In his sleep he saw a vision of a goddess,...
Masutatsu Oyama – Kyokushinkai
Kyokushinkai, (key-yoke/shin) the style found by Masutatsu Oyama has enjoyed a growing popularity throughout the world. Sosai Oyama, a student of Goju-Ryu Master So...
Chito-ryu Karate
The history of Chito-ryu karate begins with our founder, Tsuyoshi Chitose (1898-1984). He was born in the Kumochi area of Naha City on the island of...
Shotokan Karate
Shotokan is a style of karate, developed from various martial arts by Gichin Funakoshi (1868-1957) and his son Gigo (Yoshitaka) Funakoshi (1906-1945). Gichin was...
Dissertation on the Origins and Development of Shuri-ryu
Shuri-ryu is a very old and traditional system with a long and unbroken history. From the ancient method, much wisdom has been gained and...
Shotokan
The term Shotokan was derived from Gichin Funakoshi's first official dojo built in 1936 at Mejiro. The dojo was destroyed in 1945 by allied...
Kosho Ryu
Kosho Ryu is an ancient art form founded in about 1245 AD by a monk named Bosatsu. Legend has it that Bosatsu meditated under...
Karate
Karate can be described as a martial art, or fighting method, involving a variety of techniques, including blocks, strikes, evasions, throws, and joint manipulations....
Modern Sport Taekwondo
Modern Sport Taekwondo has developed in the decades since the 1950's and its emphasis is on speed and competition, as in Olympic sparring. Modern sport...
Renbukai Karate
Renbukai Karate is renowned as a full-contact martial arts style. It was the first style to make extensive use of Bogu (protective equipment) in...
