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| We
are
dedicated
to
the
teaching
of
Original
Okinawan
Karate
as
taught
Sensei
Seikichi
Iha, Hanshi, 10th Dan. The
distinguishing
feature
of
our
karate
practice
from
other
schools
of
karate
is
the
relentless
practice
of bunkai (applications of
kata).
This style of karate (featured in The History Channel's "Human Weapon")
was first call Shorin-Ryu
by Chosen Chibana
in 1933. In 1948 Katsuya
Miyahira opened his Shidokan Dojo. Karate Dojo's practicing
under
Sensei Miyahira are called Shido-Kan Shorin-Ryu. Many styles of karate today are either "simplified"1 or enhanced to overcome the deficiencies of the simplifications. We believe that we go back to the origin, and need neither simplification nor enhancement to overcome that simplification. Sensei Iha, being born and raised in Okinawa, was taught karate the original way, and thus calls his dojo located in Lansing Michigan "Original Okinawa Karate". This is to differentiate it from many of the modern or so call traditional styles of karate where bunkai (application) has been lost. Obviously, without bunkai (applications), karate looses its effectiveness as an effective form of self-defense. So, bunkai is very important to our practice. While no longer a member of the North American Beikoku Shidokan Karate Association, the principals of Karate and what we teach remain the same. "Old School Okinawan Karate" is unique amongst typical American Karate Schools in a number of ways.
(1). Karate-Do: My Way of Life -Gichin FunakoshiOkinawa Prefecture Cultural Karate Contact Information:Contact us at: |
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