Articles Tagged "Okinawa"
Sato sensei, a 10th Dan Okinawa Shorinji Ryu in France!
Sato sensei is one of the last students of Nakazato Sensei who was himself the heir of Kyan sensei. It is one of the few 10th dan with Kancho Kanazawa, to move to France. Meet Sato sensei is having to face the history of karate. But it also discovered a kindness, a desire to pass, availability. [...]
Genealogy of Karate
Through this article and diagram, we present a genealogy with the origins of karate from Okinawa Tode that inspired the currents of Shorin Ryu and Shorei Ryu's. The Shorin gave you directions to Tomari and Shuri to you. The latter built the foundations of Shotokan styles (by Gichin Funakoshi), [...]
History of Karate
Karate dô is known as a Japanese martial art. However, the origin is Okinawan (an island in the archipelago of Ry? Ky?, Which has long been an independent kingdom of Japan, south of the island of Ky? Sh?). In Japanese, the kanji "kara" means empty and specifically Buddhist emptiness in the sense of [...]
