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Karate
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Shorin-ryu karate is celebrated for its natural stances, fluid movements, and powerful strikes. Rooted in ancient Chinese gung fu and native Okinawan fighting arts, it has evolved into a refined system of self-defense and personal development.
Unlike many modern martial arts, Shorin-ryu emphasizes the training of the entire person—body, minid, and spirit. Our approach is holistic, encompassing physical conditioning, mental discipline, and character development.
Tyler Kenshin Kan specializes in Matsumura Seito, a lineage directly tracing back to Sokon "Bushi" Matsumura, the founder of all Shorin-ryu and bodyguard to the Okinawan king. This authentic style offers a profound understanding of karate's rich history and philosophy.
By training in Shorin-ryu, you'll develop not only physical skills but also the mental fortitude and discipline essential for success in all areas of life.
Unlike many modern martial arts, Shorin-ryu emphasizes the training of the entire person—body, minid, and spirit. Our approach is holistic, encompassing physical conditioning, mental discipline, and character development.
Tyler Kenshin Kan specializes in Matsumura Seito, a lineage directly tracing back to Sokon "Bushi" Matsumura, the founder of all Shorin-ryu and bodyguard to the Okinawan king. This authentic style offers a profound understanding of karate's rich history and philosophy.
By training in Shorin-ryu, you'll develop not only physical skills but also the mental fortitude and discipline essential for success in all areas of life.
Students practice basic punches during a yearly training camp.
Kata After the basics are taught a student must learn how to put the techniques together in combinations called kata. Meant to teach a number of deeper principles, kata combine different blocking, kicking and punching techniques in a fluid like manner, in different directions and skill levels. We utilize these techniques as a continual part of our training, with each new rank learning progressively more complex kata.
Reed Kyoshi attacks Gino so he can practice his one ippon kumite technique.
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Traditional karate training is generally broken into three main categories; Kihon (basics), Kata (forms), and Kumite (sparring).
Kihon In order to build a strong foundation, karate training begins with the basics. With that in mind, and to ensure a good understanding is cemented into all aspects of your karate, nearly every class will begin with several repetitions of these basic techniques.
Batson sensei practicing kata with Isao Kaicho at the Honbu dojo in Okinawa, Japan.
Ippon kumite Once a student has a fair knowledge of the basics, and knows how to put combinations together through kata, the student then learns the one step sparring techniques (ippon kumite). These drills utilize one student attacking with a specified attack while one student defends, and allows the student to feel and see how effective or ineffective their block and counter techniques are, as well as learn to work on distance and timing.
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Shurijo Seiden, or "Main Hall" of the State Palace
