KARATE
From the dawn of Karate history in Okinawa, there existed a natural method of fighting called Okinawa-te (or Okinawa hand). The first expansion period of karate in Okinawa occurred approximately…
American Kenpo
American Kenpo History started with it's creation with American Edmund Parker, three significant events are always cited in the development of almost every style of Kenpo/Kempo practiced today... 1) Bodhidharma…
American Karate
American Karate History is very unique. Karate Mainly made its way to America Officially by US service men who learned their chosen art from first or second generation Okinawan or…
Wado Ryu Karate Do
Wado Ryu Karate History officially began in May 1934 when Hironori Ohtsuka registered his own style of Karate, which he called "Wado Ryu" and was recognized as an independent style.…
Shotokan Karate do
Shotokan karate history was started with Gichin Funakoshi (1868-1957) in Tokyo in 1938. Funakoshi is considered to be the founder of modern karate. Born in Okinawa, he began to study…
Shorin Ryu Karate do
Shorin Ryu Karate Do History started with Matsubayashi-Ryu karate did not exist before Nagamine Sensei founded it, it's beginnings had existed for hundreds of years before. According to Patrick McCarthy…
Shito Ryu Karate do
Shito Ryu Karate Do has been taught outside of Japan for almost 40 years, and was exported to the rest of the world along both stylistic and organizational lines. By…
Kyokushin Karate
Kyokushin Karate started with Sosai Masutatsu Oyama was born on July 27th, 1923, in a village in Southern Korea. At the age of 9 whilst staying on his sister's farm…
Isshin Ryu Karate
Isshin-ryu was founded by one of the great karate masters, Tatsuo Shimabuku, and is derived from several of the other, older classical styles. Master Tatsuo Shimabuku, began learning karate at…
Goju Ryu Karate
In the 19th century Shuri-te and Tomari-te merged into Shorin ryu, which was the start of the Goju ryu Karate History. Grandmaster Kanryo Higaonna was born on March 10, 1853,…