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Shotokan traditional Karate

Shotokan Karate is the most widely practiced form of Karate in the world today, following the teachings of Gichin Funakoshi, the schoolteacher and poet who brought Karate out of Okinawa in the 1920s. Funakoshi's pen-name was Shoto (meaning 'pine waves') and so this style of Karate came to be known as Shoto-Kan, or 'the House of Shoto'. Thus the full name of the Art, Shotokan-ryu Karate-Do translates as 'The Way of the Empty Hand as Taught in the House of Funakoshi'. Shotokan emphasizes a balanced development of speed, skill, strength and range of technique taught within a system which instills self-confidence and self-discipline.

Key Benefits

  • Gradual improvement to your fitness, flexibility, and well being.
  • Self confidence and awareness of dangerous situations, using violence as a last resort
  • Finding and making good friends with like minded training partners.
  • A safe and disciplined training environment.