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Past

vernon bell
chosin chibana
keinosuke enoeda
gichin funakoshi
teruo hayashi
kanyro higaonna
ankoh itosu
manzo iwata
shigeru kimura
yasuhiro konishi
shogo kuniba
chotoku kyan
kenwa mabuni
kenzo mabuni
sokon matsumura
chojun miyagi
choki motobu
shoshin nagamine
hidetaka nishiyama
hironori ohtsuka
mas oyama
ryusho sakagami
zenryo shimabukuro
taira shinken
chojiro tani

Present

steve arneil
teruo chinen
vincent cruz
fumio demura
doug exum
mitsusuke harada
sadatomo harada
ryuji hayashi
morio higaonna
yasunari ishimi
genzo iwata
hirokazu kanazawa
kenji kusano
kenei mabuni
tadashi nakamura
yoshinao nanbu
seifuku nitta
terry o'neill
sadaaki sakagami
shoko sato
del saito
john sells
andy sherry
zenpo shimabukuro
phil snewin
tatsuo suzuki
hidemi tamayose
frank williams
terry wingrove

MISC

   Technical

    itosu precepts
    kata catalogue
    kihon
      kihon ni
      kihon san
    tachi kata

   General

    class protocol
    dojo rules
    etiquette
    hojo undo
    karate quotes
    traditional karate
    references
    terms of use
    universal martial arts association
    world kobukan federation

KOBUDO

kobudo history
early history
taira shinken
kobudo today

Weapons

weapons history
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kama
nitanbo
nunchaku
nuntebo
sai
tekko
tembe-rochin
tonfa

HISTORY

history of okinawan karate-do
what is karate?
history of shito-ryu
history of chito-ryu
shotokan karate & the jka

MASTERS RECALL

gichin funakoshi
tokio hisatomi
toshiyuki imanishi
manzo iwata
kazuo kokubo
kenei mabuni
ken sakio
yoshiaki tsujikawa

RESOURCES

Chito-Ryu

    chito-ryu crest
    chito-ryu keizu - genealogy

Goju-Ryu

    goju ryu crest
    goju ryu dojo kun

 Goju-Ryu Video Clips
    kururunfa
    saifa
    seisan

Itosu-Kai

    itosu-kai crest
    itosu-kai dojo kun

Kyokushinkai

    kyokushinkai crest
    kyokushinkai dojo kun

 Kyokushinkai Video Clips
    pinan sono itchi
    pinan sono ni
    pinan sono san
    pinan sono yon
    pinan sono go

Shotokan

    shotokan crest
    shotokan dojo kun

 Shotokan Video Clips
    heian shodan
    heian nidan
    heian sandan
    heian yondan
    heian godan

Shito-Ryu

    dojo kun
    go do shin
    heijutsu no sanbyo
    keizu - genealogy
    kyoju yoku
    mabuni crest
    shito-ryu kata
    more on kata by kenzo mabuni
    uke no go gensoku
    yo riu bi

 Shito-Ryu Video Clips
    pinan nidan
    pinan shodan
    pinan sandan
    pinan yondan
    pinan godan

Shorin-Ryu

    translations of shorin ryu

Wado-Ryu

    the object of studying wado-ryu

ARTICLES

   Philosophy

    beginners mind
    seishin-no
    the last ten minutes
    the tea ceremony
    wisdom of the crane
    the poor fisherman

   General

    budo belts & ranks
    focus on budo
    meaning of black belt
    do - the way
    hara & koshi
    introduction to karate-do
    posture, meaning & intent
    sensei
    the meaning of osu!
    the wearing of shoes
    titles in the martial arts
    zanshin
    kihon ippon kumite
    the kokuba family of okinawa
    ojigi - bowing
    rei - a bow of respect
    how to progress in karate through kihon
    old karate & change
    makiwara - facing the challenge

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