Shinjinbukan Shorin-ryu
Shorin-ryu and Okinawa Ti, a living
tradition.
History
Unlike other Asian fighting arts, Okinawan Karate was not intended as sport, but rather as a vehicle for self improvement, discipline and above all, self-defense.
Karate's ethics and morality reflect Okinawa's rich and colorful past. The oldest and most traditional style of karate being that developed in the Royal city of Shuri, this style of fighting was originally referred to as "Ti", and later to be officially named Shorin-ryu (Small Forest Style) by Chibana Choshin sensei.
Shorin-ryu, the style of Okinawan Karate taught and named by Chibana Choshin Sensei is the oldest style of Karate today.
Shorin-ryu along with other forms of Okinawan Karate were the building blocks from which Japanese sports Karate and Korean Taekwondo were developed.
Chibana Sensei's legacy was carried on by Nakazato Shiguro Sensei's Shorin-kan, Miyahira Katsuya Sensei's Shidokan, and the late Higa Yuchoku Sensei's Kyudokan.
Today, Higa Yuchoku Sensei's senior student and current vice-president of the All Okinawa Karate Federation , Onaga Yoshimitsu, carries on the traditions of Okinawa's oldest style of Karate.
Shuri-jo circa. 1850
Rebuilt
Shuri-mon circa. 1850
Shuri-mon 1958
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