She was awarded the hanshi 9th dan status last year, a first for a female karateka on Okinawa, as a result of her prolonged period of teachings and training. Oshiro remembers her karate mentor ...

Tatsuo Shimada, the current captain of the karate team at Okinawa International University ... a first-hand look at how seriously he took his training. “He never lets his guard down from ...

Okinawan Karate Club of San Francisco, teaches traditional Okinawan Shorin Ryu karate as taught by Eizo Shimabukuro and Okinawan Shudokan karate as taught by the late Walter Todd Sensei.

Its popularity has surged following the inclusion, and an increasing number of karate fans all over the world are visiting Okinawa to learn the martial art in its birth place. There are said to be ...