BUTLER – The Traditional Okinawan Karate Dojo is located at 1375 Rt. 23 South in Butler. The classes are fun, enthusiastic and filled with life lessons for children and adults. TOK (Traditional ...
Did you know that the Okinawans had their own form of Karate? The difference was explained by Hawaii Seibukan Karate master Masakazu Teruya. “Japanese Karate was derived as more as more of a highly ...
LANSING — Seikichi Iha was a son of Okinawa and a Lansing treasure. He was born in 1932 on the small island prefecture less than 500 miles south of mainland Japan. He lived through the Battle of ...
Excelling at karate starts with your outfit. You need to tie the loops of your suit correctly – not easy for a beginner.Terumitsu Taira helps learners out until the snow-white suit no longer slips. We ...
The Okinawan style of karate — Uechi-ryu — has been practiced for 800 years in Japan and China. But for some disabled students and their teachers, the ancient martial art has taken on new meaning.