Gichin Funakoshi was known as the "father of modern karate". He was also the founder of Shotokan Karate. The art we consider here at Shotokan Black Belt Academy the very best in the world!
Yoshitaka, son of Gichin Funakoshi was the architect of modern Shotokan as we know it today. He developed long distance striking using a deep stance. Yoshitaka also developed high kicks and a kumite style of striking fast and hard ending any confrontation quickly.
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"Think of your hands and feet as swords."
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Tomosaburo Okano is the founder
of Kenkojuku Shotokan which is
the blending of both Gichin and
Yoshitaka Funakoshi's style of
Shotokan. In 1942, Okano was
given permission by father and son
to start a karate research club in
Tokyo, Japan.
With their guidance and blessing, he named the dojo Kenkojuku. Kenkojuku
Shotokan became a dynamic and explosive style of Shotokan. It consists of
deep stances, powerful kicks with fast, hard strikes.
In 1949, Nakayama helped establish the JKA.
By 1956, he restructured the Shotokan Karate
training program to follow both traditional
karate and methods developed in modern
sports sciences. JKA has become one of the
most explosive styles of Shotokan.
Sascha Blasi is the founder of
Shinaji Shotokan which is the
blending of Kenkojuku Shotokan
and JKA Shotokan. In 2020, Kaiso
Blasi understood the combined
effect of the two styles would be
greater than the sum of their
individual parts.
By blending the styles' distinct strengths, Shinaji Shotokan has
produced superior results. In doing so, practitioners continue to
push the evolution of Shotokan forward beyond limitations.
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