top of page

WHAT IS KARATEDO DOSHINKAN?

Karatedo is a martial art that was born from the multicultural addition of the unique defense art of "hands" handed down from the time of the Ryukyu Kingdom in Okinawa.

We are deeply grateful to the legacy of our predecessors who have maintained the tradition of the first-generation system and the orthodox aspirations of Karatedo, and who have risked life and death to study Karatedo.

One of the predecessors, the late Grand Master Toyama Kanken (1888~1966), was a teacher of the late Hanshi 10. Dan Ichikawa Isao (1935~1996), who followed and passed on his teachings.

He was the last Uchi-deshi (private pupil) and successor of Grand Master Toyama Kanken of the Okinawa Seitō Karatedō Shūdōkan and was the founder of Karatedo Doshinkan.

Our classes focus on the basic techniques and Kata left behind by Hanshi 10. Dan Ichikawa Isao and can be practiced alone or in a group.  Everyone from children to men and women of all ages can practice according to their stage of development. In Kobudo, we learn techniques through Kata utilizing classical Okinawan weaponry such as
BO, SAI, TONFA, NUNCHAKU, and NICHO-GAMA (KAMA).

bottom of page