Stourbridge wado ryu karate is a traditional and pragmatic club we pride ourselves on teaching karate in a. This volume explores the origins, techniques and kata of one of japans most traditional martial arts. The word karate is a combination of two kanji chinese characters. Welcome to the english karate federation home of wkf. Today there are four main styles of karate in japan. This letter was written by sensei tatsuo suzuki before his passing in 2011, it was his final words for those loyal students of the wado international karate do federation that remained by his side during his life and carry on his teachings after his passing by remaining one united wikf family. The style itself is individual in its emphasis on not just. When you leave home, think that millions of opponents are waiting for you. After that, he trained with karate practitioners from okinawa, such as chohki motobu and kenwa mabuni, and further polished his karate techniques. In 1954, its name was changed to zen nippon karate renmei all japan karate federation. In 1963, he dispatched suzuki, along with toru arakawa and hajimu takashima, to spread wadoryu around the world.
It is said that then, around 1929, the whole entity of wado ryu karate do was completed through a fusion of the essence of jujitsu, different schools of the old martial arts, and karate. In the first case the meaning of kara was tang a reference to the origins of tode being from china. For general news from the wado academy community please visit the wado karate forum. I am fortunate enough to have both of otsuka senseis books but they are in japanese. This is the first book to examine all seventeen kata of the system and is one of the few existing texts written by a native english speaker. Wadoryu is one of the four major karate styles and was founded by hironori otsuka 18921982.
Having trained in wado ryu for the last 34 years i have learnt so much and are still learnig simply by reading and practisicng from the book. In 1966 he began with otsukas endorsement the shintani wado kai karate. Wado ryu karatejujutsu is the third book by master martial arts instructor, mark. Wado ryu karatejujutsu is the third book by master martial arts instructor, mark edward cody. This books has changed my wado ryu karate in so many ways simply by reading the words of the orginator. The wado ryu logo is a protected trade mark, registered with the trade mark registry and cannot be used in any form without. Karate wado ryu reportage sur le stage instructeurs en france par sensei kazutaka otsuka en 2011 pre duration. Wado ryu board book by hironori ohtsuka author note the different spelling otsukaohtsuka i should be paid in a couple of days, so will order the first one then. This is the first dojo to train wado karate in israel. Wado ryu karate authored by the founder of wado hironori otsuka this 358 page. Wadoryu karate began in 1934 when hironori ohtsuka registered the style of. In 1955, otsuka published karatejutsu no kenkyu, a book expounding his style of karate.
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