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JAPANESE
MARTIAL ARTS
General
USAKF USA Karate Federation, in
Akron, OH
JUJUTSU
Kokushi Ryu Jujutsu
by soke Nobuyoshi Higashi |
Koryu Jujutsu - the classical fighting arts of Japan.
Historical overview by Serge Mol |
Secret Weapons of Jujutsu by Don Cunningham |
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Tenjin Shinyo Goshin Ryu shihan
Calvin Lester at Camden County College in Blackwood, NJ
Danzan-ryu Jujutsu Japanese-American
grandmaster Prof. Henry Seishiro Okazaki
(helped write US Army field manual 21-150, teacher of Wally Jay, etc.)
Sosuishi Ryu Jujutsu
Shusaku Shitama (15th generation, 16th century style)
Seibukan Dojo New York, Sosuishi-Ryu
Jujutsu (also Isshinryu Karate)
Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu Takeda
Sokaku
Kindai Ryu
Kokushi Ryu Club
at Harvard
Scottish Kempo Academy International
dr. Akiyama Shirobi Yoshitoki's style
of jujutsu, Yoshin-Ryu JuJitsu and James Mitose's Kosho-Ryu Kempo.
Hontai Yoshin Ryu 17th century
style
Mikuzan Dojo Kawashin-ryu, Goshin
Jutsu
Mushin Ryu Jujutsu
Takamura Ha Shindo Yoshin Kai Jujutsu
from soke Yukioshi "Yukio" Takamura, dojos in LA,
Dallas, Austin, Pittsburgh and Evergreen, CO
Hakkoryu Jujutsu and Koho Shiatsu
Okuyama Ryuho international Honbu Dojo, in Honolulu, Hawaii
Hakko Ryu Kyusho Dojo (reg. 50024)
Georges Mets, in Leuven, Belgium
Hakko Ryu Jujutsu style
of Ryuho Okuyama, Danny Frederix, in Leuven, Belgium
Hakko Den Shin Ryu Jujutsu
in Antonio Garcia, in Hasselt, Belgium
Hakko Den Shin Ryu
in Poland
Zanshin Goshin Dojo Hakko Denshin
Ryu, also iaijutsu, in Pasadena, CA
Hakko Denshin Ryu Ju Jutsu
Kokodo Renmei Europe Hombu dojo, Soke Antonio Garcia, in Hasselt, Belgium
Tsunami jiu-jitsu club in Leeuwarden
(Friesland, The Netherlands)
International Jujutsu Institute
Kano Jujutsu, in Australia, Malaysia, Norway
US Jujitsu Federation
Meadowbank Jitsu Club
sensei Fiona Cowieson, in Edinburgh, Scotland
Kokusai Jujutsu Ryu traditional
Jujutsu
Aikijutsu (Koryu)
Aiki Jujutsu Daito Ryu:
The hidden roots of aikido, by Shiro Omiya |
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Daito Ryu Aiki Bujutsu the
Fuji Yama dojo of Y. Ichikawa and H. Hanmura in St. Catharines, ON
Saigo
Ha Daito Ryu home page
Aikijutsu Yoseikan
Sensei Jan Janssens in Weelde, Belgium
Takeda Ryu (Dutch & English)
(jukempo, aikijutsu, jodo, iaido, etc.) in Utrecht, The Netherlands
Tenjin Shinyo Goshin Ryu shihan
Calvin Lester, in Blackwood, NJ
Bushido-Kai Hombu Dojo kaiso
Tony Annesi, Takeshin Sogo Budo system, Aikijutsu and Karate styles in
Framingham, MA
SHORINJI KEMPO Japanese mix of martial arts and Zen
World Shorinji
Kempo Organization Official Home Page
Sweden Shorinji Kempo Federation
in Bromma, Haninge (Stockholm), Göteborg, Karlstad
Shorinji Kempo France
from sensei Aosaka
Shorinji Kempo Amsterdam
sensei Hiromi Tojo (student of sensei Uchiyama)
British Shorinji Kempo Society
German Shorinji Kempo Union
(since 1947)
Kenseikai
at Tokyo University
More WSKO clubs
Shorinji Kempo New York
World Bank
Shorinji Kempo
Alabama
Alberta Canada
British Columbia Canada
Caltech
San Francisco
Shorinji Kempo Peninsula Branch
(20 miles south of San Francisco)
South Bay California
Toronto Ontario, Canada
KARATE HISTORY
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History of Japanese Karate - Shotokan and Ryobukai
Video |
Historic footage of the great master Choki Motobu,
from the great Tsunami Video |
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Karate History
personal site, short biographies
International Ryukyu Karate-jutsu
Research Society Pat McCarthy's website
 video
Japan Karate Ryobu-kai of sensei
Yasuhiro Konishi, the Shindo Jinen Ryu, influenced by many styles
Ryukyu Kempo, with Tuite (grappling) and Kyusho Jutsu (pressure
point strikes), Ryute
Popularized by master Seiyu Oyata, taken up by George Dillman and
Rick Clarke,
this is pressure point fighting that can be applied to the forms
Ryu Te Seiyu Oyata's style
Profile of sensei Seiyu
Oyata, the man who introduced Kyusho Jitsu to the west
Academy of Ryukyu
Kempo lots of Seyu Oyata kata tapes, dojos listed, in Gladstone,
MO
European Kyusho Jitsu Tuite
in English and Finish
Dillman Karate International
George Dillman's site, in Reading, PA
Ao Denkou Kai International
sensei Rick Clark
Seikou Martial Arts Academy
sensei Scott Harrell, in Pensacola, FL
Kyusho Jitsu.Com KJ portal,
seminars, articles
Kyusho.Com Evan Pantazi's website,
in Andover, MA
Authorized Dojo List
worldwide
Kissaki-Kai Karate-Do mr.
Vince Morris' school, Kyusho Jitsu and Shotokan Karate
Kissaki-Kai Karate-Do sensei
Eva Bayerlein, in Beeston, Nottingham, UK
Kissaki-Kai Karate-Do USA
branch
Ralph Abernethy a Shotokan
analysis of kata and jujutsu techniques, books & videos, UK
Dao Chi Theo de Gelaen,
workshops in Brussels, Belgium and Holland
Chuan Fa Holland Kyusho Jutsu,
sensei Leeroy Roder, in Spijkenisse, NL
Jin Chi Shen dim mak in Haarlem,
NL
RYU TE Kyushojitsu related Karate
Ryu Te Renmei Oyata Shin Shu Ho
Home Page, schools following the methods of soke Seyu Oyata
SHOTOKAN
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| Nakayama's demo of Heian 1-3 |
Best Karate series, the best books on the Shotokan Kata
from sensei Nakayama |
One of the best advanced karate books by master Shigeru
Egami |
Historical work by master Funakoshi himself |
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| JKA Unsu kata video from Tsunami videos |
Karate Fighting Techniques - The complete kumite, by
Hirokazu Kanazawa |
Pinan Katas In Depth by sensei Keiji Tomiyama |
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Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Assn. shihan
Kenneth Funakoshi, Milpitas, CA
Funakoshi Shotokan Dojo sensei
Ronald Silverthorne, Crawley Leasure Centre in England
Dr.
Elmar Schmeisser Interview specialist in Bunkai/Kata Applications
Karate Do Bond Nederland dutch
karate schools (mainly Shotokan, also Goju, Wado)
Tora Kai Shotokan Karate Club
at Edinburgh University
Shotokan Karate of Palm Beach,
Florida, local club
Shotokan World
Joe Lewis Fighting Systems
famous karate champ and star of "Jaguar Lives"
Shotokan Karate of America (SKA)
sensei Tsutomu Ohshima (1930), in Los Angeles, CA
Karate: The Japanese
Way page from Mark Groenewold
Shotokan Karate International (SKI)
official home page, sensei Hirokazu Kanazawa's organisation
Shotokan Karate International
(UK) sensei Shiro Asano 9th dan, Nottingham, England
Shotokai sensei
Shigeru
Egami
24FightingChickens
blog by sensei Rob Redmond
Shogun-ki - blog
on Japanese martial arts and culture
Rising Sun Karate Academy
kyoshi Jason David Frank, actor, 2006 Ruffman Grand Champion, in Houston,
TX
Shoto Shinkai Karate Dojo
sensei Bud Morgan in Fayetteville, NC
Seishin-Do Karate Systems shotokan/combatjujitsu
shihan Thomas Foley, in Yonkers, NY
Fan Enterprises Ltd sensei
Francis Nwofor, former Great Britain Team Captain, also leadership training,
in Watford, UK
Victoria Shotokan Karate-do
and Kobudo Association sensei Peter Lindsay in Victoria, BC
KYOKUSHIN-KAI - "The Toughest Karate"
Kyokushin was created by Masutatsu Oyama Sensei out of Shotokan
and Goju Ryu
Essential Karate - kyokushin basics
from founder
Masutatsu Oyama |
This Is Karate by
Masutatsu Oyama
(second hand) |
Karate School by
Mas Oyama, formerly
"Complete Karate
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Official Home Page in Japan
Kyokushin News Japan
Contact Kicks Kyokushin
and Kickboxing from sensei Steve Fogarasi in Denver, CO
Kyokushin Karate Canada in
Winnipeg, English and Spanish language
Musashi in
Dutch and English, Jon Bluming, also HERE
Muramachi Dojo in Doorn, Holland
Kyokushin Hungary shihan Adámy,
cool clips
Kamakura the Gordeau brothers,
also Kickboxing, in The Hague, The Netherlands
Dunmow Kyokushinkai Karate
Club in the UK
Kyokushin Los Angeles IKO
affiliated (kancho Shokei Matsui), Sensei Taka Nakasaka in L.A.
Karate Kyokushin Hikari (dutch)
in Hoogerheide & Bergen op Zoom, Holland
Yin Yang Kyokushin in Eindhoven/Budel,
The Netherlands
Australian Kyokushinkai
with message board
Karatedo Zendokan in
Almere, Holland
Willington Karate Club
sensei George W. Saba, in Willington, CT
SEIDO KARATE offshoot of Kyokushin
WSKO - World Seido Karate Organisation
Seido Karate official home page,
kaicho Tadashi Nakamura in New York City
Seido Karate Los
Angeles
Seido Karate San Francisco
Seido Karate Chicago
Seido Karate Howard County,
Towson, Damascus, Catonsville, MD
Seido Karate
West Side, New York
Seido Karate Florence,
Italy
Seido Karate Chippendale,
NSW, Australia, also near Sidney,
Melbourne,
Seido Karate
Wellington, NZ
Seido Karate Sao Paolo, Brazil
Seido Karate Japan
Seido Karate SOWETO, Capetown,
Johannesburg, South Africa
Seido Karate in High Wycombe,
Dover, London, Turnham Green, Tylers Green, UK
ASHIHARA
Style founded by Ashihara Soke, based on Kyokushin, with the emphasis
on street fighting/self-defense instead of competition
NIKO the Ashihara international
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Ashihara Karate
Sensei Sunit Kumar Gupta, US in Pomona, CA
Kyoto Gym van Cor van den Adel
in Dordrecht
Ashihara Karate
sensei Husain Narker, in Retreat, South Africa
Ashihara
Bunkai
Enshin Karate
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Enshin Karate from master Hideyuki Ashihara's
top student, Joko Ninomiya |
kancho Ninomiya's autobiography |
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Enshin Karate from Ashihara student
(kancho) Ninomiya, in Chiba, Japan and Denver, CO
Enshin Karate sensei Ralph Rhoads
in Tucson, AZ
Enshin Karate SF sensei Naohiro
Tomiyama, in San Francisco, CA
Enshin Karate of Connecticut
Robert Thivierge, in Jewett City, CT
New Jersey Enshin Kai Kan
sensei John Arnold in Union, NJ
Oregon Martial Arts Club
sensei Steven Ward in Tigard, OR
Enshin Karate sensei
Andrew Budd in Austin, TX
Enshin Karate of Virginia
sensei Nima Mazhari in Merrifield, VA
Enshin Karate Deutschland from sensei
Chandana Muthunayake in Freiburg, Germany
International Karate Organisation Enshin
Kai Kan sensei Anton Bodjagin in St. Petersburg, Russia
Enshin Karate UK sensei Gary
Chamberlain, in Loughborough, UK
GOJU RYU
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Great video, kata, applications from the
great sensei Morio Higaonna (Way
Of The Warrior) |
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International Meibukan Goju-Ryu Karate
Association (IMGKA), history, katas, international dojos listed
Goju kai Karatedo Holland in Rotterdam
Meibukan Goju in sensei Lex Opdam
in Nijmegen (Holland)
Meibukan Goju
Tsunami Dojo naha-te
articles, forms and kobudo, sensei Milos Stanic in Yugoslavia
Meibukan Magazine goju
magazine and portal
Goju Shorei Systems grandmaster
Alexander Archie, in Reno, NV
Online Goju Ryu Kata mpegs
on different websites
SHORIN RYU
Matsubayashi
Shorin Ryu Karate
Part 1, Video |
Seibukan Shorin Ryu from master
Chotoku Kyan, Video |
The Secrets of
Okinawan Karate
by Kiyoshi Arakaki |
The Essence Of
Okinawan Karate-Do by master
Soshin Nagamine |
Matsubayashi Shorin Ryu vol 2
by Takayoshi Nagamine, Video |
International Okinawan Shorin Ryu Seibukan
Karate Do Association Renshi Warren Berto
All Okinawan Shorin Ryu Kenshin
Kan Karate And Kobudo Federation hanshi Fusei Kise
Sian
Toma and Seidokan article, history
World Matsubayashi (Shorin
Ryu) Karate Assn. Matsubayashi Ryu, Soke Takayoshi Nagamine in
Naha and NYC
Shorin Ryu Karate USA grandmaster
Ansei Ueshiro
Zen Okinawan Shorin Ryu Karatedo-Kobudo
Assn. sensei Eihachi Ota
Seibukan Karate–Do Association
International Okinawa Shorin–Ryu
Hawaii Karate Seinenkai since 1933!
Nice historical photographs of Hawaiian Karate history.
Shindo Trust
sensei Roger Sheldon, in Leeds, England
Seishin Karate Club (SKAA)
Sensei Richard and Jo McCulty, in Columbus, OH
Shorin Ryu Karate-Jutsu Association
sensei Michael Rosati, in Lynbrook, Long Island, NY
SHOREI KAN - Seikichi Toguchi's style
Shorei Kan USA Home Page
Seikichi Toguchi lineage, sensei Scott Lenzi, Peekskill, NY) and NYC
Shoreikan Karate in Canada
(BC)
Shorei Kan Canada sensei
Vic Hargitt, in Surrey, BC
Shorei-kan Italia in Italian
Shorei Kan Karate Club in Lahti,
Finland
Yubukan International sensei
Suekichi Naito, in the Dordogne, Charante and Gard, France
Go Rin Kai in Spanish
The Mabuni Kata of
Seito Shito-Ryu, by Gary McGuiness, video |
Japanese Traditional Shito Ryu, kata applications from
the great master Shogo Kuniba, video |
Shito Ryu Karate - The Island of Budo, by son of the
founder, Kenzo Mabuni, video |
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SHITO RYU
Japan Karate-do Organizationsensei
Kenzo Mabuni, son of Kenwa Mabuni
Academy of Asian Martial Arts
sensei Fumio Demura and Doug Corlew, in Tucson, AZ
European Shitoryu Union
Carlos Molina in Berlin
Shito-Ryu Karate-do Kofukan International
sensei Keiji Tomiyama, seminars
Shito Ryu Resource Center Canada
Vancouver Shito Ryu Seiko Kai
shihan Akira Sato, 8th dan, in Vancouver, Canada
Itosu Kai Shito Ryu & Kobudo,
great list of historical Karate master, dojos throughout Canada,
but especially Ontario
Kingsway Shito-Ryu Karate
Kaz Hashimoto and Mark Stacey, in Vancouver, BC
Pacific Karate-Do Institute
in Santa Barbara, CA
Russian Shito-Ryu Karate Federation
in Russia
Shitoryu Karate Cyber Dojo Sensei
Tanzadeh
Articles
Shito Ryu History
by sensei John Sells
SHUKOKAI KARATE-DO derived from Shito-Ryu
American Shukokai Karate Union
Tenafly Shukokai Karate sensei
Gavin Armstrong, in Tenafly, NJ
Bressaw's Middlesex Karate
sensei Bill Bressaw, in Fords, NJ
Taisho Do Karate
Sensie Mark Raistrick in Whitby, Hertfordshire, UK
ISSHINRYU
of Okinawan master and genius Tetsuo Shimabuku
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| Isshin Ryu Seiuchin Kata - Secrets Revealed. Bunkai from
sensei Javier Martinez |
Isshin Ryu Kusanku Kata Secrets Revealed by sensei
Javier Martinez |
Karate - The Isshinryu Way
by Dan Jones |
DVD, footage from the 1960s |
International Isshinryu Karate Association
(IIKA) international dojo list
TOKI Traditional Okinawan Karate
Institute in Pennsylvania and Darien, GA
Everything Isshinryu Rob Jacob's
Isshinryu portal
American Isshinryu Karate
Assn. fees, etc.
Traditonal Isshinryu Karate
excellent website from Henk Goslinga, also HERE
OIKKA in Denmark, has Europe's
national associations listed
Isshinryu School of Karate
of mr. John E. Hughes in Hackettstown, NJ
Isshinryu Is Life sensei
Don Nagle's site
SenseiBryan.com sensei Bryan
Winkelman, Isshinryu, Kyusho Jujutsu, in Ontario (?)
SHURI RYU - Sokon Matsumura, Okinawa
Shuri Ryu I.S.A., sensei Robert
Trias
Double Dragon sensei Fran
Babbino, in New Milford, CT
GENWAKAI KARATEDO from Gensei-ryu (from the Shuri-te
of Soko Matsumura)
The Official Genwakai Holland Homepage
in Alphen a/d Rijn
Sindo Ryu
Okinawa Te Federation, in Moscow, Russia
KATA APPLICATIONS
Koryu Uchinadi bunkai
from sensei Pat McCarthy, also on
Youtube (see these excellent
Koryu Uchinadi Application
Drills)
Ryukyu Karate Academy Koryu
Uchinadi from Darrin Johnson in Burke, VA
Dr. Elmar Schmeisser
specialist in Bunkai/Kata Applications
Dillman Karate International
George Dillman's site, in Reading, PA
BUSHIDO
The Sword And The Mind - 17th century master Yagyu Munenori |
Bushido - The soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe (1862-1933) |
Bushido - The Warrior's Code by Inazo Nitobe |
Hagakure - The Book of the Samurai by Yamamoto Tsunetomo,
late 17th century |
Samurai - An illustrated history by Mitsuo Kure |
Bubishi - The bible of Karate by Patrick McCarthy |
Bushido
through Kyuba no
Michi, way of the horse and bow
Ten Shin Ichi Ryu from
founder ("doshu") Shiro Shintaku in KA, MD, SC, Missouri
Samurai History (articles)
The Budo Page
famous samurai listed
What is Bushido?
Sakamoto
Ryoma article on the "Renaissance Samurai"
Samurai Archives backgrounds
and personalities
Obaku Zen - The Emergence of the Third Sect of Zen in
Tokugawa Japan (strongest Chinese influence) |
The Unfettered Mind - Writings of the Zen Master to the
Sword Master by Takuan Soho |
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ZEN BUDDHISM
Zen Buddhist Infoweb at DharmaNet,
many schools listed
Soto Zen School in Japan
Kwan Um Schook Korean founder
Seung Sahn
Thao Duong Zen School Vietnamese
& English
Cambridge Zen Center in
Cambridge, MA
Boeddhistische Unie Nederland (Dutch)
links
Chapel Hill Zen Center in
North Carolina
International Research Institute
for Zen Buddhism zen centers worldwide
The Village Zendo Soto
One Drop Zendo Assn Rinzai
Zen, Seattle, WA
Kwan Um School Of Zen Korean
buddhism of master Seung Sahm, articles, worldwide
Karate And Zen
(article) with Soshin Nagamine Sensei
ZAZEN (sitting meditation)
Zazen Posture
(article)
Hara Bo
Training or qigong for Karate
KEN NO ICHI RYU - of Karate and Zen
Karate And Zen As One
Shoshin Nagamine, article by Charles Goodin
IOKAI SHIATSU (Dutch)
also in English Shiatsu
in Amsterdam
SHAKUHACHI/JAPANESE FLUITS
Shakuhachi - Tai Hei Shakuhachi
Shakuhachi Australia
Shakuhach Yuu plastic shakuhachis
Nederlands Shakuhachi Genootshap
Kaito in Leiden, NL
The International Shakuhachi Society
Deutsch-Japanischen Gesellschaft
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