Okinawan Karate Club of Atlanta

On the weekend of July 13th, a group from OKC Atlanta, Dallas, and San Francisco, converged on the International Karate and Kobudo Federations annual training in Reading Pennsylvania. A fantastic time was had by all. Our host was Hanshi Bruce Hellman and his wife Hanshi Ann-Marie Heilman. Some of the incredible instructors included Hanshi Bill Hayes, Hanshi Larry Isaac, Hanshi Miguel Ibarra, just to name a few. There was an incredible collection of talent to say the least.

Congratulations to our newest Gokyu and Rokukyu ranks. Test date June 22nd!

A rare picture restored in colour showing Goju Ryu founder Chojun Miyagi and Shotokan founder Gichin Funakoshi together. Top from left: Yasuhiru Konishi and Tatsuo Yamada. Seated from left: Chojun Miyagi and Gichin Funakoshi.

KYOKU This kata group consists of seven single kata. They have been developed in the Shudokan School by Toyama Kanken with the support of his best students. It was Toyama’s aim to summarize the techniques he had learned from his Chuan-fa masters during his stay in Taiwan (1924 1930)....Continue reading

Freedom is not Free! let us never forget those people that have and do pay the price for us. Remember D-Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGYIC-FT2tU

Our brown belts demonstrating Bassai Sho Kata.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqHqMdRcROQ For Bruce Lee fans!

http://the-martial-way.com/kata-vs-kumite/

Kata is movement, Bunkai is analyzation

http://ryukyu-bugei.com/ This is a great article on O'Sensei Shimabukuro

This is a very interesting article on Okinawan weapons... https://milos.io/weapons-kobudo/

Bown Belt test, January 3rd 2019