Shōrin-ryū Shōrinkan

Shorin-ryu Shorinkan (小林流小林館, Shōrin-ryū Shōrinkan) is a branch of the Kobayashi Shōrin-ryū style of Okinawan karate, developed by Shūgorō Nakazato, Hanshi 10th Dan. Nakazato was a student of Chōshin Chibana.[4] After Chibana's death in 1969, Nakazato assumed the title of Vice President of the Okinawa Shorin-Ryū Karate-do Association. In November 1975, Nakazato resigned from this association and formed the Okinawa Karate-do Shorin-Ryū Shorinkan Association.[5]

Shōrin-ryū Shōrinkan
Shōrin-ryū Shōrinkan
Shōrin-ryū Shōrinkan
Date founded1975
Country of originJapan Okinawa, Japan
FounderShūgorō Nakazato
Current headMinoru Nakazato[1]
Arts taughtKarate
Ancestor schools
Descendant schools
  • Suikendo Shorin Ryu[3]
  • Shorin-ryu Reihokan
  • Shorin-ryu Shobukan

In the United States the senior teachers are Noel Smith[6] (8th dan) and Eddie Bethea.[7] Both Smith and Bethea trained directly under Nakazato in the early 1960s, and have first-hand knowledge of his teachings, philosophies and concepts of karate. In the early years, seven of Nakazato's black belts returned to the US to spread Okinawan Shorin-ryu to the States; they are referred to as the Original 7.[8]

North America Shorinkan lineage

This lineage only reflects the Original 7 black belts from Shugoro Nakazato and their Kyoshis: Tadashi Yamashita, Nabil Noujaim, Eddie Bethea, Pat Haley, Noel Smith, C.D. Williamson, Neil Stolsmark, Sean Riley, Sam Ahtye, David Rogers, Robert Rowley, Claude Johnson, and Harunobu Chiba. [9]

References
  1. Head of Shorin-ryu Shorinkan International
  2. "Shurite".
  3. Suikendo Shorin Ryu
  4. Choshin Chibana Lineage
  5. Shorin-Ryu Shorinkan Association
  6. Noel Smith. Virginia, USA
  7. Eddie Bethea. Indiana, USA
  8. North America Shorin-ryu Shorinkan lineage chart
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2020-06-06. Retrieved 2020-06-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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