Shito Ryu Karate-Do
Karate originated as a martial art hundreds of years ago and was brought to Japan from Okinawa. In Okinawa it was developed by a fusion...
The Story of Jujutsu Pt.2
The Shibukawa Ichi Ryu Jujutsu（澁川一流柔術) is a style that was born and developed in the Edo era in rural areas of the Hiroshima domain,...
The Story of Jujutsu Pt.1
THE BIRTH Centuries ago in battle torn Japan there existed a class of warriors known as the samurai. They lived and died by a strict code...
Kuro Obi - The Black Belt
Kuro Obi is the Japanese term for 'Black Belt', but what does it mean to have a black belt? In the early decades of the Kyu/Dan system,...
The History of Karate
Many centuries ago there was a chain of small islands known as Ryu Kyu located off the Japanese mainland. The natives of Ryu Kyu...