About JKS Nordtirol Karate Club

Karate

Karate is a Japanese martial arts. It is assumed to originate in the 19th century the island of Okinawa. Karate means empty hand. At the beginning it was also known as Chinese hand as the word "Kara" means both "empty" as well as "Chinese". At the beginning it was categorised based on the area name of the island where it was practiced, namely Shuri-te, Naha-te and Tomari-te.

Presently there are 4 main styles of Karate:

• Shotokan
• Shito-Ryu
• Goju-Ryu
• Wado-Ryu

Shotokan

Shotokan is one of the major styles of Karate. The style was named after it's founder Gichin Funakoshi's pen name Shoto. Gichin Funakoshi is also called as the father of modern karate. He was the one who brought karate from the island of Okinawa to mainland of Japan and brought the art in front of the world. Now the art is practised in most of the countries of the world.

JKS

Japan Karate Shoto Federation is one of the most prestigious organisation of Shotokan karate. It was built in 2003 by Shihan Tetshuhiko Asai and his followers after the big split of Japan Karate Association. After the death of Asai Shihan, the organisation is lead by his most favourite student and world champion Shihan Masao Kagawa. Now the organisation is known to be as one of the best Shotokan organisation to have a best mixture of the traditional karate and sports karate.