In a rare demonstration, Uechi Kanji—the grandson of the Uechi-ryû founder—showed how relentless body conditioning can turn ...

Excelling at karate starts with your outfit. You need to tie the loops of your suit correctly - not easy for a beginner. Terumitsu Taira helps learners out until the snow-white suit no longer slips.

For decades, karate relied on muscle tension for power—until a lost Okinawan principle called chinkuchi began shaking up dojos worldwide. Unlike the well-known kime, chinkuchi emphasizes explosive ...

Okinawan Karate Club of San Francisco, teaches traditional Okinawan Shorin Ryu karate as taught by Eizo Shimabukuro and Okinawan Shudokan karate as taught by the late Walter Todd Sensei. At OKC San ...