CFTS KARATE

Yasuhiro Konishi was born in 1893, in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture. He began training in Takenouchi-Ryu Koshi-No-Mawari, Muso-Ryu, both...

Mitsusuke Harada, one of the few remaining karate-ka who trained under Funakoshi Sensei, gives a fascinating insight into karate history....

Shigeru Egami was a pioneering Japanese master of Shotokan karate who founded the Shotokai style. He was a student of Gichin Funakoshi.

Some background information on Gichin Funakoshi's third son, Yoshitaka, also known as Gigo. Yoshitaka (Gigo) Funakoshi 1906-1945 He was...

Nakayama Sensei, who was Gichin Funakoshi's most loyal student became head of the famous Japan Karate Association (JKA) after the death...

It is said that Kushanku, or Kong Su Kun, learned Chu'an fa kung fu from a Shaolin monk. He was sent to Okinawa in 1756 as an ambassador...

Sokon “Bushi” Matsumura is one of two central characters in the history of karate. Linear karate apparently did not exist before...

Satunuku Sakugawa is the first teacher in the lineage of Shotokan Karate who made specific contributions to the karate we study today....

Born on 3rd May 1931, initially taking up Judo, Kanazawa Shihan has become the foremost exponent of Shotokan karate being one of the...

Sensei Shiro Asano was born in Shinjuku within Tokyo in Japan on 29th Oct 1939. He graduated from Takashoku university having studied...

Bodhidharma was born in Southern India in 482. He was a royal prince who gave up everything to follow the teachings of Buddha. He was...

Sensei Keinosuke Enoeda was born in Kyushu, an island in the South of Japan, on July 4th 1935. He enjoyed sports and was a strong and...

Peichin Takahara was a monk, a mapmaker and an astronomer. He was born in the village of Akata Cho in Southern Shuri and was a famous...

The great karate master Gichin Funakoshi was the key pioneer in the development of modern karate. He introduced it to Japan . He himself...

Chatan Yara (1668–1756) is credited with being one of the first to disseminate the art of Te throughout Okinawa. Yara is most noted for...

Ankō Itosu was born in 1831 the Yamagawa Village, Shuri, and became a student of Matsumura at a very early age learning Shurite style of...

Anko Azato was one of the most well known masters of Okinawa-Karate who as a son of a Tonichi, (one of the two highest classes of the...