Imagine a time when you needed to know a martial art not just for sport, not to lose weight, but to survive in your daily life. Fight or die. This was the context of many people throughout our history, including the inhabitants of a small group of islands south of Japan. It was the independent kingdom of Ryukyu, the birthplace of Karate. Today, the Ryukyu Islands, annexed by Japan, correspond to the prefecture of Okinawa and have a very unique and rich history and culture.
Tsunioshi Tanaka and Seiichi “Shikan” Akamine
The Tanaka Karate-Do Association (Associação Karate-Do Tanaka) is one of the oldest Karate organizations in Brazil. It is also one of the most long-lived, perhaps only behind Shinshukan, by master Yoshihide Shinzato, founded a year earlier, in 1962. For its history of pioneering, determination and loyalty to the values of Karate, the history of our school needs to be widely known and recognized. Many active Karate teachers today, even though they are in other styles like Shotokan, Kyokushin and Seido Juku, started their trajectory in our organization or in affiliated dojos, which only proves the importance of the Association for Brazilian Karate.
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