Yoshukai Karate

Yoshukai is a branch of Japanese/Okinawan karate.
The idea of this system was formed when its founder Mamoru Yamamoto was 15 years old.
At 15 he was jumped by a gang of older boys and when his Judo training didn't help him, he decided it was time to study Karate.
Yamamoto began studying Chito-ryu under its originator, Tsuyoshi Chitose.
After years of training Yamamoto opened his own school in Kitakyushu, Japan in 1959.
Between the years 1960 to 1963, Yamamoto was considered the top competitor in Japan and in 1963 Chitose pronounced him the Grandmaster of the Yoshukai style of karate.
Hiroaki Toyama and Mike Culbreth established the World Yoshukai Karate Kobudo Organization, under the authority of Yamamoto.
There are many styles of karate that call themselves "Yoshukai" around the world, however, only dojos in the World Yoshukai Karate Kobudo Organization are recognized by Yamamoto as legitimate outlets for his teachings.

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