SEIYO SHORIN-RYU KARATE

 西洋少林流空手道

 InSeiyo Shorin Ryu, the pragmatic aspects of karate are emphasized.  Every technique in Seiyo kata has pragmatic bunkai (self defense application). This is very helpful to anyone who learns kata.  So in Seiyo Shorin-Ryu, one will learn many kata and what they are for. We find that karate and kata are inseparatable - one can not exist without the other.

Seiyo Shorin-Ryu is a hybrid style, as are all styles of karate. Out kata has come primarily from the Shorin-Ryu system with some borrowed from other styles, a few created by our Sokeshodai, and others have been modified to fit our needs. 

Seiyo Shorin-Ryu is:

(1) Dynamic.

(2) Powerful. This is based in influences from Shotokan, Mas Oyama’s Kyokushinkai system of martial arts as well as from the most powerful living Sensei in the world (in our opinion): Dai-Soke Sacharnoski. These systems greatly added to the architecture of our style. As a result, our students learn to focus energy in their strikes, blocks & kicks.

(3) Kata and Bunkai (applications). If you have ever trained in karate, you may have been frustrated by kata & never taught what each movement in kata were used for. Few martial artists understand kata. Kata is a living encyclopedia of favorite techniques of past masters & grandmasters. All of the bunkai for each kata are taught as self-defense techniques. Soke Hausel has also developed some additional kata that are only taught in the Seiyo Shorin-Ryu system.

(4) Based on Traditions. This is one major aspect that separates martial art from street fighting.