1853
The root · Naha-te
Kanryo HigaonnaSensei
He spent more than eleven years in Fukien, southern China. Back in Naha he shaped Naha-te, the root of everything we practise.
Shorei-Kan Europe · Okinawan Budo since 1954
The way is not taught. It is handed down.
Kaisai-do · Kobudo Shorei-Kai · Daruma Taiso Scroll
Our way — 1954
In 1954, in a small dojo in Koza, Okinawa, an unbroken line of masters began to guard an art that seeks to defeat no one. Here the kata is not repeated — it is deciphered.
Rei · 礼 · Courtesy
Enter the dojo
Everything begins with a bow. Once you cross the threshold, the outside world stays outside.
Lineage · 1853 → 2026
Five generations. One path.
Each master received the art, studied it for a lifetime and handed it on, intact, to the next.
Scroll through 170 years →
1888
Founder of Goju-ryu
Chojun MiyagiSensei
A disciple of Higaonna Sensei. In 1929 he named Goju-ryu — the hard and the soft — and set out the principles of Kaisai no Genri.
1917
Founder of Shorei-Kan
Seikichi ToguchiSensei
In March 1954 he opened the first Shorei-Kan dojo in Koza. He created Kiso and Bunkai Kumite to decipher the kata.
1942
Kancho · Saiko Shihan
Toshio TamanoSaiko Shihan
A student of Toguchi Sensei from 1960. He took the school to New York in 1969 and to Europe in 1982. Today he leads it as Kancho.
Today
27 dojos · 5 countries
Shorei-KanEurope
Instructors trained by Master Tamano keep the same path alive all over Europe.
Disciplines
Three paths. One root.
Okinawa Budo Kaisai Kaisai-do
«The kata is not repeated — it is deciphered.»
The direct heir of Okinawan Goju-ryu. Kata, bunkai and kumite form a single system for understanding, not for competing.
- Kata
- Bunkai
- Kumite
- Hojo Undo
The farm tools of Okinawa Kobudo
«Tools of the field, turned into an art.»
Bo, sai, tonfa, nunchaku and kama: the implements of the Okinawan farmer, studied with the same rigour as the kata.
- Bo
- Sai
- Tonfa
- Nunchaku
- Kama
Health and longevity Daruma Taiso
«Movement for a long life.»
Inspired by the teachings attributed to Bodhidharma and systematised by Master Tamano in 1977: more than 300 exercises for any age.
- Breathing
- Mobility
- Balance
- Calm
Emblems
What we wear on our chest
Shorei-Kan尚礼館
The fist stands for Budo. The cherry blossom, for peace and courtesy. Together: strength that knows restraint.
Shorei-Kai左御紋
Hidari gomon: three turning commas, the crest of the royal house of Ryukyu. The emblem of the school’s kobudo.
Daruma Taiso達磨
Bodhidharma, the monk who, tradition says, joined meditation with the training of the body.
Instructors
Masters who are still students
Toshio Tamano
Saiko Shihan · Kancho · 10th Dan
Founder of Shorei-Kan Europe. More than sixty years on the tatami, always beside his students.
Bruno Butera
Marco Paluan
Manuel Sanchez Muñoz
Giovanni Ciavi
Andrea Papi
Dominique Poupeau
Elena Carrubba
Claudio Montanari
Giuliano Beillard
Claudio Antonio Stinchi
Massimo Verrecchia
Juan Ferre Ibañez
Guillermo GARCÍA OTAZO
Philippe Mallet
Sergi Sanmartin Puig
Sandro Coco
Francisco Perez Baena
Imanol Conde
Rafael Cabrera Valenzuela
Alejandro Garriga Pereñiguez
Giuseppe Brusaferri
Dojos
A dojo near you
27 dojos in 5 countries share the same programme, the same grades and the same master.
- Italy 13dojos A.S. Shorei kan karate Budo · Ponte San GiovanniGo Rin Ryu · NocetoHeiwa Dojo · PerugiaNippon club · RomaPablo Neruda C.D.K.S.T · Cinisello B.Sanchin Dojo Italia · BrugherioScuola di Arti Marziali Shodan · Reggio EmiliaShorei kan Rovellasca · RovellascaShorei-kan Bergamo · BergamoShorei-kan Reggio Emilia · Cadelbosco di SopraShoreikan Ponte Pattoli · Ponte PattoliShorin-Shorei Italia · BinascoSK Karate Club ASD · Settimo Milanese
- Spain 09dojos El Portal · BarcelonaOkinawa Budo Murcia · MurciaOkinawa Budo Shorei-kan BCN · BarcelonaShorei kan Madrid · MadridShorei-kan Gipuzkoa · San SebastianShorei-kan Irun · IrúnShoreikan Iberica · GetafeShoreikan Murcia · MurciaShoreikan Palautordera · Barcelona
- France 03dojos Kaisai Skorei kan Nontron · NontronKobudo Horizon Shorei-kai · AngoulêmeShorei kan Paris · Paris
- Switzerland 01dojos CKAM Grd-Saconnex · Chambésy
- Germany 01dojos Daruma Taiso Esslingen · Esslingen
Upcoming gatherings
Train together
The door is open.
Find a dojo near you or write to us. The first class is the first step on the path.