About Soryu Karate
Our style, SORYU means "The continuous and complete tradition of
style." It is a Japanese form of martial arts and getting a Black
Belt in Soryu will take you at least 5 years of very hard work. The
exam alone takes about four hours requiring a year to prepare for
it. However, once you have earned your Black Belt, you will know you
can stand up with the best of them. Our teaching also includes
aspects from Tae Kwon Do and Bushido as was taught to us by Master
Jeff Bonugli.
Japanese martial arts are more straight line fighting styles, than
the circular techniques of their Chinese cousins. Commonly called
karate by those of us in the West, Japanese arts range from empty
hand martial systems to joint locking and throwing systems to styles
devoted entirely to weapons' practice.
The art of karate (kara-te), which means empty hand, is commonly
believed to have come to Japan from the island of Okinawa, where
fighting with weapons was banned for many years. Ancient Okinawan
traders visited China's Fukien Province and brought back the martial
techniques of China's southern Shaolin temple. The Okinawans
developed such an effective self-defense system that many Japanese
masters wanted it as their own. It was brought to the Japanese
mainland in 1922 and eventually became the best known Japanese
martial art. The karate arts of the All-Japan Karate Association Go-ju,
wado and Shito-ryus are among the best known karate systems.
Soryu Karate offers instruction in a
mixture of Karate, Self-Defense, Tae Kwon Do, and Bushido.
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