SHORIN RYU KARATE ACADEMY

We intentionally include variety in our training: solo practice, partner drills, pad drills, basic break falls and rolls, basic takedowns and throws (where they appear in the kata), basic grappling and ground fighting, and self-protection drills. Our training philosophy is to build as comprehensive a training matrix as possible. We acknowledge that every drill or activity has a basic flaw, but by engaging a variety of drills in a training matrix, we can compensate for those various flaws and train effectively without injuring ourselves or our training partners... Moreover, we emphasize the study and practice of bunkai, the practical self-defense application of specific sequences of moves found in the traditional kata (prearranged sets of movements). Karate is nothing without kata, yet kata is nothing without understanding and applying the movements to real self-defense scenarios. We understand kata not as a prearranged fight but, rather, a collection of sequential moves that map out..