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The following is a list of Chito-ryu Karate Federation dojo and their locations:

Chikuenjuku (Fukuoka)

Daidokan (Tochigi)

Edogawa, Koto, Adachi (Tokyo)

Fukuyama (Hiroshima)

Genryukan (Miyazaki)

Kenshinkan (Osaka)

Kenshinkan (Shizuoka)

Metaabaru (Saga)

Nisshokan (Okayama)

Omiya (Saitama)

For more detailed information, write to:

International Chito-ryu Karatedo Association

c/o Miyazaki Naomi

Shinjokan

4332 Nozu Ryuhoku, Kumamoto-shi

Kumamoto-ken 869-4805, Japan

Tel: (96) 552-2251

Shotokan

In 1949 the JKA (Japan Karate Association) was formed with Master Funakoshi Gichin as head instructor. The style he taught was referred to as Shotokan karatedo. In 1957 the Japanese government recognized the JKA as the only legal nonprofit karatedo organization in Japan. Answerable to the Japanese Ministry of Education (Mombusho) Shotokan is probably the most widely proliferated karatedo style, with several thousand qualified instructors worldwide.

When Master Funakoshi passed away a split occurred in the ranks of his followers, a very common occurrence in karatedo history, as I have noted. The modern JKA is strictly the public face of the Shotokan style of Master Nakayama Masatoshi (now deceased). Karatedo sensei Nishiyama, Oshima, Ueki, and Kanezawa also joined Nakayama. The original Funakoshi school was called Shotokai, and those who chose to maintain it included Funakoshi Gigo and Aoki Hiroyuki. One of my budo teachers has commented, “Today, Shotokai is the original following of Funakoshi, and Shotokan follows the neo-budo path.”