About the Business
Students of Karate learn punching, blocking and kicking techniques along with respect and control. Benefits such as feeling fitter, being more flexible, and increasing self-confidence. Gichin Funakoshi was born in 1868 - the year of the Meiji Restoration - in the capital of Okinawa shuri. A weak child, Funakoshi trained in karate as an exercise to improve his general health and was the only student (at that time) of Yasutsune Azato, a master of the Shorin-ryu school of Karate.
By the time he had reached his twentieth birthday Funakoshi had a firm knowledge and experience of the Okinawan karate. He eventually qualified as a Primary School teacher, was elected chairman of the Okinawan Shubokal and selected to teach karate to the members of the Japanese navy. In 1917, Funakoshi travelled to Japan and at the Hall of Ancient Virtue in Kyoto, gave the Japanese their first public demonstration of Karate-Jutsu.
Location & Hours
Clydach Scout Hall, Park Road
