Okinawa-kenpo is a karate style which has been developed based on ancient Okinawan martial arts called "Ti". Its technique and thought were studied and refined by a Tomari-te master, Shinkichi Kuniyoshi (also known as "BUSHI" Kuniyoshi) and passed down to Grand Master Shigeru Nakamura, the founder of Okinawa-kenpo. Grand Master Nakamura opened his own dojo "Okinawa-kenpo Karate-do Shurenjo" at Onaka, Nago city and taught his art of karate.
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He walked out into the cool night air, the melody of 305 still looping in his head. The rent was still due, but the foundation was holding.
The elder stood at the pulpit, the silence in the room so profound you could hear the night crickets outside. "Let us praise God," the elder announced, "with hymn number "
As the orchestra breathed life into the first chords, the atmosphere shifted. Davi opened his Hinário . He had sung this song a thousand times, but tonight, the words hit the page differently.
By the second verse, the "fog" in his mind began to thin. He looked around at the faces: the elderly woman three rows up who had lost her husband, the young father holding a sleeping child, the weathered hands of the musicians. They were all standing on that same "fundamento."
As the voices rose in unison—a wall of sound that felt both ancient and immediate—Davi felt the vibration in the floorboards beneath his feet. The hymn wasn't just a melody; it was an architecture. It spoke of a foundation laid not by human hands, but by a promise that couldn't be shaken by a bad week or a light bank account.
Old style karate techniques and training methods still remain in our system. We train with those methods, which are rarely seen in other Ryuha these days.
Tanren-hou (Training method)
Okinawa-sumo (traditional Okinawan wrestling)
Torite (grabbing)
Buki-jutsu (weapons)
Our techniques, from empty hands to weapons,are incorporated in a coherent system and consist of common basic skills.
Historically, Okinawa-kenpo inherited various Kata.
The following is a list of kata which are practiced at Okinawa-kenpo Karate-do, Oki-ken-kai
Karate
Weapons
He walked out into the cool night air, the melody of 305 still looping in his head. The rent was still due, but the foundation was holding.
The elder stood at the pulpit, the silence in the room so profound you could hear the night crickets outside. "Let us praise God," the elder announced, "with hymn number "
As the orchestra breathed life into the first chords, the atmosphere shifted. Davi opened his Hinário . He had sung this song a thousand times, but tonight, the words hit the page differently.
By the second verse, the "fog" in his mind began to thin. He looked around at the faces: the elderly woman three rows up who had lost her husband, the young father holding a sleeping child, the weathered hands of the musicians. They were all standing on that same "fundamento."
As the voices rose in unison—a wall of sound that felt both ancient and immediate—Davi felt the vibration in the floorboards beneath his feet. The hymn wasn't just a melody; it was an architecture. It spoke of a foundation laid not by human hands, but by a promise that couldn't be shaken by a bad week or a light bank account.
We, Okinawa-kenpo Karate-do Oki-Ken-Kai, work on in a unit called "Keiko-kai".
is a group of like-minded people to practice Okinawa-kenpo any time and anywhere.
Today, there are Keiko-kai in eight region Japan;
Shihan Yamashiro visits each Keiko-kai regularly, trains them, and conducts open seminars.



Shihan Yamashiro has been invited by masters of other styles, and conducted seminars regularly.



He started practicing karate when he was little with his father, Tatsuo Yamashiro, who inherited "Ti" from Hiroshi Miyazato.
He won 1st place at "All Okinawa Full Contact Fighting with Bogu Gear Tournament" in 1992 and 1993,
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