Our Style
Our style of karate, Okinawan Sukunaihayshi "Shorin-Ryu", was handed down from the great Sensei Chotoku Kyan (1869-1945) of Okinawa. Sensei Kyan trained under many Sensei and founded the Sukunaihayshi style of karate.
The Seibukan Dojo was founded by Sensei Zenryo Shimabukuro (1908-1969) who was a direct student of Sensei Kyan. Sensei Shimabukuro studied only under Sensei Kyan and studied only Sukunaihayshi.
Sensei Edward Takae trained and studied only under Sensei Shimabukuro and is the most senior of his students in the USA. Sensei Takae is the recipient of the only "Shihan Menjo" (Masters License) known to have been given by Sensei Zenryo Shimabukuro.
Today, under Sensei Takae's guidance, we continue the unchanged, traditional teachings of Sukunaihayshi "Shorin-Ryu" karate with Seibukan Dojo throughout the United States.

"Karate begins and ends with courtesy, therefore we must strive to be courteous to everyone in the Dojo as well as to your senior, junior, friends and even foes. We must purify our minds and always be mentally and physically sound."