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Date founded | 1975 |
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Country of origin | Okinawa, Japan |
Founder | Shūgorō Nakazato |
Current head | Shūgorō Nakazato |
Arts taught | Karate |
Ancestor schools | Kobayashi Shorin-ryū |
Shorin-ryu Shorinkan (小林流小林館 Shōrin-ryū Shōrinkan?) is a branch of the Kobayashi Shorin-ryū style of Okinawan Karate, developed by Shūgorō Nakazato, Hanshi 10th Dan. Nakazato was a student of Choshin Chibana. After Chibana's death in 1969, Nakazato assumed the title of Vice President of the Okinawa Shorin-Ryū Karate-do Association. In November 1975, Nakazato resigned from this association and formed the Okinawa Karate-do Shorin-Ryū Shorinkan Association.