Shōrin-ryū Shorinkan

Shōrin-ryū Shōrinkan

Shorinkan logo
Date founded	1975
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.