The
Yoshukan International Karate association has
historical roots that go back over 1,000 years. Martial
arts teaching has been passed down from generation
to generation for centuries. Complete systems were
often taught only to family members and instruction
was kept secret and guarded as a precious heirloom.
In
recent years, instruction became more public, beginning
with the introduction of martial arts training
into the Okinawa and Japanese school systems in
the late 1800's in fact, the art of karate was
first introduced to Japan in 1922, the USA in 1946,
and Canada in 1958.
The art we practice has been taught and modified
thought it's history by practitioner in: India;
China; Okinawa; Japan; and now North America. A
chronology of our systems' Lineage is: |
