Shorin-ryu Shorinkan (小林流小林館, Shōrin-ryū Shōrinkan) is a branch of the Kobayashi Shōrin-ryū style of Okinawan karate, developed by Shūgorō Nakazato, Hanshi 10th Dan.

This is dedicated to the lineage of karate Masters of Shuri-Te (Shorin-Ryu), dating prior to 1733 A.D. with Sakugawa "Tode" to the present, under Hanshi JuDan Shugoro Nakazato and the world wide practitioners of. 'Order of the Rising Sun with Gold and Silver Rays' - Asahi Soukou sho.

NAKAZATO Sensei is one of the most influential living karate Grand Masters in Okinawa and travels many times a year to promote the traditional Okinawan Shorin-Ryu * ShorinKan Karate (Kobayashi-ryu) system.

Shōrin-ryū (少林流) [1][2][3][4][5][6] is one of the major modern Okinawan martial arts and is one of the oldest styles of karate. It was named by Choshin Chibana in 1933, but the system itself is much older.

In Shorin-Ryu Shorinkan kata, Pinan Shodan, developed by the karate legend and educator Itosu Yatsunuku , varies from some other shuri-based systems with a mae geri instead of side kick …

Shugoro Nakazato Sensei’s patch is worn on the left chest of thousands of Shorin-Ryu practitioners world wide. The Shorin-Ryu Shorinkan has Hundreds of Karate school worldwide and hosts International camps and seminars to help spread karate throughout the world.

In 1969, Sensei Nakazato became the president of the “Okinawan Shorin-Ryu ShorinKan Karate-do Kyokai” and was then promoted to 10th Dan in 1980. Sensei headed the Okinawan karate delegation and was asked to give a special performance at the 1996 Olympic Games held in Atlanta, Georgia.

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The Kihon Kata are basic form drills done in a straight line pattern moving forward on offensive and backward on defensive. These training kata were added by Hanshi Nakazato to the syllabus. TAIKYOKU KATA. FYUKU NO KATA. Meaning fundamentals, this kata is a basic form with an emphasis on many of the fundamental moves. PINAN SHODAN (‘first’ pinan)

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 Chosin Chibana. After Chibana's death in 1969, Nakazato assumed the title of Vice President of the Okinawa Shorin-Ryū Karate-do Association.