Katsu Dojo Karate
Member USA National Karate-Do Federation
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Sensei Ohtsuka founded Wado-ryu karate in 1939, which has become one the four major styles of Japanese karate, the others being: Shotokan, Shito-ryu, and Goju-ryu. In the same year, Sensei Ohtsuka organized the All Japanese Karate-do Federation, Wado-Kai, which serves as the worldwide sanctioning body for Wado-ryu karate and it's affiliates. As early as 1934 he had developed rules and regulations for competitive free sparring to be incorporated into his system, the first karate style to do so. These rules have been wholly or partially adopted by virtually all modern martial arts competitions. In 1972, Sensei Ohtsuka received the highest Japanese decoration from the Emperor for his contribution to karate as well as being designated the head of all martial arts systems within the All Japan Karate-do Federation.
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Founder
of the Wado-ryu style, Sensei Ohtsuka began martial arts training at six
in Shindo Yoshin-ryu jujutsu, a traditional Japanese martial art from
which modern judo was derived. By 1921, at the relatively young age of 29,
he was awarded the coveted menkyo-kaiden, designating him the successor as
master of this style. A year later he began karate training under Gichin
Funakoshi, the man who introduced karate to Japan from Okinawa. He became
one of Funakoshi's senior students but eventually traveled to Okinawa to
learn more deeply of karate from the masters who had instructed Funakoshi.
It was his belief that Funakoshi had over-simplified and over-modified
several karate techniques and katas in the interests of teaching large
groups of beginners. Sensei Ohtsuka combined his new knowledge of karate
with several of his own adaptations from Japanese Bushido (the Way
of the Warrior) martial arts to form Wado-ryu karate.