Okinawa Karate Association U.K.
and the Essex Group of Clubs called the
Shi Gakkou Shuudan Est. 1986

Shi Gakkou Shuudan - Karate clubs and classes for children and aduts in Billericay, Brentwood, Rayleigh and Wickford, Essex

Association Profile

The Okinawa Karate Association U.K. is affiliated to the Okinawa Karate-Do Association, in Okinawa Japan. The Okinawan parent Association was formed 1989, by many of the high ranking black belts of the Uechi-Ryu Karate Association of Okinawa.

For some years the name of Uechi-Ryu was still used to describe the style, however on November 16th 1996, the Board of Directors of the Okinawa Karate-Do Association created a new name for the style calling it it Shohei-Ryu. The name is made from two Chinese characters, sho and hei. Sho means to shine brightly and hei means fairness, equality and peace.

The Okinawa Karate-Do Association have also added new kata, bunkai and kumites to the system.

The headquarters of the Okinawa Karate-Do Association is in Chatan-Cho, Okinawa, Japan.