The Real Mr Miyagi – Founder of Goju Ryu

Posted on April 5, 2020April 5, 2020 by Steve Martin

The Real Mr Miyagi – Founder of Goju Ryu Everybody of a certain age remembers the character Mr Miyagi from the hit 1980s movie The Karate Kid. However what many people do not realise is the wise old karate teacher was in fact based on a real life master from Okinawa who founded one of[…]

Hienori Otsuka – Founder of Wado-Ryu Karate

Posted on April 5, 2020April 5, 2020 by Steve Martin

Hienori Otsuka was born in Shimodate City, Japan on June 1, 1892. He began his martial arts training at a young age when his great uncle, Chojiro Ebashi began teaching him jujitsu and by the age of 5 he was learning Shindo Yoshin Ryu jujitsu under the tutelage of Shinzaburo Nakayama, the third Grand Master of[…]