Kenkojuku

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Kenkojuku is a form of martial arts, a style of karate, similar to mainstream JKA Shotokan, including dojo kun. It was founded by Tomosaburo Okano. The Kenkojuku version of karate is supposedly more similar to the original teachings of Gichin Funakoshi. Additionally, Tomosaburo Okano's son Yoshitaka Funakoshi, introduced innovations such as jiyu kumite and mawashi geri. JKA Shotokan differs slightly in that it was Masatoshi Nakayama's version of Shotokan, but Okano's/Yoshitaka's Kenkojuku karate and JKA are more similar than the other types of Shotokan such as Shigeru Egami's Shotokai. There are notable differences in the way certain techniques are performed in Kenkojuku: age-uke, the kata, and their style of kumite. Kenkojuku comes under the jurisdiction of the Kenkojuku Karate Association, which was founded by Tomosaburo Okano, a student of Gichin Funakoshi, and a lead of the school of Shotokan karate. The association's motto is "Strength with Modesty". Since Master Okano's passing the Kenkojuku Budokan is now run by his son Shihan Tomokatsu Okano.