taido martial art
Taido was created by Seiken Shukumine. He began this Japanese martial art form in 1964. The meaning of Taido karate is “way of the body,” and it is based on a traditional Okinawan karate form called Te.
This was not the only time that Shukumine had developed a unique martial arts style. When he was only 25, he created a new kind of karate he called Genseirvu.
Karate and other fighting styles have been increasing in popularity in the West for a number of years. In those years, prior to the founding of Taido, most practice was simplistic and the common techniques for this “empty handed” style of fighting saw little change. yet, society was changing and Shukumine was a student of philosophy and tried to anticipate what would have to be changed as far as how classical martial arts methods of instruction were concerned.
Shukumine realized that there […]
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