During the Taisho period, Okinawa Karate Club was organized in Naha and joined by Okinawan karate grand masters of the day, in which attempts at collaborative studies and coordinated exercises were made for the first time.
大正時代に入ると、那覇に「沖縄唐手倶楽部」などが結成され、当時の沖縄の大家たちがこれに参加して、はじめての共同研究や共同修練の試みもなされた。