Kenkojuku 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 "Inner Strength with Outward Humility." Since Okano's death, the Kenkojuku Budokan is run by his son Tomokatsu Okano, from the hombu dojo located in Tokyo. Okano was also a noted expert in the field of flower arrangement or Ikebana specifically roses which became a passion of his, in later years. The founder and chief instructor of the Kenkojuku Shotokan Federation was Tomosaburo Okano. Born in 1922, he was a
Uchida Ryu Tanjojutsu Uchida Ryu Tanjojutsu , also known as Sutekki-Jutsu, is a Japanese martial arts school of tanjojutsu, originally devised by Shinto Muso-ryu practicitioner Uchida Ryogoro (1837-1921) as a way to utilize the western-style walking stick into a weapon of self-defence. The tanjo is not to be confused with the pre-meji era short stick hanbō. After the Meiji Restoration in 1869, which would herald the Meiji Era, Japan took a giant leap from the old feudal system into a more modern western style society. The old samurai-caste was disestablished and everything western were brought into Japan as a way to modernize it's