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
Tenshinsho Jigen Ryu dharma name, Zenkitsu (善吉, also read Zenkichi). He was the chief Buddhist priest of the Tennji Temple near Kyoto. Although his life was short lived he did manage to pass on the Tenshinsho Jigen Ryu to Togo Shigekata (東郷 重位, 1560- 1643), a samurai from the Satsuma domain, who after 3 years of having returned to Satsuma synthesized the Tenshinsho Jigen Ryu with the Taisha Ryu to create the Jigen Ryu. According to tradition, the Tenshinsho Jigen Ryu would remain a well-kept secret through the Jigen Ryu and Yakumaru Jigen Ryu lines, and passed down through a series of dai