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What is Your Interest in the Martial Arts?
Children's Karate
(Romper Room) Karate
Children under the age of 8 to 10 years of age. Best suited for limited self discipline, physically active after school daycare, hand and eye coordination and social group interaction. Self confidence promoted through easily achievable goals influenced by parental intervention. The Matsusoden Kobukan is not for you. We can point you in the right direction.
Sport Karate
Competition Karate
Primarily a performative and athletic rendition of Japanese and Korean style empty hand arts in a condensed version with a focus on Kata performance without substance and sparring for competition in a diluted (pads, restricted targets, rules bound and refereed) punch, block kick boxing style. Not suited for Real World Life Protection Arts. The Matsusoden Kobukan is not for you. We can point you in the right direction.
Traditional (3K) Karate
Modern (Japanese) Karate
Primarily a performative and ritualized athletic Japanese and Korean style empty hand arts with a concentration on form (Self Perfection) rather than function (Self Protection). Highly regulated through various associations with emphasis on exactness of performance (Cookie Cutter Karate). Kata movements are extremely exaggerated erasing the original combative meaning of the forms. High competitive tournament Kata performance without substance and sparring for competition in a diluted (pads, restricted targets, rules bound and refereed) punch, block kick boxing style. Not suited for Real World Life Protection Arts. The Matsusoden Kobukan is not for you. We can point you in the right direction.
Okinawan Karate
Old School (Koryu) Karate
True to the meaning of a Martial Art (Military Art) its design
was for self protection in a time that was brutal and life was
the only prize one competed for (the right to live). The perfection of these arts was created by professional body guards of the Ryukyu Kingdom Royal Court and Nobles, know as the Uhugushuku no Bushi (Gentlemen Warriors of the Castle Guardians). The use of defensive weapons and empty hand techniques served these warriors well against Japanese Samurai and criminals and bandits terrorizing the Castle Villages which they were charged with overseeing. The concepts, principles, techniques, and kata are what has been preserved for over 700 years. The intent to use these techniques in the protection of oneself of family remains the central focus of the Matsusoden Kobukan Karate and Kobujutsu. If this is your interest then look no further, the Matsusoden Kobukan is just the place you have been searching for.
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