cclucky04

Thanks wastelander, i'm going to do that. I went back and re-read his website and couldn't find where it said he "completed" his training anywhere. To me the competition records and movie credits make me want to look somewhere else, but the only other dojo I can find near me is sensei Darrell Craig with Houston Budokan but it seems more centered on Kendo and Judo. Like you said before, I might just have to ask around until I find someone teaching. P.A.L. mentioned he found a teacher he's very happy with but it doesn't look like he's active on the forums anymore. I've been reading through his posts to see if I could figure out who it was but i'm not having any luck. This was like 6 years ago though so it might be hard to follow up on that one.

If I understand correctly the different styles of Shorin Ryu are based on lineage? The style I took before was Matsumura, headed by Grandmaster Kise. After reading more on history and googling different names I ran across one school in Houston pretty close to me(30 minutes) and was wondering if anyone knew any more information about it. The website is https://www.kenshinkai.com Kazumasa Yokoyama was a student of Grandmaster Shugoro Nakazato, digging further into that side Grandmaster Shugoro Nakazato was a student of Chosin Chibana who was a student of Anko Itosu and we're back up to Matsumura again. Back to the original questions I was going to ask, it looks like Kazumasa Yokoyama isn't attached to any of the Shorin Ryu governing bodies at this time?? I can't seem to find any information on how long Kazumasa Yokoyama was a student, what rank he is, or if he's attached to any organization. These questions might be better in a different section of the forum, but for this thread, would this be pretty close to the style I was learning before?

I should have added i've been using google, and haven't found any shorin ryu schools in my area. Thanks for suggesting a phone book.

I'm in the NW Houston area, looking for a Shorin ryu dojo, I was in one for 2 years and really liked it, when I moved to Houston awhile back I stopped and would like to start back up. P.A.L had mentioned awhile back he found the sensei he was looking for (post is from 2007) 3 years ago (2004?) and its been great since. Thanks!