kearickson

@Kanku65 Thankyou for you letting me and I do know of the ISKF dojo as I've training there. The reasons why I want to train in Okinawan Karate and it may seem frivolous is because of practicing and training in an authentic, historical, and ancient art that has not been changed or water down. Not implying, however, that Shotokan is watered down or authentic but Funakoshi did makes changes to Karate as he introduced and taught Karate in Japan. It seems that the changes he made was not acceptable to Okinawa I'm not even sure to his own masters but he was advised not to come back to Okinawa and perhaps I'm assuming he would of been looked down upon with shame as honor was a big deal in Okinawa as it was in Japan. Funakoshi is known as the "Father of modern Karate." not saying it's good, bad, or different but implying that if one wants to learn and train in an authentic and ancient form of martial arts to go back to it's roots in which for Karate would be in Okinawa. Lastly, I would like to train in okinawan karate to be able to learn kobudo weaponry. If I can sum it up this way training in Okinawan Karate would be partaking in the living but not stagnant tradition that has been passed down from generations to generations because the Okinawans are the keepers of the keys to this wonderful ancient art and we don't want to lose it. @Wastelander thankyou for your response and I tried to contact Shorinkan and I haven't heard anything back from them I'm not sure if the dojo is currently active as I've visited the Shorinkan website and there was no current information about it. The only Okinawan karate I've found so far is Ash's Okinawan Karate which Isshin Ryu Karate in Bozeman but it's too far of a drive from Kalispell perhaps my best bet is sticking with ISKF dojo but I sure would love the chance to train in Okinawan Karate. Thankyou everyone for your help and please keep me posted from time to time if your hear anything as I'm always looking

Hi my name is Kenny Earickson I moved to Kalispell 8 months ago and I've been looking for Okinawan Karate ranging from Shorin Ryu, Goju Ryu, Isshin Ryu, and Ueichi Ryu I have not found any listing in Kalispell or the surrounding area and I wanted to see if anyone on this forum knows anything or anyone practising Okinawan Karate whether corporately or privately in Kalispell or the surrounding areas thanks.