I have a young classmate in Shorin Ryu that has achieved his 1st Kyu and his father is getting stationed in Fort Hood Texas. He's trying to find a Shorin Ryu club as close to Fort Hood as possible.

I've been all over the internet and can't find any Shorin schools even close.

We've dicussed him possibly going to Shotokan which is about the closest style to Shorin Ryu available in the area.

If anyone knows of anything in that area that is close to Shorin Ryu please let me know.

Unfortunately i can't help you out on that front, but it might be interesting if he learns another style

I think the young man would really like to get his blackbelt in Shorin ryu first before trying other styles, I wish I would have done that years ago.

He's going to make a push to try to accomplish that endeavor prior to moving but I don't think he's going to make it.

It's crazy because I couldn't find any place in the area that I would instantly direct him to just from extensive internet searches. I was looking for Shorin, Isshin, Goju, Wado, Shito, ETC and nothing that jumped out at me. It seamed to me that around an old military base you normally find an extensive range of martial arts styles to pick from.

There were a bunch of Korean styles and MMA stuff in the area but I'm pretty sure that's not this fellows cup of tea and not going to help him reach his black belt in Shorin any faster.

So we are still looking.

How old is he and what is his current rank?

He's 1 st Kyu and around 13 or 14. He's going to move from Louisiana to Fort Hood Texas when school is out and his father is willing to travel two hours to bring him to the nearest Kenshin Kan Shorin Ryu club until school starts again.

After that he's not going to be able to make the long drive during school days.

In Arlington there is a Shorin Ryu school under the banner of Neshmahat Elohim called house of courage Karate. However, they won't promote him to 1st Dan because he's so young. Arlington is about 2 1/2 hours away from Fort Hood.

In Arlington there is a Shorin Ryu school under the banner of Neshmahat Elohim called house of courage Karate. However, they won't promote him to 1st Dan because he's so young. Arlington is about 2 1/2 hours away from Fort Hood.

They're actually in Cedar Hill, which puts it at 3 hours. That being said, Kenshin Kan is headed be Fusei Kise who is also the GM of Matsumura Seito Shorin Ryu at the time.