木村修交会空手道 kimura shūkōkai karatedō Kimura Shukokai Karate-Do

修交会 shūkōkai joins 修交, which two Japanese dictionaries give as friendly association, to 会, a society. It was the name of Tani Chōjirō's karate line in Kobe: after the war a sign on the hill side of Hyōgo station named his hall 修交会館, the Shūkōkai hall. Tani held a teacher's license from Mabuni Kenwa, and his own English book says he founded Shukokai in 1949. English sources on the line gloss the name as the way for all. One of his most senior pupils, Kimura Shigeru, taught in Africa, settled in England and, in 1970, in the United States, and his own version, known for its power, is called Kimura Shukokai today.

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