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Details:	Okinawan karate developed out of the need for simple villagers to protect themselves against armed bandits and other agressors. For much of its history, Okinawa has been under foreign rule. Sometimes the foreign overlords were harsh and oppressive, and the use of weapons was often banned. This spurred an interest in learning the methods of empty hand defense first brought to Okinawa by Chinese martial artists. The word "karate" means "empty hand," and students trained in this art by learning katas, or We are conveniently located just off Interstate I-25 near the Wolfensberger Road exit 182. Castle Rock KARATE currently operates inside another martial arts school called Castle Rock AIKIDO. We are located at: 1057 Park Street - 2nd Floor (Inside Woodland Academy) Castle Rock, CO 80109 View Larger Map Contact Us Castle Rock KARATE Attention: Terry Martin Sensei e-mail: CRaikido@comcast.net Phone: (720) 270-7823 (back to top) (back to top) (back to top) (back to top) (back to top) Welcome This NEW program, specifically designed and intended for children and teens grades 4 and up, teaches a traditional form of Okinawan Karate called Shuri-Ryu, which emphasizes personal development over competitiveness. Kids in 3rd grade may participate if an older sibling or a parent takes the class with them. Parents of any age are welcome to join the program as well. Okinawa is the birth place of Karate and Shuri is the Capital of Okinawa. Shuri is where the Okinawan King and Castle were located. Sensei Martin grew up all around the world. Her father was a Foreign Service officer with the US State Department, and she has lived in Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, the Philippines, Liberia, Spain, and Italy. She moved to Colorado in 1994, is married, has four adult sons and six grandkids. Two of her sons are also black belts in Shuri-Ryu Karate. Sensei Terry isn't in martial arts to make a million dollars. She teaches karate to children and parents simply because she loves it! Come meet her today! E-mail us at: CRaikido@comcast.net to request a coupon to come try a karate class for FREE. forms, that could be explained as folk dances to foreigners who might otherwise have objected to defense training. Furthermore, because of the weapons ban, villagers learned to use ordinary farm implements for defense, and trained in the use of the tonfa (grinder), sai (pitchfork), and nunchakun (harvesting flail). From the beginning, karate and its related weapons art, kobudo, were not primarily for professional soldiers, but for ordinary people to use for the protection of their families and villages. Therefore, the main focus of Okinawan karate is not agression but defense; it is not primarily for competition, but rather for personal fitness and self-development.
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