Post by senshido on Jul 18, 2011 6:58:11 GMT -5
TAKEN FROM WEB SITE....
TOMODACHI KARATE KAI TOMODACHI
(Toh-moh-dah-chee)
As in Japan students become masters this is the same all over the world in many walks of life and Karate is no different. Tomodachi Karate Kai is a product of this. Tomodachikai is a system of Karate based upon Mas Oyama's Kyokushinkai Karate, but there have been some changes and developments and this will continue under the leadership of Tomodachikai's Founder and Chief Instructor Shihan Rick McELroy. Tomodachikai is a system of Karate which use's both Jutsu and Do in its teaching's and in doing so is a devastating Self-defence system.
Tomodachi mean's "Friend" or Friends". (There is no plural in Japanese so Tomodachi means both friend and friends.) Until modern times, Japan's social and political system generally limited friendships. People ordinarily did not cross either clan, class or professional lines in their personal friendships, thus Tomodachi that one did have were extraordinarily important. Japanese people still follow the custom of "getting to know each other" and establishing strong ties that become the foundation of an alliance, be it personal or business. It is with this in mind the name Tomodachi Karate Kai was born.
TOMODACHI KARATE KAI TOMODACHI
(Toh-moh-dah-chee)
As in Japan students become masters this is the same all over the world in many walks of life and Karate is no different. Tomodachi Karate Kai is a product of this. Tomodachikai is a system of Karate based upon Mas Oyama's Kyokushinkai Karate, but there have been some changes and developments and this will continue under the leadership of Tomodachikai's Founder and Chief Instructor Shihan Rick McELroy. Tomodachikai is a system of Karate which use's both Jutsu and Do in its teaching's and in doing so is a devastating Self-defence system.
Tomodachi mean's "Friend" or Friends". (There is no plural in Japanese so Tomodachi means both friend and friends.) Until modern times, Japan's social and political system generally limited friendships. People ordinarily did not cross either clan, class or professional lines in their personal friendships, thus Tomodachi that one did have were extraordinarily important. Japanese people still follow the custom of "getting to know each other" and establishing strong ties that become the foundation of an alliance, be it personal or business. It is with this in mind the name Tomodachi Karate Kai was born.
