Shoto Budo

[johndoch]

Anyone ever heard of this style???

I thinking about giving it a go. It sounds like traditional karate with some Judo thrown in. My research mentions Harada? but i've no idea who this is.

Can anyone enlighten me???

[Saz]

I've heard of Karate Budokan International, or Shotokan Budo as they call it. Is that what you mean, or something else?

[johndoch]

No the club is simply called Shoto budo, supposedly the head instructor came from shotokai and was graded by Harada. My knowledge on karate isnt great and I dont know much on the subject.

[hrd260]

Shoto budo has been going for some time, although I am not a member or have practiced karate for some I like to find out how it is going as I used to practice shotokai karate. The shoto budo site is as follows:

http://members.lycos.co.uk/shotobudokarate/

hope this helps you.

Hugh D.

[johndoch]

I must admit I ve only been a couple of times to one club but what I've seen looks good. The class started with a warm up and then onto pad work followed by some light sparring.

One of the Dans I trained with last night then showed me the first couple of Katas and also breakfalls with a few locks thrown in.

At this time the more experienced members hit the mats for what was more of a Ju-Jitsu session.

I must admit I am impressed with the open minded attitude of this club and definately intend on continuing my training there.