Danha Kai
Karate-Do Association
Chief Instructors:
Danel T. Clinkscales, 7th Dan
Joseph J. Sarlo, 4th Dan
Instructors
 Shidoshi
Danel T. Clinkscales
Shidoshi has been studing martial arts for over
40 years and holds the rank of shichidan. He was
won numerus national and international
championships. He is a current member of SKIF
and IKKF.He has studied under instructors such
as Hirokaru Kanazawa, Fumio Demura, Toshihiro
Oshiro, John MaClary, Fred Hamilton, Tomosaburo
Okano, Moses Powells, Ray Dalky, Osuma Ozawa, as
well as many others. He is one of the top
instructors in New York for Kobudo (weapons),
Iaido, Jodo. He has also studied Shito ryu,
Aikido, Jujitsu and Tai chi, Tae Kwon Do, as
well as many other styles.
 Shihan
Joseph J. Sarlo
Shihan Sarlo has been studying martial arts for over 25 years
and holds the rank of yondan. He is an national champion and is
a current member of SKIF, SKJF and IKKF, and has studied under
instructors such as Hirokaru Kanazawa, Fumio Demura, Toshihiro
Oshiro, John MaClary, Moses Powells, Ray Dalky, Eddie Higahara,
Osuma Ozawa, as well as many others. He is one of the top
instructors in New York for Kobudo (weapons), Iaido, Jodo. He
has also studied Shito ryu, Aikido, Jujitsu and Tai chi, as well
as several other styles.
About Shotokan
Although the basic forms of individual
self-defense are probably as old as the human race, the art of
karate as it is practiced today can be traced directly to the
Okinawan technique called, in Japanese, Okinawan-te (Okinawan
hands). This system of self-defense in turn is a descendant of
ancient Chinese art of ch'uan-fa or kempo (fist way).
Martial arts were developed in India about 3000 years ago.
Developed in the monastery by the monks the forms practiced were
more similar to tai chi chung yang style, a slow moving excise
to counter the effects of prolonged meditation. It is said to
have enabled the monks to defend themselves without arms against
the numerous bandits of the time. In about the year 525 AD a
monk named Daruma Tadashi (Bodhidharma) walked across the
Himalayas mountains to Canton China were he later settled in the
Sharolin Temple and began teaching these forms of exercises
which evolved into the various forms of kung-fu and kempo. These
foams quickly spread throughout China were it eventually came to
Okinawan.
Okinawan was a trading port for China and Japan. About 300 years
age the Satsuma clan of Japan invaded Okinawan and banded the
use of all weapons. At this time the Okinawann's developed their
own form of martial arts from the Chinese and called it
Okinawann-Te, which means Okinawann hand. They used these forms
to defend themselves against the bandits and samurai of the
time. Since the use of swords was forbidden they developed there
every day tools into weapons, such as the bo, sai, tonfa, kama
and nunchaku.
In Shuri Okinawan of the year 1867 Gichin Funakoshi was born. He
is considered to be the father of modern karate and to have had
the greatest influence over the arts. Mr. Funakoshi was born
prematurely he was not expected to live long, and was introduced
to karate at the early age of ten. His two main teachers were,
Azato and Itosu. These two instructors taught Funakoshi the two
main styles of the time, shorin ryu and shorei ryu (or the hard
and soft styles). By profession Funakoshi was a schoolteacher
and a poet.
On March 6, 1921 the crown prince of Japan visited Okinawan,
while there he saw a demonstration of karate by Funakoshi. and
in 1922 he had the Ministry of Education arrange for Funakoshi
to come to Japan and give a demonstration. After the
demonstration he stayed in Japan was he began to teach the art
of karate.
In 1936 his students built him the first karate dojo and placed
a sign on the building with the characters of Shotokan Karate.
Funakoshi was also a poet and his pen name was shoto meaning
"pine waves", kan meaning "home". Hence the Shotokan translates
into "pine wave home".
On April 26, 1957 Mr. Funakoshi passed away at the age of 90,
leaving thousands of students to carry on his teachings in the
Japanese art of Shotokan Karate.
TRAINING
LOCATION
Directions To This Location
Danha Kai
Karate-Do Association
Shotokan
Karate-Do International Federation
340 Main
Street
Farmingdale,
NY 11735
Telephone: 516-473-7060
Email:
Homepage:
http://www.danhakai.com
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