Indian River Karate School

Since 2001, Indian River Karate School has been providing instruction in Okinawan Karate in the Sharpes, FL area.

We hope you enjoy our website and feel free to stop by and visit us if you are in the area. We hope this site gives you information about our facility, style of martial arts, staff and provides you with the proper information on how to contact us as well.

Karate-do

"The dojo is the place where courage is fostered and superior human nature is bred through the ecstacy of sweating in hard work. It is the sacred place where the human spirit is polished." -- Osensei Shoshin Nagamine

KarateKarate translated literally means "Empty Hand" or "Chinese Hand" depending on which characters you use to write it.

Okinawan Karate styles tend to be hard and external. In defense they tend to be circular, but in offense they tend to be linear. Karate Okinawan Karate styles tend to place more emphasis on rigorous physical conditioning than the Japanese styles.

But, both styles tend to emphasize kicks and punches, blocks, strikes, evasions, throws, joint manipulations and a strong offense as well as a good defense. Karate techniques consist basically of hand and foot techniques. Hand techniques are divided into defensive and offensive moves, and foot techniques divided into kicking techniques; snap and thrust kicks.

Karate

Training differs widely but most of the Karate styles emphasize a fairly equal measure of basic technique training, kumite, and kata. Katas are stylized patterns of attacks and defenses done in sequence for training purposes.

"Even after many years, kata practice is never finished, for there is always something new to be learned." -- Osensei Shoshin Nagamine

The Karate Creed.


“I come to you with only Karate.

My hands are empty, but I fear no man.

Should I be forced to defend myself, my honor, or my principles;

should it be a matter of right or wrong, life or death…

Then here are my weapons,

My empty hands.”.