KARATE ACADEMY SYDNEY RYUKYU KOBUDO SHIMBUKAN

 Ryukyu Kobudo Shimbukan Sydney Hub

Karate Academy Sydney is the Hub for Ryukyu Kobudo Shimbukan. This traditional style of Okinawan weaponry is headed by Hiroshi Akamine Kaicho. Weapons taught are Bo, Sai, Nunchaku, Tekko, Tunfa, Tinbe, Kama and Ekku. We are pleased to be the first to offer this style of training in NSW.

Our history and lineage – Hiroshi Akamine is a master of Ryukyu Kobudo 9th dan, Shorin-Ryu 9th dan.
President of the Ryukyu Kobudo Shimbukan and Vice President of Okinawa Karate and Kobudo Federation.
The dojo in Okinawa will be celebrating its 50th anniversary this year 2021. The Shimbukan Dojo was first opened in 1971 by Eisuke Akamine Sensei who was a student of Ryukyu Kobudo Senseis Shinken Taira and Seiichiro Higa. In 1999 Eisuke Akamine Sensei passed away and the Shimbukan Dojo was taken over by his son Hiroshi Akamine Sensei who is Chairman of the Shimbukan.

Every year, students from all over the world travel to Okinawa to train at the famous Shimbukan. Hiroshi Akamine Sensei has traveled abroad several times holding seminars and grading, he attend Sydney Australia for the first time in 2020 and will be visiting our shores again in January 2024. We are fortunate for his commitment and continual development of Okinawan Karate and Kobudo overseas.

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