Kenkojuku information

Kenkojuku

Also known as	"kenko"
Date founded	1942
Country of origin	Japan
Founder	Tomosaburo Okano (1922-2003)
Arts taught	Karate
Ancestor arts	Okinawan Martial Arts, karate, kendo, kobudo, Iaido
Ancestor schools	Shōtōkai, Shōrin-ryū, Chito Ryu, Goju Ryu
Practitioners	Tomokatsu Okano, Takashi Asukawa, Toyotaro Miyazaki, Koji Sugimoto, Masakazu Takahashi, James Bowden, John Egan, Andrew Faupel
Official website	http://karate-do.main.jp/

Kenkojuku is a style of Shotokan karate previous to the establishment of the Japan Karate Association (JKA) style. It was founded by Tomosaburo Okano.^[1] Kenkojuku karate is similar to the teachings of Gichin Funakoshi and modifications made by Funakoshi's son Yoshitaka Funakoshi. JKA Shotokan differs slightly in that it was Masatoshi Nakayama's version of Shotokan. Okano's/Yoshitaka's Kenkojuku karate and JKA karate are becoming more similar compared to other variants of Shotokan karate such as Shigeru Egami's Shotokai, Hirokazu Kanazawa's Shotokan Karate International or SKI.