Welcome to Kondo No ShoKai

• Compiling a history of Shorei-ryu Karate since WWII
• Identifying authentic students of Grandmaster Trias and those of his line
• Assembling a comprehensive library of Shorei-ryu Karate terms and techniques
• Establishing a yudanshakai (J.black belt holders group)
• Standardizing the forms and techniques
• Providing technical assistance to individuals and schools
• Recognizing and promoting outstanding practitioners of Shorei-ryu Karate
• Promoting koryu (J.ancient warrior arts)
• Certifying authentic karate schools

 Following the dissolution of the United States Karate Association, many Shorei-ryu Karate practitioners have been left without a source of leadership. We hope to recruit you, and any other Shorei-ryu Karate stylists you may know, into our expanding family. Please contact us and be prepared to discuss your history of involvement in our style. We would also like your help in locating practitioners of Shorei-ryu Karate and Shorei-Goju Karate, as well as martial artists who claim the late Grandmaster Robert A. Trias as part of their lineage. If they are online, please give them our email address; if they are not, please provide them with our physical mailing address.Furthermore, if you wish to join, you are welcome to apply. All styles are welcome. If you are like me, you are a martial artist who has visited hundreds of karate-related websites. These sites are variously entertaining, inane, and sometimes extremely egotistical. Here at the Kondo No Shokai, we hope you will find a different approach. There will be no video clips, music, animations, or high-tech devices designed to entertain you or take your money. Instead, we provide background information, a bit of history, and an invitation to join us. Karate associations perform a variety of services for their members. We pride ourselves on being:

• Apolitical
• Authentic
• Efficient
• Expert
• Inexpensive