Kokondo translates as "the way of the past and present." Our self-defense techniques are traditional and time proven. The situations we defend ourselves from are modern and complex. Therefore, we adapt and apply the art of the ancients for modern self- defense.
Kokondo Karate
Kokondo Karate is a dynamic self-defense system that adheres to older martial arts traditions. While our founder, Paul Arel, Shihan, was American, he studied traditional Okinawan and Japanese Karate under such great masters as Don Nagle, H. Ishikawa, and Masutatsu Oyama.
Master Arel created Kokondo from this traditional training to answer the need for a modern self-defense system.
Kokondo is a non-competitive combat art. In Kokondo, the respect one has for the partner’s safety is a hallmark of one’s training.
The emphasis on self-defense creates a system of training not for sports but for defense. Kokondoka (practitioners) judge their training not by attaining medals but by doing their physical and mental best.
Our traditional Karate emphasizes Kata, Bunkai and Kihon training. All training is for the advancement of our modern self-defense strategies and tactics. Strong, dynamic and historical techniques meet the need for accurate modern self-defense.
Principles
Karate in Action
Demonstration of Kokondo Karate Kihon:
Demonstration of Shuto Mawashi Uke:
