Okinawa Shogen-Ryu Karate-Do Europe

☘️ Happy St Patrick’s Day to all our friends and members around the globe ☘️ 🇮🇪

🥋🥋Authentic Okinawan Karate Classes for Adults and Children. Training every Wednesday and Friday in a traditional karate dojo. The focus is on self defence and health. Challenge yourself with something unique for the new year 🥋🥋#letterkenny #ballybofey #okinawankarate #ballybofeyandstranorlar #martialarts

What a wonderful year 2025 has been for me with Shogen-Ryu seminars around Europe, leading an Irish and Swedish group to our honbu dojo in Okinawa, and having a few new Yudansha in our dojo. I extend my deepest gratitude to everyone who has supported our efforts over the past year. Wishing you all a very Peaceful, Prosperous and Healthy New Year for 2026 🥋🙏 🙇‍♂️

Wishing all our members, students and parents a very Merry Christmas. Sending you all joy and peace over this festive season 🎄 🎅

Just finished our final training session tonight in the honbu dojo with Shinjo Sensei and Nakama Sensei. What a wonderful enlightening learning experience we enjoyed with these teachers over the past two weeks. Plus we have exciting plans coming up possibly next year 😉🥋🥋

The European Shogen Ryu group are enjoying their time in Okinawa. Fantastic karate and kobudo training, delicious food, breathtaking scenery, and amazing people.

We had a busy weekend. Yesterday we enjoyed a morning training session with Shinjo Sensei. My good friend Toshihiko Tamashiro later spent a few hours with us exploring Naihanchi Shodan in the honbu dojo. Last night we enjoyed the famous Okinawan hospitality at a dojo party. This morning a training session in Yamane Ryu with Shinjo Sensei.

We enjoyed a wonderful day sightseeing around Okinawa yesterday along with our Okinawan hosts, during which we visited many iconic sites on the island. Finished the day off with a Yamane Ryu class, and had a surprise visit from my good friend Toshihiko Tamashiro.

Yamane Ryu training last night for the Irish and Swedish students 🥋