Toku In Kan School

ABOUT TOKU IN KAN KARATE-DO SCHOOL

Sensei Seichi "Shikan" Akamine had only an Uruguayan direct student called Juan Carlos Ríus (nickname "Sensei Pa Chi"). Master Seiichi Akamine granted the representation of his Karate Do School to Sensei Pa Chi, fact that is demonstrated in the following picture, when Sensei Pa Chi received the Kenshin Emblem from his Master.

Sensei Seiichi "Shikan" Akamine and Sensei Pa Chi (Juan Carlos Ríus)

After left the Brazilian Karate Association (ABK), Sensei Akamine created his own organization that was runned by Tadao Saito, before be passed on to the Akamine’s son-in-law Hidekasu Oshiro. This new organization was called "Kenshin Kan Goju-Ryu Karate-do Organization" and its karate style was the Akamine’s version of Goju-Ryu, known as Shikan Ryu.
In his first years in the ABK, Akamine Sensei taught three of the five Godan Katas (Uke, Enpi and Tsuki Godan) and twelve classical katas [Geiki Sai Shodan, Geiki Sai Nidan, Saifa, Naifanchi, Kanshu (that was derivated from Uechi-Ryu’s Kanshabo or Kanshiwa), Sanchin, Seionchin, Tensho, Seipai, Uechi Seisan (Uechi-Ryu version based on Pangainoon Seisan), Ryufa and Takemura-no-Kusanku (also known as Kosokun)], besides some kata of Kobudo. Later on he added the fourth Godan Kata (Tekatana Godan), and some time later - already in the Kenshin Kan period - the fifth Godan Kata (Teisho Godan), and the advanced katas Sanseiryu, Shisoochin, Kururunfa and Shuparunpei. In this period too, Master Akamine changed the name of Kusanku (or Kosokun) - at that moment the most advanced kata of his system - to "Kenshin Ryu".

Master Akamine named Sensei Pa Chi President of Kenshin Kan Uruguay, and his representative in the same one. This is consigned in a document given to Sensei Pa Chi by Master Akamine himself.
Later, Master Akamine ordered Sensei Pachi to close the organization Kenshin Kan in Uruguay, and - in 1979 - helped Sensei Pa Chi to set a new Karate do School in this country. Master Akamine confirmed Sensei Pa Chi as his representative in Uruguay, and he chose the name "Toku In Kan" for the new Organization. Professor Fernando Prieto - direct student of Pa Chi - is, since 2011, the current head of the Toku In Kan.
In the Toku In Kan period, Sensei Akamine did some modifications in the Godan Katas, and he added the Chinese version of Kosokun (Ken Shao Lu) with the name "Ken Washi In Ryu" to this Organization.
In this meanwhile, Sensei Pa Chi created a "Sichi Keri Kata" form, and - with Sensei Akamine authorization - he add it to syllabus of his school.
These modifications resulted in the creation of a new style - evolved from the original Shikan-Ryu - that Sensei Akamine named "Kenshin-Ryu", and determined that it would be the karate style of the Toku In Kan School. This is also consigned in a document given to Sensei Pa Chi by Master Seiichi "Shikan" Akamine himself.

Toku In Kan has been developed itself through branches in Japan (Tokyo and Kyoto), USA (Michigan and Miami), Spain (Barcelona), Argentina (Berazategui), Chile (Sgo. de Chile), Colombia (Bogota), India (Jamshedpur, Jharkhand); and also through JKF Goju Kai (Osaka, Japan) and Traditional Ryukyu Okinawa-te and Kobudo Federation (Naha, Okinawa), as member of this two prestigious international organizations).
The headquarters of Toku In Kan Martial Arts's School it is in Montevideo, Uruguay (South-America).

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TOKU IN KAN SCHOOL LINEAGE

In Goju Ryu style:

In Kenshin Ryu style:

Toku In Symbol