Shuri-Ryu Karatedo

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For practitioners of Shuri-Ryu Karate covering issues specific to Shuri-Ryu

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Latest Activity: Nov 19

About Shuri-Ryu Karatedo

Symbol:

The Shuri-Ryu Symbol consists of a pine tree and red sun surrounded by a red circle. The circle represents everything returns to the source. The red sun represents the sun giving life to the system.

Founder:

Master Robert Trias was introduced to the Martial Arts while serving in the Pacific in WWII. He brought his knowledge back to the United States and opened the first Karate school on the mainland in 1947. Master Trias passed away on July 11, 1989.

First Successor:

Master John Pachivas was the first successor to Master Trias. Master Pachivas passed away on February 14, 2000.

Current Style Head:

Master Robert Bowles is the successor to Master Pachivas and is the current style head for Shuri-Ryu. Master Bowles teaches in Ft. Wayne Indiana.

Chief Instructors:

Dr. Roberta Trias-Kelly (Menkyo Kaiden) (10th Dan) Arizona	John Pachivas (deceased) (10th Dan) Florida	Robert Bowles (10th Dan) Indiana
Ridgely Abele (9th Dan) South Carolina	Pete Rabino (8th Dan) California	Michael Awad (8th Dan) Ohio
Dale Benson (8th Dan) Arizona	Dirk Mosig (8th Dan) Nebraska	Joseph Walker (7th Dan) Illinois
Vitus Bilking (7th Dan) Denmark	George Sheridan, Jr. (7th Dan) Indiana	Tony Bisanz (7th Dan) Arizona

Kanji:

Meaning:

To learn from tradition and to transcend.

Headquarters:

2721. S. Calhoun Fort Wayne, IN 46807 www.shuri-ryu.com

Kata:

Taikyoku
Wunsu
Anaku
Naihanchi Sho
Sanchin
Empi Sho
Bassai Dai
Go Pei Sho
Dan Enn Sho
Naihanchi Ni
Nan Dan Sho (Nijushiho)
Kanku Sho
Naihanchi San
Ten Sho

Rank:* (Kyu is a beginner grade) (Dan is a black belt grade) *Can vary from school to school

	10th Kyu - White Belt
	9th Kyu - Yellow Belt
	8th Kyu - Blue Belt
	7th Kyu - Blue Belt
	6th Kyu - Green Belt
	5th Kyu - Green Belt
	4th Kyu - Purple Belt
	3rd Kyu - Brown Belt
	2nd Kyu - Brown Belt
	1st Kyu - Brown Belt
	1st Dan - Black Belt
	2nd Dan - Black Belt
	3rd Dan - Black Belt
	4th Dan - Black Belt
	5th Dan - Black Belt
	6th Dan - Red & White Belt
	7th Dan - Red & White Belt
	8th Dan - Red & White Belt
	9th Dan - Red & White Belt
	10th Dan - Red Belt (denotes head of style)

Bibliography:

Abele, Ridgely. Karatedo Art-Sport-Science. JIA Publishing Company, 2000.

Columbia School of Karatedo. <http://www.shurite.com>.

Trias, Robert. Pinnacle of Karate. 1980.

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Sente Exercises (Thousand Hand Exercises) 12 Replies

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Comment by James M. Gray on May 17, 2009 at 3:14pm: Anyone wanting to contact Victor Moore visit G.M.Victor Moore @ www.victormoore.org he should have all of the paper on file he has an orgazination for the preservation of Shuri-Ryu Karata. Tell him that James M. Gray sent you we are friends. I am a Black Belt member of this organization.

Comment by James M. Gray on May 17, 2009 at 3:06pm: Friends

On November 1, 2008 Ernest Dukes Received his 9 dan belt from 10 dan red belt Victor Moore (a student of Robert A. Trias). Victor Moore is now living in Lumberton N. C. Earnest Dukes trained with him there. Victor Moore will be at the tournament in Concord, N. C. on June13, 2009

Comment by Jonathan Forrester on January 7, 2009 at 4:43pm: James Mclain is one of the senior members of the USKA, but I am not aware that he is one of the Chief Instructors in our system. I checked the latest lineage chart from Hanshi Abele and he isn't listed at all.

Comment by Steve on January 2, 2009 at 4:56pm: Anyone know who James Mclain 8th Dan Tennessee is? He is listed as a chief instructor of Shuri Ryu on the wikipedia site.

Comment by Steve on December 10, 2008 at 6:53am: Carol, I would suggest that you buy a Pinnacle. I think Hanshi Bowles recently published a book with the advanced requirements in it as well. I wonder why the senior students/instructors at your school never committed any of this information to pen and paper or own a Pinnacle?

Comment by Carol on December 9, 2008 at 8:09pm: Different subject: Does anyone know where i can get a printed form of the 16-30 Kihon Kumites and 16-26 Ippon Kumites? Seems to be a difficult item as our school doesn't offer them, nor does our parent school.

thank you!

Comment by Jonathan Forrester on December 8, 2008 at 11:07am: With the economic downturn that we are currently in, there may be someone out there who needs money. If you have a copy of "The Pinnacle" that you would like to sell - please contact me and we can talk about it.

Comment by Steve on November 21, 2008 at 2:07pm: http://www.youtube.com/metamoramartialarts - apparently this group of shuri students do use red belts for kyu ranks (Nikyu= redbelt) They have a pretty extensive list of katas posted up on youtube.

Comment by Jonathan Forrester on November 20, 2008 at 5:23pm: Please see my posting in the Japanese Language section - I'll post it in just a sec...

Comment by David Vermillion on November 20, 2008 at 4:12pm: I just read an old copy of "The Hand is My Sword" by Robert Trias and he used both terms Te-katana or Te-gatana

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