At Kenkojuku Shotokan Karate, we practice traditional Shotokan Karate. Kenkojuku Shotokan Karate (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenkojuku) is a member of the Japan Karate-Do Federation (JKF) and one of the oldest and most traditional branches of Shotokan Karate (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Shotokan_organizations).
The Dojo is located in St. Helena, in the Napa Valley. We are affiliated with the International Shotokan-Kenkojuku Budokan Karate-Do Honbu Dojo (Hachioji, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan) and member of the American Shotokan Karate-Do Kenkojuku Alliance (ASKKA or visit ASKKA Facebook).
The photos below describe actual LINEAGE and descendants of our Dojo:
Master Gichin Funakoshi (1868-1957)
Founder of Shotokan Karate
Soke
Tomosaburo Okano
8-Dan (1922-2003)
Student of Master Gichin Funakoshi
Founder of Shotokan-Kenkojuku Karate-Do (Circa 1942)
Kancho
Tomokatsu Okano 8
-Dan
Son of Tomosaburo Okano
Director/Chief Instructor Shotokan-Kenkojuku Budokan Karate-Do Honbu Dojo, Hachioji-Shi, Tokyo, Japan.
Japan Karate Federation Authorized 8th Dan
Shihan
John Egan 7
-Dan
Student of Tomosaburo Okano
Founder, Director/Chief Instructor at Kenkojuku Shotokan Karate of St. Helena and Kenkojuku Shotokan Karate of Corte Madera
Senior Advisor for American Shotokan Karate-Do Kenkojuku Alliance (ASKKA)