KARATE-DO STYLES

This is a list of different karate-do styles, whether they be full contact karate-do, traditional karate-do, or any other of style of karate-do originating from either Japan or Okinawa. These are all the styles that originated from Japan or Okinawa, not some non-Japanese, backward, name such as "Kung-chi-do", "Tai-chi-ken", or "Smith-ryu". Such names insult karate-do, because each name that is given to a karate-do style is either of the founder of a style, based on the principles of budo, and to name a training hall. Here is the list of all the styles of Karate:

Ashihara-Kai
Chito-Kai
Chito-Ryu
Enshin
Gensei-Ryu
Goju-Kai
Goju-Ryu
Goju-Ryu(Yamaguchi-Ha)
Goju-Ryu(Motoo Yamakura-Ha)
Goju-Ryu(Seigokan)
Goju-Ryu(IOGKF)
Goju-Ryu(Meibukan)
Goju-Ryu(Seibukan)
Goju-Ryu(Jundokan)
Goju-Ryu(Shoreikan)
Goju-Ryu(Shodokan)
Goju-Ryu(Gokenkan)
Goju-Ryu(Shorei-Shobukan)
Goju-Ryu(Komakai)
Gosoku-Ryu
Isshin-Ryu
Keishinkan
Keishinkan(Okinawa Seito-Ryu)
Koei-Kan
Kyokushin
Kyokushinkai
Kyokushinkan
Motobu-Ryu
Renbukai
Ryuei-Ryu
Ryobukai
Seido
Seidokan
Seidokaikan
Seishin-kai
Shidokan
Shindo Jinen-Ryu
Shito-Kai
Shito-Ryu
Shito-Ryu(Hayashi-Ha)
Shito-Ryu(Itosu-Kai)
Shito-Ryu(Kotoka-Ha)
Shito-Ryu(Kuniba-Ha)
Shito-Ryu(Motobu-Ha)
Shito-Ryu(Seito-Ha)
Shito-Ryu(Tani-ha)
Shorinji-Ryu
Shorinji-Ryu(Sakugawa Koshiki)
Shorinji-Ryu(Masayuki Hisataka)
Shorin-Ryu(Kenshin-Kan)
Shorin-Ryu(Kobayashi-Ha)
Shorin-Ryu(Matsubayashi-Ha)
Shorin-Ryu(Matsumura-Ha)
Shorin-Ryu(Shobayashi)
Shorin-Ryu(Shorin-Kan)
Shotokai(Tetsuhiko Asai - JKS)
Shotokan(Ray Dalke - AJKA)
Shotokan(JKA)
Shotokan(Tsutomu Ohshima - SKA)
Shotokan(Kanazawa-Kai - SKIF)
Shotokan(Keigo Abe - JSKA)
Shotokan(Mikio Yahara - KWF)
Shotokan(Teriuki Okazaki - ISKF)
Shotokan(Masataki Mori - JKA SKI)
Shotokan(Hidetake Nishiyama - ITKF)
Shoto-Ryu(Gima-Ha)
Shudokai
Shudokan
Shuko-kai
Shuri-Ryu
Uechi-Ryu
Wado-Kai
Wado-Ryu
Washinkai
Washin-Ryu
Yoshukai
Yoshikai

There are also styles of Kobudo, just only three lineages. This is the list of style of Kobudo:

Yamani-Ryu style
Shinpo Matayoshi style
Shinken Taira style

All weapon techniques and weapon katas were developed on Okinawa, however there is one style of kobudo that has been adopted to Japanese standards in the Hayashi-Ha Shito-Ryu Style, but still keeps the Okinawan lineage. This style of Kobudo is Kenshin-Ryu, developed by Teruo Hayashi.

****Please Note: If there is any more styles of karate-do of Japanese or Okinawan origin, I will update the list.****

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