Welcome
Welcome to our website! We are a group of practitioners of Shito-Ryu Karate located in Delft, The Netherlands. Here we strive to provide full information regarding our Karate activities. I hope this site results useful and informative.
Karate
Karate is a martial art developed in Japan and born in the Japanese Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa) from indigenous fighting methods (To-de) with the decisive influence of Chinese kempo. Karate is also a healthy, long-lasting path into physical and mental conditioning because it requires a good deal of body coordination and orientation, strong mind, endurance and the proper attitude (kokoro) such as perseverance, discipline, continuous effort and patience. Karate can be practiced as self development (Budo), sport and/or self defense. Traditional karate places emphasis on Budo and self-defense while sport karate does it rather on physical exercise and competition. Karate training commonly contemplates the practice of kihon (basics or fundamentals), kata (standardized sequence of techniques), and kumite (sparring).
Shito-Ryu Karate is one of the four worldwide most practiced Karate schools, toguether with Goju-ryu, Wado-ryu and Shoto-kan. The founder of Shito-Ryu was Kenwa Mabuni. Shito-Ryu, contrary to the rest of Karate schools knows and practices Katas from three Okinawan styles, being Shuri-te, Naha-te and Tomari-te as well as numerous chinese katas; this repertoire makes Shito-ryu Karate a richer and more comprehensive and complex Karate school. About us
Shito-Ryu Karate Delft is a focused and ambitious Karate club (dojo) situated at the heart of the historical village of Delft, in the Netherlands. The dojo forms part of the European Shitokai Association (led by master Ishimi Yasunari, 9th Dan and technical director for Europe of the Japan ShitoKai Organization) and of the Nederlandse Federatie Krijgskunsten. The aim of the dojo is to introduce a limited group of enthusiastic pupils into the practice of Shito-ryu Karate; the dojo stresses the acquisition of a solid technical basis through the dedicated training of kihon (technique). Katas are also regularly trained paying specific attention to the 5 Pinan. Furthermore, pupils are gradually familiarised with fighting system, both sportive (shiai) and traditional. Although Shito-ryu Karate contains a huge number of techniques we do not refrain to “import” relevant techniques of other disciplines when there is added value for our system. The dojo is quite multicultural because it consists of student of different nationalities.
The instructor (sensei) of the dojo, Gonzalo Villarrubia, has a black belt 4th Dan and is the technical coordinator of the Shito-ryu Karate platform at the Nederlandse Federatie Krijgskunsten. Gonzalo follows the Karate teachings of master Ishimi and trains with him very often both attending to his multiple international seminars as well as at master Ishimi’s dojo in Madrid. Moreover, Gonzalo practices Kobujutsu and Eskrima.
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