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Elefante Sensei Sandan Shorin Ryu and Shudokan |
What is the Okinawan Karate Club of San Francisco? OKC San Francisco is a traditional martial arts school that practices Shorin Ryu karate as taught by Eizo Shimabukuro, Grandmaster and Shudokan karate as taught by the late Walter Todd, Shibucho for the late Kanken Toyama. The dojo is directly affiliated with and follows O'Sensei Shimabukuro of Okinawa. OKC San Francisco's head instructor is Michele Elefante Sensei. Our Philosophy The club's intent is to create well-balanced martial artists focusing on the development of a person's mind, body and spirit emphasizing traditional principles and techniques. Traditional karate becomes a medium helping the student gain understanding while excelling physically and mentally through training and conditioning. Training At OKC San Francisco the training consists of: basic drills, physical conditioning, two person and self-defense techniques, kata and its application. Traditional Kobudo or weapons are taught at the brown and black belt levels. These weapons are the bo, sai, kama (sickle), tonfa, nunchaku and eiku (oar). About Elefante Sensei Michele Elefante Sensei head instructor at OKC San Francisco holds the rank of Sandan (3rd degree black belt) began her study in the martial arts in the early 1990's primarily in Germany where she both taught and competed. In 1999 she joined the Okinawan Karate Club of Dallas under Ilene Smoger Sensei (6th dan in Shorin Ryu and 7th dan in Shudokan). While there she instructed both adult and youth classes as well as having her rank of Shodan presented to her directly by Shimabukuro O'Sensei. She has been an instructor at the National Women's Martial Arts Federation's (NWMAF) Special Training camp, the Pacific Association of Women Martial Artists (PAWMA) training camp and the Association of Women Martial Arts Instructors (AWMAI) conference Additionally Elefante Sensei holds a Master of Science in clinical psychology, and is an instructor at DESTINY ARTS where she teaches martial arts and violence prevention to 3-6 year olds, as well as adult self-defense. All Shimabukuro
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 Okinawan Karate Club San Francisco and O'Sensei in Michigan 2005
In Golden Gate Park
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