Lonsdale Karate

Specialties

We teach Okinawan Shorinryu Karate and Ryukyu Kobudo. We are different from most instructors in that we were trained in Okinawa. We speak and teach Japanese language conversation in addition to the martial arts lessons. We have a direct connection to the head of our system.

History

Established in 2010.

We repatriated from Japan in 2009 and began teaching Karate, Kobudo, and Aikido in southern Minnesota. In 2010 we moved to Lonsdale and started offering Monday and Friday evening classes at the Civic Center on the campus of the Church of the Immaculate Conception. We have sponsored two international seminars with Akamine Hiroshi Sensei, our teacher and the head of our system. We have a number of affiliated dojos that are also teaching our kobudo in Mankato, White Bear, Forrest Lake, Omaha NE, and Plainfield IN.

Meet the Business Owner

Tim J.

Business Owner

Tim has been training in martial arts since high school. In 1985, while in the Marine Corps he began training in Shorinryu Karate. He then took orders to Okinawa to train directly from head instructors on the island. After two years he then was selected for the Marine Embassy Guard program and served in Europe. In 1994 he returned to Okinawa, eventually finishing his enlistment and staying in Japan to work and continue his training. In total he has spent 18 years in Japan. He holds a 6^th Degree in both Karate and Kobudo as well as a Shodan in Aikido.