• Kingwood Top Kick Karate prides itself in providing a multidisciplinary system. Our program provides not only Tae-Kwon-Do which is Korean style,Wushu which is Chinese style, Okinawan style karate, in addition we provide
  students the ability to learn and master Shotokan which is Japanese style karate. Shotokan is typically know as hard style, which is the most powerful style taught in the world today. Its movements are very quick and direct while its stances are very low and strong. Our program has utilized several international instructors in order to develop the system.

• Mastery of Shotokan is extremely demanding and requires many hours of training in order to develop the necessary power to be successful in Shotokan.

History

• Shotokan is a school of karate developed from various martial arts by master Gichin Funakoshi and his son Yoshitaka. “Shoto” was the pen name Funakoshi used in his poetry., which means “pine waves” while “kan” means house. Hence “Shotokan”. Shotokan is one of the worlds major karate styles. Master Funakoshi was trained in two different styles Shorei-ryu and Shorin-ryu. After many years of study in both styles he arrived at a new understanding of martial arts, and a simpler style was created. He combined and modified the styles, in several cases some of the forms were modified favoring athleticism over practicality. Shotokan is in the group of hard styles.