Wado-ryu style of karate was created by Master Hironori Ohtsuka. In 1939 it was registered as a style with the Dai-Nippon-Butoku-Kai (Japan’s National association for the martial arts) and the Way of Peace†style was born. Wado-ryu karate focuses on body shifting and evasion to evade opponent’s attacks. All of the groups listed in on this site are full members of England Wado-Kai. The Federation was formed when the existing SKW expanded in the year 2000 to encompass clubs from the North of England and further developed in 2003 with Clubs joining from the Midlands. This enabled a coming together of Wado-Kai Karate Clubs which has culminated in the formation of England Wado-Kai.
