Shorei-kan Karate India & Asia

Shorei-kan India & Asia, is the authorized Indian & Asian representative of Shorei-kan Okinawa Goju Ryu, as appointed by the founder, the late great Grandmaster, Sekichi Toguchi. Grandmaster Toguchi personally appointed Shihan Haribabu as the Asian Representative and Sensei Vahitha Haribabu as the Indian Representative. Shorei-kan teaches the art of Okinawan Goju ryu karate. Go-ju which means hard-soft is a unique style, combining hard closed hand, linear techniques and soft open hand circular techniques, combined with an emphasis on proper breathing techniques. The evolution of Goju ryu began with Master Kanryo Higashionna, one of the great masters of Naha-te, a precursor to karate and was developed further by his student, Master Chojun Miyagi, who founded the Goju-ryu style of karate. Shorei-kan is the name of the school founded by Grandmaster Seikichi Toguchi after the death of his teacher, master Miyagi. In keeping with the principles of karate, Master Toguchi named the school, Shorei-kan, which means house of courtesy and respect.

Shihan Haribabu has committed himself to a lifetime of obsession with martial arts from childhood. Shihan S.Haribabu travelled the world to learn Shorei-kan karate under renowned masters, Shihan Scott Lenzi in the USA, Shihan Toshio Tamano in Italy and then had the rare honour to be a direct student of the late Grandmaster, Kaicho Seikichi Toguchi for several years in Okinawa and Tokyo.
He was bestowed the title of 'Shihan' (Professor), with the unique distinction of being the last person to be awarded the title directly by Master Toguchi. Shihan Haribabu was also accorded the honour of being appointed the Shorei-kan representative for Asia by Master Toguchi.
For over 3 decades, Shihan Haribabu has devoted himself to Shorei-kan karate and he still teaches and trains with intensity, dedication, sacrifice and passion.

Sensei Vahitha Haribabu is the wife of Shihan Haribabu and began her training in Shorei-kan karate, under the direct tutelage of Shihan Haribabu. She has the rare distinction of training directly under Grandmaster Toguchi in Tokyo. She has twice won the 1st place in the Nakano-ku karate championship in 1993-93 at Tokyo, Japan. Sensei Vahitha has also had the privilege of performing karate demonstrations for the President of India, Mr. R. Venkataraman, the Prime Minister, Mr. V.P. Singh, the Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Navy Staff and Chief of the Air Staff, as part of the National Cadet Corps directorate, representing Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry and the Andaman & Nicobar islands, leading to her selection as the best karate cadet in the year 1990.
She was being directly appointed as the Indian Representative by Grandmaster Toguchi.