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Building Bridges Across Styles A link to the past is your bridge to the future...
	It doesn't matter what you've heard... It doesn't matter what you've read... The following is what we offer to all members...
	* An important information-based on-Line Member's Only Website accessible 24/7 * The IRKRS Journal with cutting edge articles about history, culture, tradition, heritage, kata, pioneers & master's biographies, style-lineage, philosophy, user-friendly Japanese-to-English translations and more... * The Karate Study List; a friendly and respectful bulletin board-style forum discussing the classical empty-handed combative practices of Okinawa: Ti'gwa [The plebeian form of percussive impact from the old Kingdom of Siam], Torite-jutsu [Shaolin-based techniques of seizing and controlling], Tegumi [Okinawa's original method of clinching & grappling], Kata [The original Chinese forms of human movement], and how Japan’s Shikata-based culture [with special emphasis upon the pre-war Dai Nippon Butokukai and Judo/Kendo pedagogy] influenced change, along with.... - Research methods, personal experience and academic scholarship in Karate/Kobudo... - Books, videos, DVD's, & other products/merchandize & resource materials... - Philosophical & ethical premise of Budo in general and Karate specifically... - Public announcements concerning seminars, gasshuku, unique learning opportunities and special events, etc... - Access to the previous IRKRS Yahoogroup's KSL [Karate Study List] archives, from Dec 1998 thru June 2006... - An uncompromising list of important, unusual and often questionable martial art-related MPEGS... - A social lounge to meet like-minded folks, catch up with colleagues and enjoy any off-topic discussions... - Classical, traditional & contemporary interpretations of karate... - Methods of seizing & controlling as used by local law-enforcement during Okinawa's old Ryukyu Kingdom Period... - Historical information on the earliest pioneers of Karate in Okinawa... - Historical land sites related to Okinawa's martial arts culture... - Historical events related to shaping Okinawa's martial arts culture...

- Supplementary training methods and associated apparatus as they relate to karate practice past & present...
- Various styles, lineages and influences on ancestral-based, traditional and contemporary karate styles...
- Supplementary training methods and associated apparatus as they relate to karate practice past & present...
- Ancient weapon practices of the Ryukyu archipelago, and understanding the origins, evolution and practices established by Chinen Sanda, Matayoshi Shinko, and Taira Shinken...
- Biographies and historical information on the earliest pioneers of Kobudo in Okinawa.
- Everything there is to know about Koryu Uchinadi Kenpo-jutsu...
- The habitual acts of physical violence, and setting the record straight on how and why Patrick McCarthy first established the theory and practice...
- Everything a teacher/student needs to know about Uke/uchi-waza [methods & techniques of striking and receiving], Kansetsu/Tuite-waza [Joint manipulation/limb entanglement & cavity seizing], Shime-waza [Techniques of sealing the breath by choking & strangulation], Nage-waza [Techniques of balance displacement], Ne-waza [Techniques of ground-fighting] and Gyaku-waza [Counters and reversal techniques]...
- Discussing the pedagogical aspects of teaching/learning as it pertains to Karate & Kobudo...
- Discussing the issue of establishing and operating a full & p/t dojo, advertising & marketing, ethics & problems & other business-related issues in our industry.
- The art and science of classical, traditional & contemporary Jujutsu...
- How to deal with MA's politics, professional/personal envy, jealousy/inadequacies, hidden agendas, low self-esteem, vendettas, plagiarists, keyboard warriors & internet "know-it-alls," and detractors with axes to grind [male & female]...

Members also receive
1. An international members ID card
2. An embroidered Society patch representing a unique and an important legacy
3. An international membership certificate
4. Association with an international network of brilliant teachers & like-minded learners
5. Discounts on Society-related products & publications
6. Authorization to use copyright material in your own research
7. Unique world-wide training opportunities with innovative Master-level instructor Patrick McCarthy, and KU accredited instructors
8. Opportunity to gain official [DAN/TITLE] accreditation with an traditional-based international organization
9. Opportunity to gain a genealogical pedigree [IN BOTH KARATE AND KOBUDO] dating back to Okinawa’s old Ryukyu Kingdom; i.e. Patrick McCarthy, Kinjo Hiroshi, Hanashiro Chomo, Oshiro Chojo, Chinen Sanda, Itosu Ankoh, Matsumura Sokon, Sakugawa Kanga

We are one organization but we are many styles brought together by
common goals and we welcome you to become part of our movement

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