Tonight we trained at the Okinawan Karate Kaikan. Also known as a living museum, the Kaikan was designed to promote the preservation & development of traditional Okinawan karate, it's best known export

The Kaikan is a place to honour the essence of karate - as both a museum visitors can explore, & a dojo karatekas can train at

Our dojo trained under Sensei Minoru Higa (10th Dan) again, the Kaicho (or federation president) & Grandmaster of our Kyudokan School of Shorin-ryū

The floors are made of natural, unpainted red pine - you just glide across it