Kitsunekan Karate - Bull Creek

description of the school

Kitsunekan is a form of traditional karate. We wear dogi (the uniform) and practice various karate kata (forms or patterns). It is not "style" karate in as much as we are not aligned with any of the major styles (Wado, Goju, Shotokan, Shito-Ryu etc). But it is not "free-style" because it is not "the best bits of xyz martial arts all rolled together", a common advertising claim. We utilise older forms of the basic kata such as Pinan and Naifanchi for training and practice modern Shito- or Goju-Ryu kata for more advanced students and competition purposes. Karate was, is, and should be, a simple but effective means of self defence intended to be used only if necessary.