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The style of karate-do Shotokai appeared in the 1960’s few years after the dead of the modern karate O Sensei Funakoshi Gichin, founder of the Shotokanryu.

Sensei Shigeru Egami was the Technical Manager of the Shotokai Association (NKS) whose President was Sensei Hironishi. In association, Shotokai in Japan, there are nowadays always two technical tendencies, that of the orthodox of Shotokanryu of Master Funakoshi Gichin and that created by its deshi (student) Egami Sensei, who completely reconsidered his practice to make a style of it. This style was introduced in Europe, through France, in 1965 by a handwritten instruction of Egami Sensei into a letter containing informations about the new forms of practice created by him. This letter was given to us by the karateka Olivier Perrois who was the first 4th dan delivered by Egami Sensei to a “Gaishin” r(foreigner). Olivier Perrois returned from a long stay in Japan and brought us this letter and showed us the new forms of practice during a seminar hold in Valence (France) and lead by Bassis Sensei. Bassis war one of the first young expert in karate in France although he practiced and teached the orthodox style Shotokanryu.

To clear up what precedes one will find hereafter the contents of a letter reporting the circumstances of the introduction of the style of Egami Sensei to this seminar in France

 

Letter of Jacques Causon V 1999*

(Jacques Causon (student of Bassis) was the initiator of the first Shotokai training courses in Avignon since 1965)

 

ORIGIN of the introduction of the style Shotokai of Master Egami in France and in Europe

 

Letter written by Jacques Causon, organiser of the training course of Valence in 1965 at the time of the arrival of Olivier Perrois. Jacques Causon is deceased in 1999 at the time of a car accident and the diskette containing this letter is to date in possession of AKSER.

 

In spring 1965, we were in Valence to attend a 3 days training course led by Marc Bassis. I then tried as much as possible to delocalize the training courses originally organized in Avignon to make of it profit the dojos that some of my pupils had been able to open. During this training course, we accepted a phone call of a Brazilian of French origin, Olivier Perrois. This one returned from a stay to Japan, with his wife, who also practised karate-do. It called from Rome and asked that we await his arrival in Valence, because he had extremely important things to transmit to us. Taking turns day and night at the wheel of Kombi Volkswagen, the couple arrived in time at Valence. There, Olivier Perrois says to us that her was charged by Egami Sensei, direct student of Funakoshi O' Senseï, and professor of Harada Sensei, to show us the new way of practising that the later one had developed starting from the teaching of O Sensei.

 In a few hours, Olivier Perrois showed us a radical change indeed, of a karate powerful and fast certainly, but jerked, contracted, and for any "military" statement, towards a more fluid form, even lower on his postures, with penetrating attacks rather than percussion, balls of rifle rather than mass of weapons, being prolonged quasi ad infinitum through the adversary, the whole in flexible, swift displacements and without discontinuity. At the end of this drive, that Olivier Perrois could achieve in a single course, and during which he was condemned to transmit to all of us in only one blow, that way of full with progress opened in front of us. We all were exhaust, but enthusiastic and conscious Thank still to him. However, when before final safety, he says to us, in a solemn way which tallied a little with the kindness and the solicitude of which he had made proof until there, that it was reserved for us the mission, starting from this only drive, to put to us in situation to be able to show to Harada Senseï the new way two or three months later, in Grange Farm, our feelings became more contrasted much...

The months which followed were the period at the same time most insane and more enriching that was given to our group. Each one in its dojo, Bassis in Paris, us in Avignon, Schneider in Nancy, meeting together as often as possible, working like damned, supported in our effort by the wonders which we discovered on each step, we prepared.

One day thus, in Grange Farm, England towards the end of a training course, after the training of the afternoon, Marc Bassis told to Harada Sensei that we had something to show him, and that we wish a special drive, in small committee if possible. In the evening, a handle among us, in a withdrawn part, following Marc Bassis, practised in front of Harada Senseï, only, motionless and dumb. That lasted, I do not know any more, one hour, two perhaps. There was no more time, more tiredness, more apprehension... Our small group, in total osmosis, delivered, without second chance, what we had been able to do ours of the message transmitted by Olivier Perroy.

The following day, with the drive of the morning, Harada Senseï had changed its Karate.

Jacques CAUSON May 1999

 

 

 Karate-do Shotokai Egamiryu®

 

Although the name "Egamiryu®" was never employed before, Sensei A. Schneider, as Technical Manager and creator of AKSER, decided to put this name ahead and in practice and in the writings. There were and there are always several Japanese and non Japanese professors who claim style "Shotokai". Unfortunately the name is used wrongly in many times.  However having practised during several stays in Japan, as well with the academics as with the other groups  and very often under  the advices of Egami Sensei, Professor A. Schneider noted certain deviations of the practise of the Shotokai style created by Egami Sensei. It is on the recommendation of Egami Sensei that it often met in Japan and with which it was likely to take part in one of the last training courses supervised by the Master, that Sensei Schneider followed the drives of the group of Usami Sensei which, in his opinion reflects and the gestual one and the technique the most brought closer to the style created by Egami Sensei. It is on what precedes that the style practised within the AKSER recommends to karate-do "SHOTOKAI EGAMIRYU®.  The teachers (Sensei) who brought A. Schneider to this determination and among which appear Harada Sensei (which is one of the last pupils of Funakoshi Gichin Sensei, of which Sensei Schneider was during several years the assistant), to who it owes the fact of having been able to involve itself several years of following the practice in Japan, and Bassis Sensei which gave birth to  him the spirit of Budo, on the other hand, were its guides. Also in Japan Usami Sensei which improved it in the efficiency of the technique without forgetting, of course, Egami Sensei itself which lavished to him with each one of their meeting councils of a priceless value, forged in him the desire to call the Shotokai style of the AKSER: "Shotokai Egamiryu®" . Sensei Schneider took this decision in remembering to Egami Sensei and to dissociate itself from certain groups, which in its opinion, differently assimilated the thought of Egami Sensei. This is not a criticism but a simple observation. Leading since years seminar courses to Africa, Spain, Greece and other countries,  A. Schneider tries to bring its share to karate-do, and to give back what it received to those who wish it. Holder of the rank of 5th dan Shotokaï Egamiryu® and being also 6th dan of the FFKDA (French Federation of Karate), A. Schneider reached a level of enough advanced expert and Officials to promote style "Shotokai Egamiryu®".

AKSER organizes each year 1 international training course, 1 national training course and regional training courses as well as seminars of studies reserved to the professors, to their assistants and the black belts. One of the principal aims of the association is research on the martial arts in order to perpetuate  the progression of it and to leave them the current fixed framework. Our practice, in addition to karate-do of Master Egami, also extends to Bo- jutsu (art of the long stick) and to Ken jutsu (art of the sword like with one from the aspects from karate ignored a long time in the majority of the dojos, because non known of the instructors: Goshin Karate (Self-defence Karate).

We are opened with any contact concerning Budo excluding critics or polemics which we will not be answered in these pages. These pages only will be reserved only for one permanent information of our practice and our training courses and demonstrations.

Our Technical Director and guide is at the disposal of any club or association which wish to invite it for the organization of a training course or seminar.

 

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