Baker's Dojo of Karate, Education & Science

The Baker's Dojo Family Tree & Lineage is
extensive and consists of some of the most
reknowned names in american martial arts:

Shuri-Ryu karate is an eclectic martial arts system,
developed by the martial arts pioneer Robert Trias,
the first person to teach karate in the United States
in 1945 in Phoenix, Arizona. He opened the first
karate school in the nation in 1946 and formed the
first karate organization, the United States Karate
Association, in 1948. Other styles of karate related
to the Trias-line are Shorei-Goju-Ryu and
Shorei-Ryu. The style of Shuri-ryu is taught and is
especially prevalent in the United States, parts of
Europe, and South America.

The roots of Shuri-Ryu are in Okinawa, especially in
the Shuri-Te karate of Ankoh Itosu and Choki Motobu
and the Hsing Yi Chuan of Tung Gee Hsing. Robert
Trias, the style's founder, trained with Tung Gee
Hsing, who had cross-trained with Choki Motobu
earlier in the Okinawan village of Kume Mura. Tung
Gee Hsing taught Trias Hsing Yi (the "Intellectual"
Fist) and Shuri Karate Kempo.

Later Trias studied with Hoy Yuan Ping, Gogen
Yamaguchi, Roy Oshiro, Yasuhiro Konishi, Makoto
Gima, and several other teachers. Konishi awarded
Trias with the 9th Dan in 1964 and was a prominent
student of both Choki Motobu and Gichin Funakoshi.
Gima was a prominent student of Funakoshi and
awarded Trias the 10th Dan in 1983. Both, Konishi
and Gima helped Trias reconstruct the old Shuri-Te
system of Okinawan karate with some modifications,
hence a new name for the system was designated
Shuri-Ryu. Shuri-Ryu also incorporated some Naha
katas and methods.

Baker's Dojo of Karate, Education & Science has
produced over 200 Black Belts and the number is
growing.