Grand Master Chojiro Tani

             Master Chojiro Tani (1921-1998) started with Karate in Kyoto and first trained Goju-Ryu with Master Miyagi. After the graduation to the 2nd Dan, he moved to Shito-Ryu and trained at Sensei Mabuni. After the death of Sensei Mabuni in 1952, there was no organization that would keep his students together, and they divided into different groups.

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             Master Tani, one of Sensei Mabuni's highly-graded students, opened his own Dojo in Kobe (Japan). He called it "The Shukokai", which means something like: meeting people and training together under one roof. The dojo also gave its name to the style: Shukokai. Master Tani encouraged his highly-graded students to develop their own ideas and, in particular, two of them, Master Fujiwara and Master Kimura, developed the now-known Shukokai style.