Shizenki Ryu Karate Association

Avelino R. Mayoral, Soke San Dai

Practicing kata

The Shizenki Ryu Karate Association was formed in 1964 after Soke Nidai, Louis Fried. It is the only true Shizenki Ryu Bujutsu karate association that all black belt practitioner's of Shizenki Ryu Bujutsu first are acknowledged by. After a Shizenki Ryu Bujutsu practitioner has obtained his Shodan and beyond, he is certified, registered with the Shizenki Ryu Karate Association. All Kyu ranks in Shizenki Ryu Bujutsu are members of the Shizenki Ryu Karate Association also, but it is the Shizenki Ryu Karate Association that registers the practitioner of Shizenki Ryu Bujutsu's rank. This is only done at the Shodan, 1st Dan black belt and higher.

In November of 1991, after Soke Nidai, Louis Fried's death, it was his wish, for his top black belt practitioner, Avelino R. Mayoral, to take over not only as his successor, but as the President of the Shizenki Ryu Karate Assoication.

Shizenki Ryu Bujutsu is not or has not ever been a sport orientated martial art. It seeks the true in Bu (combat) and with this in mind, it is always seeking more knowledge on how to improve. As with any legitimate form of martial arts, the Ryu is the Founder's method, way, his translation to what he sees as martial arts.

Soke San Dai, Avelino R. Mayoral has been a Shizenki Ryu Bujutsu practitioner since January of 1965. As he gained the position as Soke San Dai of Shizenki Ryu Bujutsu, he had his own ideas of combat. As many may not find to enjoying to read, but in real life, it is "dog eat dog" and there is no such thing as fair fighting. Sadly even if one must have to die from the encounter. The greater fighter is the one who is going to take that extra chance and do everything he must to win the fight, YES...even if it his to do with killing the attacker! In war, you only have one victor. Winning any combat takes a certain mindset. Only the strong minded can face death. Only the strong can over power any weak minded fool in combat. Shizenki Ryu Bujutsu has no such thing as rules when it comes to street combat.

Shizenki Ryu Bujutsu was founded on combat principals of "no man can excape death". In true combat, there is aways one who is the victor and the other who is the defeated. In real war the defeated sadly is those who are the injured or those who are dead! No normal minded person finds enjoyment in fighting on the street. However it is better to be the one who is inflicting the pain, then the one who has to been put throught it.

Shizenki Ryu Bujutsu is more then a physical means to preform various fighting waza (techniques). It becomes more of a mindset in which the practitioner develops. Shizenki Ryu practitioners are trained in taking over a physical confrontation and contolling the attacker in every means...no matter what!

The Japanese word: "Bujutsu" consists of two characters: "Bu" meaning "military or martial" and "Jutsu" meaning "art." When Kenwi Tasuki developed Shizenki Ryu it was his father, Itagaki Tasuki (April 7, 1864-November 16, 1951) who highly infulence his son (Kenwi). Itagaki Tasuki traned under Kosaku Matsumora (1829-1898), which developed the Matsumora type of Tomari-te. However, Kenwi Tasuki (Founder of Shizenki Ryu) gained vast knowledge of what his father learned from Kosaku Matsumora. It was from there in 1920 that Kenwi Tasuki founded Shizenki Ryu.