About the EMKA and this web site

This is the official website of the European Matsubayashi-ryu (Shorin-ryu) Karate-do Association (EMKA). The EMKA is a sister organisation to the WMKA, where the EMKA accepts dojos and members from Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and the WMKA from the Americas.

Soke Nagamine Takayoshi is the current head of the style created by his father, Osensei Nagamine Shoshin, and the EMKA was created at his request.

Ole-Bjørn Tuftedal, 5 th Dan, is Soke Nagamine's official representative in Europe.

We are working to expand the web presence and making this site more useful. Updates will come regularly.