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The Tsuruoka Karate Organizaton has existed in many forms over the years. The Tsuruoka Karate Federation was founded in 1995 and was renamed the Tsuruoka Karate Organization in 2009. Tsuruoka Karate is named for it founder O-Sensei Masami Tsuruoka. The goal of the Tsuruoka Karate Organization is to improve communication between well established provincial Tsuruoka organizations across Canada, while at the same time offering a sense of unification for all karate-ka (students). "Learning budo or bushido through camaraderie" is the underlying goal that all members try to achieve. Sport karate also plays a part of our development, but is meant as a recreational break from the everyday rigours of hard training. We are a very proud and unique organization by the fact that our roots trace directly to the founders of traditional karate-do in Japan and Okinawa. Karate was founded in Canada by O-Sensei Masami Tsuruoka in 1957 and he is recognized as the "father of Canadian karate." In Oct 2008 O-Sensei Tsuruoka celebrated 50 years of teaching Karate in Canada. O-Sensei Tsuruoka still conducts clinics across Canada and teaches regularly at various dojo in Toronto, Ontario. |
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Mandate of the Tsuruoka Karate Organization We the members of the TKO, shall endeavour to promote, with guidance, openess and cooperation, the development of Tsuruoka Karate-Do, which embodies the spirit and methodology of its founder, Masami Tsuruoka |