(2024) Samir Berardo’s Seminar in Campinas/SP (Brazil)

Samir Berardo

Muidokan Karate Kenkyukai and Tetsuya Dojo invite you to the 2024 edition of the Historical Concepts…

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Karate blocks… Are they really blocks? The truth about “uke-waza”

Samir Berardo

The techniques known as "uke-waza", mistakenly interpreted by many as "blocks", actually have other …

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Fundamental technical concepts of old style karate

Samir Berardo

Old style karate uses a rich terminology to refer to the fundamental techniques of the art. Here you…

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CHŌKI MOTOBU WAS WRONG… OR WAS HE?

Samir Berardo

In a famous picture master Choki Motobu demonstrates an application for Naihanchi Shodan kata. It ha…

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Kake-Kumite/Kakedameshi: The original free sparring of Karate

Bruno Chagas


Here is an article written by Muidokan member Bruno Chagas, originally published on his blog, Puro …

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What is Muidokan?

Founded by researcher and bunkai expert Samir Berardo, Muidokan Karate Kenkyukai is a society of people passionate about karate, with the purpose of researching, practicing, preserving and promoting this art in its original form (ie non-sport, competitive or merely aesthetic, but instead as a complete system of training and fighting for the preservation of the lives of the practitioners and of those under their protection). Muidokan Karate Kenkyukai welcomes all interested and curious people to follow our projects and publications, and invites everyone to attend and participate in our classes and seminars – and be part of the phenomenon of the revival of original Okinawan karate.

A sample of Muidokan's research

Naihanchi Shodan kata bunkai taught by Samir Berardo

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