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Everyone is Welcomed! All classes aredeliberately slow paced at first and geared to one's own skilllevel and safety. Classes are meant to challenge your brain andtransform your muscle memory into this expressive “Art-form” knownworld-wide as Shito-Ryu Itosu-Kai. Soon, your moves will becomesecond-nature and such benefits as improved health andinner-strength will carry over into all other areas of your life.“There is more to this “Art” than meets the eye; feeling saferwherever you go …PRICELESS!” - Greg Diloné, Owner/ Instructor(Sensei)

Greg Diloné, (pronounced Dee-Low-Nay) has trained countless ofhundreds of students in his almost 45-years in Martial Arts. Hestates, "Karate has saved my life, teaching it has saved others".Greg has trained and competed in Japan and officially introducedShito-Ryu Itosu-Kai to Michigan in 1992. He recently came out of a16-year retirement from competition to win a Bronze Medal inKumité/Sparring at the Canadian Shito-Ryu Itosu-Kai NationalChampionships in Toronto. More surprisingly, Greg was awarded theprestigious “Most Outstanding Male Competitor” trophy by legendaryJapanese Master Kei Tsumura. With this win, Greg qualifies for theWorld Championships (held every four-years), set for Hong Kong,China in July of 2017. In preparation for China and in hopes ofreturning afterwards to Japan upon his Sensei/Teachers’ invitation,Greg is offering classes to help fund his travel costs. Studentsare encouraged to please feel free to make yourself at home;because after all, we are all members of the world-wide Shito-RyuItosu-Kai family headquartered in Yokohama, Japan. From white beltto black belt and beyond, classes are meant to challenge your brainso that your body and spirit will follow. Your greatest challengewill be having the patience to take “baby-steps” in order to form astrong foundation to build upon. For more info please visit us onthe web at: www.itosu-kaimichigan.com

HISTORY: Our style was derived by Okinawan Master Kenwa Mabuni(1889-1952) who formed the name “Shito”, from a combination of histwo legendary Masters, Anko Itosu (1830-1915) and Kanryo Higoanna(1853-1915). The words “RYU” stands for “SCHOOL” and “KAI” standsfor “CLUB”. Also, found in our title names are the words "KARATE"which translates to "Empty-Hand" or "Weaponless"; (one’s mind andbody become the weapon), and the word "DŌ", which stands for thestudy of any discipline as a means to improve your "WAY" in life."KARATE-DŌ" is the "WEOPONLESS WAY OF LIFE”. You are neverunarmed.