Okinawa Shorinji-Ryu Karate

Hanshi Michael Brodman

Biography

HANSHI MICHAEL BRODMAN  has been training for over fifty-years, and is a member of the Okinawan Masters' Council.  A Hanshi since receiving his 7th Degree Black Belt in Okinawa in 1977, Michael Brodman is currently a 9th Dan.  

Recently Hanshi Brodman's travels have taken him to the Shaolin Temple in China, where he was made a member of Shaolin and given The Secret Books of Shaolin by Abbot Shi De Li.  Hanshi Brodman was further honored, as the first Okinawan style master to demonstrate on the Shaolin stage for a large group of Chinese visitors.

Hanshi Brodman, in keeping with Okinawan tradition, has built a dojo as an addition to his home in rural West Chester, Pennsylvania.  There he teaches his core group of students, private students and holds seminars in both Karate and Kobudo.

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