Use the Dojo Vocabulary and Terminology list to help learn many of the terms used during Karate classes. Twitter; Facebook; Gplus; Youtube; Instagram; Pinterest; Call Us 631-499-0600. Home; Programs. Karate for Children; Karate for Teens & Adults; iKickbox Fitness; Website Design by Golden Mean Advisory Resources LLC. Kancho Kenneth Funakoshi is known as a world-renowned promoter of budo values through karate. It was important for the master to treat karate as a martial art, a combat sport and a self-defence Hanshi Tino Ceberano was one of the first Karate Instructors in Australia. It was GKR's Kancho Robert Sullivan who helped him set up his club and the two have been close friends since. This is one of a series of videos where the two discuss their friendship, history and philosophies on Karate. About Shorin Kempo. Adapt and Overcome. The word Shorin in Japanese means young forest and Kempo when translated means the Law of the fist or hand. Shorin Kempo could best be described by the Japanese as evolved form of Chinese Shaolin Kung Fu ,but with the Japanese method of teaching and discipline, Some refer to this as To -De (the Chinese Hand) pSGhF.