FOUNDERS OF
KAN-ZEN-RYU KARATE
Late Soke Farhad Varasteh.
10th Dan Black Belt
Sensei Varasteh, in order to remove all such limitatios, created Kan-Zen-Ryu the perfect style of Karate, a style without limitations in Kan-Zen-Ryu, hand and leg techniques are used equally and usually in combinations. Body shifts continuously from soft to hard and ahard to soft in nature. Equal importance is given to attacks and counter attacks in any situation and maximum attention is paid to bring about complete co-ordination between techniques in basic form and their modified applicative forms in an actual combat.
Through guidance and instructions of Sensei Varasteh, Kan-Zen-Ryu practitioners won many international competitions since 1976. presently in the absence of Sensei Varasteh, his students Sensei Mohammed Arinkhu (Black Belt 7th Dan) and Sensei Jamshid Salimi (Black Belt 8th Dan) are leading Iranian Kan-Zen-Ryu Karate team to still greater sucesses in International levels.
All India Kan-Zen-Ryu Karate-do association was established as a branch of Iranian Kan-Zen-Ryu, by Sensei Nasser Agh in January 1985. Since then the membership of association has grown from four to above 1000, and through achievements of its membership III stages and All India level Competitions now Kan-Zen-Ryu has become a strong and well known style all over India. Since 1986 members of our Association have won manyu prizes in All India Level and International Karate Championship.
Hanshi Aryankhoo.
President of Iranian Kan-zen-ryu Karate
- Do Association , IRAN
All India Kan-Zen-Ryu Karate-Do Association
Kyoshi Jesal Patel 7th Dan Black Belt President & Technical Director A.I.K.Z.R.K.A Chairman, Technical Commission Karate Do Federation Gujarat( KDFG )
Professor Naser Agh established Kan-Zen-Ryu Karate-Do in India with a clear vision—to create world-class karate fighters capable of competing with the best athletes globally. For more than 25 years, he entrusted and passed on his legacy to Kyoshi Jesal Patel (7th Dan Black Belt), who has tirelessly developed the system across the country. Under Kyoshi Jesal Patel’s leadership, the association has produced outstanding athletes, many of whom have represented India on international platforms, bringing recognition, discipline, and excellence to Indian karate.
Professor Dr. Naser Agh
Black Belt 7 Dan
Founder of All India Kan Zen Ryu Karate-Do Association,
3 times national champion of India in All India
Open Martial Arts Championships
Training With Experts
An Introduction To Karate
The origin of karate is very uncertain, legend states that some 1500 years ago a Buddhist monk, Daruma Taishi, of Southern India travelled to China to teach the secrets of Zen. There he secluded himself in the temples Shorinji at Chung Shan, Henan Provice Daruma’s Secret of Zen was very difficult to learn and the intense practice of austerity during the training period weakened his disciples mentally and physically. Therefore he devised a system of physical training that involved a combination of Indian Yoga breathing System and a Chinese unarmed combat known as Kempo.
In Okinawa combat techniques know as te (hand) were practiced in secret for many centuries, but they were traditionally of a hard nature, whereas teachings of Daruma Taishi were of a softer and more flowing firm. These contrasting elements were to combine and assume a new name, Kara-te that meant Tang hand (Chinese hand) Karate was brought to light for the First time in 1901 as a part of regular curriculum in the First Middle School of Okinawa.
Master Gichin Funakoshi from Okinawa was the pioneer of karate in Japan. He emmigrated to Japan in 1920 and spent the rest of his life popularising karate there, in 1936 Master Funakoshi changed the method of writing Karate and chose another character of “Kara” which is drawn from Zen Tradition. In Zen sense, Kara means “Empty” or “rendering oneself empty”. In new form of writing, Kara-te was read empty hand.
Later, karate become widespread and many karate organisations were formed all over the world. Rules for tournaments were subsequently formulated to make karate a competitive sport. Therefore it could be safely said that karate has its beginning in China, was developed in Okinawa and systematized in Japan.