Key facts
- Martial art group.descendant schools
- Shorin-Ryu Koshinkan Shōrin-ryū Shidōkan Shōrin-ryū Shōrinkan Shōrin-ryū Kyudōkan Shorin-Ryu Reihokan Matsubayashi-ryū Shōbayashi Shōrin-ryū Jyoshinmon Shōrin-ryū Yoshudokai Shorin-ryu Shubukan Shōrin-ryu
- Martial art group.notable pract
- (see notable practitioners)
- Martial art group.image
- Chibana.jpg
- Martial art group.imagecaption
- Chōshin Chibana, founder of Kobayashi-ryū branch
- Martial art group.name
- Shōrin-ryū少林流
- Martial art group.date founded
- 1929
- Martial art group.country
- Ryūkyū Kingdom
- Martial art group.founder
- Chōshin Chibana
- Martial art group.arts
- Karate
- Martial art group.ancestor_arts
- Okinawan martial arts (Shuri-te, Tomari-te)
- Martial art group.descendant_arts
- Shotokan, Isshin-Ryu, American Kenpo
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- Branches
- Ranks
- Notable practitioners
- Notes
- References
thumb|Shōrin-ryū
Shōrin-ryū (少林流) is one of the major modern Okinawan martial arts and is one of the two styles of karate as mentioned in the 'Ten Precepts' of Ankō Itosu. Shorin-ryu diverged into many styles and it became an umbrella term to encompass all of the schools derived from it.