I'm starting month five training in Okinawa. I've found a wonderful and welcoming community as I transition to a new home and life. The dojo training me belongs to the Okinawa Shodokan Goju Ryu Karate Kobudo Federation.

There are language barriers, so I thought I'd ask here.

I know what most of those words mean. What do we mean by Shodokan? I'm familiar with Shotokan as a different style than ours. There are many resources online, but as a beginner I'm reluctant to do my own research and get some wrong information.

Is someone with knowledge of our style able to direct me to a good resource to learn about our history and identity?