Shintai-Karate Do Lugano
Shintai Karate-Do Lugano is a young Shotokan Karate school that has been dedicated to teaching and preserving this ancient Japanese martial art for the past five years.
Weekly training sessions take place in Lugano, the school’s main base. Through its affiliations with FTK (Federazione Ticinese di Karatè), JKS Switzerland (Japan Karate Shoto Federation) and SKF (Suisse Karate Federation), its activities also extend throughout Ticino and Switzerland.
Its mission is to train practitioners of all ages not only in technical and physical skills, but above all in mental and spiritual development. Karate-Do, the Way of Karate, is a way of life that embraces values such as Respect, Self-Control and Sincerity, helping to develop a strong mindset and a pure spirit.
Performance: Sunday, 20 September at 11:30, Main Stage – Pavilion C
Karate: History, Technique and Discipline
When the people of Okinawa were deprived of their weapons, what remained?
Let’s take a journey back in time, approximately five hundred years. On the islands of Okinawa, during the Ryukyu Kingdom, a strict and long-standing prohibition on weapons was imposed. Deprived of the ability to carry swords and bladed weapons, the inhabitants developed an art of unarmed self-defence: this is how Karate-Do, the “Way of the Empty Hand”, was born.
The young practitioners of Shintai Karate-Do Lugano will take to the Japan Matsuri stage to show-case the beauty and power of this ancient martial art. Through a performance exploring the roots of karate, they will also demonstrate the elegance of its forms and the power of combat.
Don’t miss this demonstration: the history, discipline and spirit of karate… unarmed, on the Japan Matsuri 2026 stage, Sunday, 20 September at 11:30.
Workshop
Would you like to discover the world of Japanese martial arts and Karate up close? Join the workshop and discover first-hand the fundamentals, principles and spirit of this fascinating discipline.
