Haiku-ryu Style Karate

Haiku-ryu Style Karate (俳句龍スタイル空手) is a fictional martial art used by several characters in Ultra Fighter.

Haiku-Ken Karate is primarly based on Shorin-ryu and Shotokan Karate.

Background
Chiba created the style in his dojo in Osaka, Japan in the late 1940's. While it was a new form of Karate, it is actually a free formed mixed martial art that employs Shotokan and Kyokushin. Chiba was a master of Karate. To create a new martial art, he combined the moves of Kyokushin Karate and Shotokan Karate and created several new moves, such as "Kutei Kick" and "Rajinguappa". He called the style Haikukenryu Karate, which it would late become known to the world of martial arts.

Martial Arts Influence

 * Shotokan Karate
 * Shorin-ryu Karate

Practitioners

 * Chiba: Founder of the style, deceased.


 * Shinichiro Yuki: Master of the style.


 * Ryo Takeshi: Current known practioneer.

Trivia
Despite being a fictional martial art only existing in Ultra Fighter, it draws on two real life Karate styles: Shorin-ryu and Shotokan.