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Santa Barbara Japan Karate Association Shotokan Karate-Do maintains the highest quality in keeping with Karate's highest tradition. Shotokan Karate is a martial art which focuses on the harmonizing of mind and body, strength, perseverance, patience, all for total confidence and self-mastery. The practicality of Shotokan has been demonstrated throughout its history and can been seen today in MMA(Mixed Martial Arts) arenas. Lyoto Machida who currently fights for the UFC relies on a strong foundation in Brazilian Shotokan for his stand up cage fighting skills.