F.T.O. KARATE-DO is a martial art. It is founded on the basis of traditional Okinawan and Japanese karate, it has its own philosophy, traditions and peculiarities, distinguishing it from the martial sports.

This is a total karate, which has no rules or dogmas. Here control is one hundred percent necessary because the majority of strokes are directed at the weak, vital parts of the person and every unnecessary contact can be hazardous for health.

Here we don’t have the strict rules of sports karate and the subjectivism of the judges. That’s why in this system no kata and kumite competitions are undertaken.

As every traditional martial art, F.T.O. KARATE-DO has its own katas, but unlike the old styles, there is a lot more freedom of choice, preferences and creativity by the karatekas.