Sensei's Profile

Sensei Steve Armes is the Director and Chief Instructor of Shoshinkan Martial Arts.

Sensei Armes holds a 6th Degree Black Belt in karate from the Okinawa Goju-Ryu Kenshikai and was conferred the title of Renshi in March 2026 — a recognition of both technical excellence and dedication to the art.

He began his karate training in 1996 and, in early 2011, founded Shoshinkan Martial Arts. Over the years, Sensei Steve has had the privilege of training and teaching internationally, as well as hosting seminars alongside some of the finest martial arts masters in the world.

A dedicated student of the martial arts, in addition to Goju Ryu karate, he also studies traditional Ryukyu Kobudo (weaponry). He firmly believes in the concept of "Bun Bu Ryo Do" — the way of the sword and the pen together — and in the profound benefits that martial arts training brings to students of all ages!