05/30/2026
Our first Saturday in the Park Kobudo workout is in the books. Perfect weather for training.
Shorin-Ryu teaches a way of movement that naturally increases balance, strength, agility, and stability.
It is a martial art with a lineage that goes back over six hundred years.
05/30/2026
Our first Saturday in the Park Kobudo workout is in the books. Perfect weather for training.
05/16/2026
Yep. Constant state of learning. If we're not growing, we're not living.
05/16/2026
Natalie sharing breath control and posing during our open house yoga demonstration last night. What fun! You can sign up for her 11:00 Sunday and 6:30 Monday classes at www.midwestshorinryu.com
05/16/2026
MSR has a new Thursday night instructor. Welcome back, Mickey!
05/10/2026
It's not too late to join our six-week Qigong block on Monday's at 7:30 PM. Go here to sign up:
Memberships | Midwest Shorin Ryu H Signing up for a membership is a multi-step process. First, select a membership. Second, after we review your request and approve it, sign in and complete your purchase.
04/28/2026
New 4-Week Tai Chi block with Sifu Ray Gates starts on May 13th. Sign up now at www.midwestshorinryu.com
04/28/2026
Come join us for our last free Yoga sessions of Spring.
04/14/2026
Sensei's latest blog. Check it out!
TAI CHI PRACTICE and the BEGINNER’S MIND When I went to save this document, it saved it under: Tai Chi and the Beginner.Perhaps that’s a better title. I am by all accounts a beginner. My practice is hours old (8one-hour sessions over eight weeks plus some additional hours of practice on my own.)What I “know” about Tai Chi is limited....
04/10/2026
Midwest Shorin-Ryu Health & Wellness Center will have free Yoga this Sunday at 9:00 AM, Monday Chair Yoga at 12:00 PM, and Yoga again at 6:30 PM. Come check it out!
Also, our next 4-week block of Tai Chi starts this coming Wednesday at 10:00 AM.
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Home | Midwest Shorin Ryu H Midwest Shorin-Ryu Health & Wellness Center, located in Franklin, Wisconsin, is your one-stop for the best Karate, Kobudo, Yoga, and Tai Chi training in the Metro-Milwaukee area. Founded by Morganne MacDonald, 7th Degree Blackbelt in Shorin-Ryu Karate and 7th Degree Blackbelt in Okinawan Kobudo. Sen...
03/25/2026
Junior rank testing tonight. Congratulations, Jonas and Nathan! You did a great job.