About Us

The Okinawan Karate Center in Chesterland, Ohio was established in 1992 by Sensei Jayne Butram.

Meet Sensei

Sensei Butram began her martial arts training in 1974 and earned her first-degree Black Belt in Isshin-Ryu Karate. She then began to study Shorin-Ryu Karate, another Okinawan style of karate, and holds a Seventh-Degree Black Belt in Shorin-Ryu Karate and a Fifth-Degree Black Belt in Okinawan Weaponry.

She specializes in children’s and women’s safety concerns.

Sensei Butram is the Vice-President and Vice-Chairman of the Board for the Shorin-Ryu Karate and Kobudo Association of America. (www.beisho.org) She is also a certified radKids instructor. (www.radkids.org) and a certified A.L.I.C.E. instructor (www.alicetraining.com)