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Tag Archives: Chatan Yara no Kūsankū
The Karate and Kobudō Performers and Performances of 1939
Recently I revealed that Nagamine Shōshin (1907-1997) evidently performed Chatan Yara no Kūsankū in 1939. This is the earliest instance the name of this kata appeared like this in writing. This information is based on an unpublished program of the … Continue reading
Posted in Chatan Yara Kusanku, Prewar Okinawa Karate, Theories of Historical Karate in Comparative Perspective, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Chatan Yara no Kūsankū, Dai Nippon Butokukai, Nagamine Shoshin
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Nagamine Shoshin performed Chatan Yara no Kusanku in 1939
On Saturday, 17 June 1939, the former Prime Minister and president of the Dai Nippon Butokukai, General Hayashi Senjuro, and invited persons attended the opening ceremony of the Dai Nippon Butokukai Okinawa Branch Butokuden, where Judo, Kendo and Karatedo performances … Continue reading
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Tagged 1939, Chatan Yara no Kūsankū, Dai Nippon Butokukai Okinawa Branch, Hayashi Senjuro, Nagamine Shoshin, Okinawa Butokuden
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Sign of the Times – Chatan Yara no Kusanku
To be honest, I personally like the sport version of Chatan Yara no Kūsankū. I also support “sport” as one of the three pillars of modern budō. But here’s why everyone needs to stop calling “Chatan Yara Kūsankū” a “Shitō-ryū … Continue reading
Posted in Chatan Yara Kusanku, Kyan Chotoku, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Antonio Diaz, Atsuko Wakai, Chatan Yara, Chatan Yara no Koshokun, Chatan Yara no Kūsankū, Hasegawa Yukimitsu, Hayashi-ha Shito-ryu, Inoue-ha Shito-ryu, Itosukai, JKF, JKF Shitokai, Kuniba Kosei, Kushanku, Mabuni Kenwa, Mabuni Ken’ei, Matsubayashi-ryu, Matsumura no Passai, Motobu-ha Shito-ryu, Nagamine Shoshin, Nakaima Kenko, Olympic KARATE, Rika Usami, Ryuei-ryu, Sakagami Ryusho, Seishinkai, Shitei-kata, Shito-ryu, Tomari no Passai, Yushukan
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The Butokuden of Okinawa
The original Dai Nippon Butokukai (DNBK) was established in April 1895 in Kyōto to encourage the practice of the budō and to cultivate warlike virtues (butoku) throughout Imperial Japan. Branches were opened in each prefecture, aiming at the dissemination and … Continue reading
Posted in Chatan Yara Kusanku, Okinawa Peace Theory, Prewar Okinawa Karate, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Butokuden, Chatan Yara no Kūsankū, Chatanyara, Dai Nippon Butokukai, DNBK, Hayashi Senjuro, japan, Kusanku, Okinawa, Okinawa Civil Government, Oshiro Ryutaro, Ryukyu martial arts
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