Tag Archives: Okinawa

December 12, 2010, Okinawa

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Andreas Quast
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Stone lion-dog, Kokusai-dori, Naha, December 12, 2010

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Andreas Quast
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Fire-breather, Naha, December 12, 2010

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Andreas Quast
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Okinawa dojo directory, 2005

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Andreas Quast

Below is a statistical analysis I prepared in 2005. It used the data provided by the Okinawa dōjō directory, which was prepared by an Okinawa Prefecture educational office in 2003 or 2004, I don’t remember exactly. It provided the following … Continue reading →

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The reality of Karate competitions

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Andreas Quast

“Oh! The Places You’ll Go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that ball will make you the winning-est winner of … Continue reading →

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Day at the museum

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Andreas Quast

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Über den Gusan

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Andreas Quast

pricht man vom Okinawa Kobudō, fällt hier und da der Begriff des Gūsan. Der Gūsan ist eine ganz bestimmte Stockwaffe. Es ist nicht viel darüber bekannt und man kann es vielleicht eine Nischen-Methode nennen. Im westlichen Verständnis handelt es sich dabei um … Continue reading →

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On Sesoko no Kon (Bojutsu Kata Series)

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Andreas Quast

or some reason exponents of Ryukyuan martial arts (RMA) like Okinawan dialect. So, as everyone likes it so much these days, Sesoko no Kon is pronounced Shisuku nu Kun in the native dialect. I really didn’t make this up. Rather, … Continue reading →

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Bushi Higa

Posted on December 25, 2013 by Andreas Quast

ere’s one snippet from my archives. It’s one of the oldest newspaper articles on Karate, from Ryūkyū Shinpō, January 21, 1914. I copied it some years ago at Okinawa Prefectural Library. Bushi Higa When this newspaper published the article series … Continue reading →

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Snippet on Ti 手（ティー）

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Andreas Quast

tumbling over an old e-budo post of mine, I found the hint that in the Okinawan language the honorific term for hand was nchi ンチ. I ponder if this is related to Naifa’nchi? For instance, assuming Naifanchi was written 内法手, then in Mandarin … Continue reading →

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