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Author Archives: Andreas Quast
Taira Shinken 1964 also copied designs from Yun Heui-byeong 1948
In the last article, I notified that Taira Shinken copied important parts of text from Yun’s research published in 1948. Besides text, Taira also copied designs from Yun. Here I would like to particularly point out the makiwara design. The … Continue reading
Posted in Bojutsu Kata Series, Equipment, kobudo, New Developments, Postwar Okinawa Karate
Tagged bo makiwara, Bojutsu Makiwara, makiwara, Taira Shinken, Yun Heui-byeong
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Taira Shinken 1964 copied from Yun Heui-byeong 1948
Taira Shinken’s Ryūkyū Kobudō Taikan (1964) is considered the first monography on Okinawan weapon’s arts. In it, he included a chapter called “The History of Ryūkyū Kobudō” with descriptions of various masters from the past. However, more than fifteen years … Continue reading
Posted in Bojutsu Kata Series, Comparative Analyses, Fundstücke, kobudo, Postwar Okinawa Karate, Translations
Tagged Bojutsu, Kanbukan, Taira, Yun Heui-byeong
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The recontextualization of “Eisa”
Once limited to the Festival of the Dead within villages, by villagers, and in a religious context, in postwar Okinawa Eisa has been transformed to an all year festival entertainment performed everywhere and without any religious context. In short: Today’s … Continue reading
Posted in Postwar Okinawa Karate, Sightseeing, Unknown Ryukyu
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Kamiunten Tonfa
Kamiunten Eisho originally produced wheels for horse-drawn vehicles, but then karate and kobudo master Soken Hohan (1891-1982) taught him how to make Bo, Nunchaku, Tonfa, and other wooden weapons and Kamiunten became a wooden weapons craftsman. He once also produced … Continue reading
Posted in Equipment, kobudo, Suppliers of weaponry
Tagged Kamiunten, Tonfa
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About Okinawa Traditional Kobudo | 沖縄伝統古武道について
About three years ago, Mamoru Nakamoto Sensei posted a number of short lectures on his Karate Kobudo Channel. The videos have since been taken down again, but I had prepared a synopsis for each and these are posted below. Note … Continue reading
Posted in kobudo, Terminology, Translations
Tagged Okinawa Traditional Kobudo, 沖縄伝統古武道
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Soeishi no Kon
This is an excerpt of “Soeshi no Kon” of Okinawan Taira-lineage. It is a rare kata and hitherto it is unknown if it is an original tradition, where Taira had it from, if Taira just used a fragment he came … Continue reading
Minowa Katsuhiko on the teaching contents of Taira Shinken
Minowa Katsuhiko was a karate and kobudo practitioner and one of Taira Shinken’s original students. Minowa began training with Taira around 1960. At that time, Taira had no dojo of his own and training was conducted out of one of … Continue reading
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Maintaining the Unaltered Technique
In today’s Okinawa Times is an article on Mr. Nakazato Takeshi, 2nd generation Sōke of Shōrinji-ryū and Chairman of Zen Okinawa Shōrinji-ryū Karatedo Kyōkai. I would like to shortly share some parts of it. As for the context, the founder … Continue reading
Posted in New Developments, Postwar Okinawa Karate, Theories of Historical Karate in Comparative Perspective, Translations
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The “Weaponless Kingdom”
[This article was first published in: Quast, Andreas: Karate 1.0. 2013] One-hundred and fifty years after the visit of William Adams and his troupe to Okinawa in 1614-15, the Hungarian baron Benyowsky managed to escape his exile in Siberia. Benyowsky … Continue reading
Posted in Okinawa Peace Theory
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The First Western Eyewitness Account of Okinawa
[This article was first published in: Quast, Andreas: Karate 1.0. 2013] The first Western eyewitness accounts of Okinawa originate from Richard Wickham and William Adams (1564–1620).[1] The latter was later provided an estate and samurai status by shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu, … Continue reading
Posted in Fundstücke, Okinawa Peace Theory, Publications, Unknown Ryukyu
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