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Category Archives: Fundstücke
Kobudo kata list – then and now
There has always been some confusion as to why the Taira-Inoue lineage of Kobudo practices more kata than the Taira-Akamine lineage, this even more since a comprehensive kata list written by Akamine Eisuke is found hanging at the Shimbukan that … Continue reading
Posted in Fundstücke, kobudo, Misc, New Developments, Postwar Okinawa Karate, Terminology
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Kaneshima Shinsuke’s Martial Curriculum Vitae
In September 1969, Kaneshima Shinsuke together with Nagamine Shoshin apperad in an Okinawa Times article about the “model demonstrations” to be held at Okinawa Times Hall on September 25th, and in preparation of demonstrations at Nippon Budokan on October 10. … Continue reading
Posted in Fundstücke, kobudo, Postwar Okinawa Karate, Prewar Okinawa Karate
Tagged Kaneshima Shinsuke, Motobu Choki, Motobu Choyu, Tokuyama Chogi
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Original Karate mentioned in 1873. No, wait: 1850!
Ernest Mason Satow (1843–1929) was a British diplomat, scholar, Japanologist and a key figure in Anglo-Japanese relations. He is best known in Japan as Satō Ainosuke (佐藤/薩道愛之助). As many people from Okinawa karate circles might know, Satow published his “Notes on … Continue reading
Posted in Fundstücke, Postwar Okinawa Karate, Terminology, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Ernest Mason Satow, Ernest Satow, Notes on Loochoo, Sato Ainosuke, 佐藤愛之助, 薩道愛之助
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Porto Maurizio
In 2019 I went on a road trip through Switzerland, Italy, and France. After passing through Port-Maurice in June, I thought it has a great history to tell. This was originally a Facebook post from that time, but I think … Continue reading
Posted in Fundstücke, Misc
Tagged Port-Maurice, Porto Maurizio, St. Martyr Mauritius, Theban legion
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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 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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Fifteenth Century: Chatan Nakiri
The Chatan Nakiri is one of the three treasured swords handed down within the royal family of Ryūkyū. It has an unsigned blade and its sword mountings include mother-of-pearl inlays, dust-coated sheat, pure gold fittings and hilt. Being an unsigned … Continue reading
Posted in Fundstücke, Unknown Ryukyu
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Sai, Tinbe and the “Expedition to the Southern Islands” 1893
As previously mentioned, in 2021, a list of “100 Footprints of Modern Karate” was published in the Okinawa Times. I have already written about Footprint No. 1 and Footprint No. 2 and today will turn to Footprint No. 3. Footprint … Continue reading
Posted in Comparative Analyses, Equipment, Fundstücke, kobudo, New Developments, Prewar Okinawa Karate, Terminology, Theories of Historical Karate in Comparative Perspective, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Expedition to the Southern Islands, Funakoshi Gichin, Inoue Kaoru, Nanto Tanken, poll tax, Preservation of Old Customs, sai, Saijutsu, Sasamori Gisuke, Tashiro Antei, Tinbe, Yanagita Kunio
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Okinawa Kenpo – Viewed from a different angle
Jūjutsu and jūjutsu-like systems were known since feudal times in Japan under a multitude of names. The two most common of which were yawara and jūjutsu. Others were: kenpō, hakuda, hade, shubaku torite, taijutsu, kumiuchi, kogusoku, koshi no mawari, wajutsu, aikijūjutsu, aiki no jutsu, aikijutsu … Continue reading
Posted in Fundstücke, Jujutsu, New Developments, Ōshima Hikki, Terminology, Theories of Historical Karate in Comparative Perspective, Translations, Unknown Ryukyu
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Kampfkunst in Siam (Thailand), 1899
“Neuerdings nehmen sogar die Vornehmen nach dem Vorbild des Königs, der bekanntlich vor kurzem erst die europäischen Länder besuchte, europäische Kultur an, und Volksspiele und Sports aller Art stehen bei den heiteren, stets zu Scherz und Kurzweil aufgelegten Siamesen seit … Continue reading
Posted in auf Deutsch, Fundstücke
Tagged Siam, Siamese boxing, Thai boxing, Thailand
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