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Category Archives: Postwar Okinawa Karate
What’s in a photo – Uechi Kanei around January 1949
I talked to a friend in the US yesterday about the old dōjō in Okinawa. She told me about this photo where there was obviously a dirt floor, as can be seen in the color photo below that she had. … Continue reading
Posted in Okinawa Peace Theory, Postwar Okinawa Karate
Tagged dojo, Giken, Kanchin, Kanshiwa, Kanshu, Kishaba Shizuo, Okinawa Civilian Administration, Okinawa minseifu, Ryuko, Sanchin, Sanseryu, Sesan, Shurei Country Club Golf Course, Uechi Kanbun, Uechi Kanei, Uechi-ryu
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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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Periodization issues in budō
There is a terminological double-issue related to the periodization in Japanese budō. The first and main issue is the ambiguous definition of old vs modern schools using the Meiji restoration of 1868 as the reference point. The second issue is … Continue reading
Posted in Okinawa Peace Theory, Postwar Okinawa Karate, Prewar Okinawa Karate, Terminology, Theories of Historical Karate in Comparative Perspective
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On the Photo of Kinjo Ufuchiku
In 2015 I wrote an article about the photo considered to show Kinjo Ufuchiku. In short, the original photo was taken by Edmund M. H. Simon in Okinawa in 1910. Here I will look at the copies of the photo … Continue reading
Posted in Postwar Okinawa Karate, Prewar Okinawa Karate
Tagged Edmund Simon, Ufuchiku
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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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Appropriation of Aphorisms etc.
Japanese calligraphy sometimes uses four-character idiomatic phrases (yojijukugo 四字熟語). These are compound phrases consisting of four kanji used for idiomatic expressions the meaning of which are usually not directly inferred from the individual characters used. A few examples appropriated into … Continue reading
Posted in Appropriation, Postwar Okinawa Karate, Terminology
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Funakoshi and Nagamine
When Nagamine was in third grade, eight elementary schools would jointly hold an autumn athletic meet at Onoyama Park on November 13, 1916. The state of the joint athletic meet was also reported in the Ryūkyū Shinpō newspaper the following day. The karate perfomers … Continue reading
Posted in Postwar Okinawa Karate
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Nagamine Shoshin as a Politician
Sometimes you hear the argument spread by some Okinawan guy, saying “I don’t like him. He was a politician.” I often wondered what that was supposed to mean. Obviously, it can be very simple black & white thinking. Here’s an … Continue reading
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The story of “Maezato no Nunchaku Dai” and “Akamine no Nunchaku”
In connection with Okinawa karate and kobudō, questions often remain answered unsatisfactorily, or unanswered at all. This may have different reasons. For example, people have long since forgotten what exactly happened several years or decades ago, or they were not … Continue reading
Posted in kobudo, New Developments, Postwar Okinawa Karate, Terminology, Theories of Historical Karate in Comparative Perspective
Tagged Akamine no Nunchaku, Maezato no Nunchaku, Maezato no Nunchaku Dai
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Form Follows Fiction
“Form follows function,” an old concept borrowed from architecture is the congenial didactic behind karate kata, or so we were told. It can be. However, it can also be that – by and large – what teachers actually use as … Continue reading
Posted in Postwar Okinawa Karate, Terminology
Tagged Form Follows Fiction, Form Follows Function
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