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Category Archives: New Developments
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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Example of Examination Regulations in Okinawa
Previously I presented an Example of Association Rules in Okinawa. It describes the exact rules and how Okinawan karate kobudo associations are organized. From it, it can also be seen what distinguishes Okinawan associations from associations in other countries. Over … Continue reading
Posted in kobudo, New Developments, Postwar Okinawa Karate, Translations
Tagged Association for the Preservation and Promotion of Ryukyu Kobudo, Examination Regulations, Ryukyu Kobudo, Ryukyu Kobudo Hozon Shinkokai
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Example of Association Rules in Okinawa
How are Okinawan karate kobudo associations organized? What distinguishes them from associations in other countries? What are the exact rules? Over years, karate kobudo practitioners around the world have asked these and similar questions. Therefore, to give you a reliable … Continue reading
Posted in Comparative Analyses, Misc, New Developments, Postwar Okinawa Karate, Translations
Tagged Ryūkyū Kobudō Hozon Shinkōkai, Ryukyu Kobudo Hozon Shinkokai
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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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Shitsuden and Shinden
The term shitsuden 失伝 means disruption; interruption; non-continuation; to fall into desuetude; the loss of a tradition, a practice, a custom, etc. It can mean the loss of a full tradition, such as a complete school or style (ryūha), or … Continue reading
Posted in Comparative Analyses, kobudo, kumibo, Matayoshi Kobudo, New Developments, Postwar Okinawa Karate, Prewar Okinawa Karate, Terminology
Tagged shinden, shitsuden, 失伝, 新伝
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The History and Contents of Matayoshi Kobudo as of 1999
Grandfather Shinkō was born on May 18, 1888, in Kakinohana Town, Naha City as the third son of great-grandfather, Shinchin. Raised in Senbaru, Chatan Village, he learned kenpō (empty-handed martial arts) and bukijutsu (martial arts with weaponry) handed down as … Continue reading
Posted in Bojutsu Kata Series, kobudo, Matayoshi Karate Kobudo - Written sources translated, Matayoshi Kobudo, New Developments, Postwar Okinawa Karate, Prewar Okinawa Karate, Terminology, Translations
Tagged Bojutsu, Choun no Kon, Matayoshi Shinchin, Matayoshi Shinko, Matayoshi Shinpo, Matayoshi Shintoku, Sakugawa no Kon, Shushi no Kon, Tsuken no Kon
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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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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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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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Tode, Karate in the Tafaku 1867
Yesterday I wrote about the written notation of tōde 唐手 as found in the play Nizan Waboku (The Reconciliation of Nanzan and Hokuzan) in 1867 and 1891. While it used the same original notation as karate / tōde, it turned … Continue reading
Posted in Comparative Analyses, kobudo, Misc, New Developments, Prewar Okinawa Karate, Terminology, Theories of Historical Karate in Comparative Perspective, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged 10 Items of Bugei, Nizan Waboku, Ochaya Udun, Shimabukuro Zenpatsu, Tāfākū, Tafaku, uchaya udun, 唐手, 打花鼓
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