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Category Archives: Translations
Shushi no Kon (old-style) 3 – Nejiru
This is about Shushi no Kon (old-style) as I have described here in text and illustration as well as in video here. In his 1930 description, which is the earliest description of a Bō kata, Miki uses the term nejiru on … Continue reading
Posted in Bojutsu Kata Series, kobudo, Prewar Okinawa Karate, Terminology, Translations
Tagged Bojutsu, Chinen Sanda, Chinen Sanrā, Kobudo, Miki Jinsaburō, Miki Jisaburo, nejiru, Taira Shinken
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Shushi no Kon (old-style) 1 – The 1930 Description by Miki Jisaburō
This post is my 2009 translation of “Shūshi no Kon” as published in 1930 by Miki Jisaburō. Miki had learned it from Ōshiro Chōjo in 1929. I have shortened, simplified and renumbered the description to make it easier to follow … Continue reading
Posted in Bojutsu Kata Series, Comparative Analyses, kobudo, Prewar Okinawa Karate, Translations
Tagged Bojutsu, Miki Jisaburo, Oshiro Chojo, Shuji nu Kun, Shushi no Kon, Yamane-ryu, Yamani-ryu, Yamanni-ryu
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The Depravity of a Stipend-holding, Samurai-Family’s Sons (1898)
(From a newspaper article of the year 1898) The Depravity of a Stipend-holding, Samurai-Family’s Sons In February of this year, the third son [Kyan Chōtoku] of the stipend-holding samurai-class member Kyan [Chōfu] from Gibo district in Shuri, together with four … Continue reading
Posted in Prewar Okinawa Karate, Theories of Historical Karate in Comparative Perspective, Translations, Unknown Ryukyu
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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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Torite (overview)
Torite is a classical martial art to capture an enemy with bare hands without killing him. Depending on the respective school, auxiliary weapons are used to make the arrest, such as the mitsu-dōgu (three pole weapons for catching criminals), the … Continue reading
Posted in Jujutsu, Misc, New Developments, Saijutsu, Terminology, Theories of Historical Karate in Comparative Perspective, Translations, Unknown Ryukyu, Wikipedia JP
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Kyan Chōtoku book on public display at the Karate Kaikan for the first time
A panel exhibition sponsored by Okinawa Prefecture that introduces the history of Okinawa karate during the early Shōwa period (started 1926) began on April 8 in the lobby of the Okinawa Karate Kaikan Exhibition Room in Tomigusuku City. The kumite … Continue reading
Posted in Postwar Okinawa Karate, Theories of Historical Karate in Comparative Perspective, Translations, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Kyan Chotoku, Onna Nabe, Onna Nabī, ryūka, 恩納なべ
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Itsuki – sitting duck
In the latest series of “Sensei: Masters of Okinawan Karate,” Oshiro Toshihiro Sensei talks about his journey, experience and development in karate and bojutsu. In one episode Oshiro Sensei remembers when he went for Shodan test at the age of … Continue reading
Traditional Ryūkyū kumi-odori, karate … 165 prewar Okinawan photographs discovered (3)
Traditional “Kumi-odori” of the kingdom era presented to the younger brother of Shōwa Emperor (Hirohito) Among the Okinawa-related photographs found this time in the Asahi Shimbun Osaka Headquarters, there was a photograph of the traditional Kabuki drama “Kumi-odori” of the … Continue reading
Posted in New Developments, Translations, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Kumi-odori, Nido Tekiuchi, Suzuki Kota, Tamagusuku Seiju, 打組天川
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On Sēpai (1986)
Not too long ago communication between Okinawa and the world as well as between sensei and students was slow. Things would sometimes take months if not years to reach anybody, if ever. My colleague Filip Konjokrad just provided his translation … Continue reading
Posted in Fundstücke, Misc, New Developments, Theories of Historical Karate in Comparative Perspective, Translations
Tagged Higashionna Kanryo, Kisaki Tomoharu, Miyagi Chojun, Okinawa Times, Sadayuki Taira, Sepai
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Chiishi and Ishi-sashi — Traditional athletic culture (undo bunka) of Okinawa
At the beginning of the 20th century, while young men’s associations in all places worked to promote sports, the Young Men’s Associations of Shimajiri County carried out a survey about recreational pastimes: “Right now, this county’s citizens compete in only … Continue reading
Posted in Terminology, Theories of Historical Karate in Comparative Perspective, Translations, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged chiishi, chishi, chīshi, chīshi-gwā, ishi-sashi, Paul Enfield, traditional athletic culture, undō bunka, チーシー, 手石, 運動文化
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