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Category Archives: Matayoshi Kobudo
Tsuken no Kon
(Note: The following is the translation of the abstract of Yoshifumi Hayasaka’s “Martial arts of the Satsuma Domain that influenced the martial arts of Ryūkyū (Tsuken no Kon)” presented at the 55th Conference of the Japanese Academy of Budo in … Continue reading
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About Ryūkyū / Okinawa Kobudō / Kobujutsu / Bugei / Bujutsu etc.pp., or in short: Have a salad!
Where does the word kobudō in relation to Okinawa or Ryūkyū originate from? Ryūkyū Kobudō is distinguished from Nihon Kobudō, but when was it defined and classified as a composite word and category of Japanese budō? First of all, kobudō … Continue reading
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Tagged Nihon Kobudo, Okinawa Kobudo, Okinawa Kobujutsu, Ryukyu Kobudo, Ryukyu Kobujutsu
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Matayoshi’s Imperial Medal, or: The Art of Creative Reinterpretation in Postwar Kobudō-Historiography
Okinawa karate and kobudō is an amazing realm of sport, fitness, self-protection, and culture. It can be many different things for many different people. Embedded within the Okinawa karate kobudō landscape with its emblems, dōjō, photos, certificates, costumes, world championships … Continue reading
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Tagged Matayoshi Shinko, Matayoshi Shinpo
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Fourth Installation on Ufutun Bō
The following info is found in literature: Ufutun no Bō (aka Mēkata no Bō) In today’s Yaese Town Ufutun (the former Gushichan Ufutun). When and where performed: During Abushibarē in the 4th month of the old lunar calendar. This bōjutsu … Continue reading
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Tagged Ufutun Bo, Ufutun no Bo, Ufutun no Kon
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Follow-up on Ufutun Bō
Previously I wrote about Ufutun Bō. As is often the case, there were no tangible answers or new informations shared by even the most authorative persons. In Okinawan martial arts, there are official narratives and these are strictly to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Ufutun Bo, Ufutun Bō, Ufutun no Kon, 大屯棒, 大殿の棍
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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
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Tagged shinden, shitsuden, 失伝, 新伝
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Matayoshi Kobudō – Genealogy 1999
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Matayoshi Kobudō – Teaching and Examination Subjects (Original 1972; revised 1977; revised 1984)
All-Okinawa Kobudō Federation (Incorporated Body) – Teaching and Examination Subjects Revised on February 19, 1984 3rd Kyū Examination Subjects (teaching subjects for those without kyū grade) Qualification of candidacy for examination: Those who have been training for not less than … Continue reading
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Matayoshi Kobudō official handout, 1990s
All-Okinawa Kobudō Federation (Incorporated Body), General Headquarters: Kōdōkan. The favorite motto of the Kōdōkan To hone your martial arts, first hone your heart If your heart isn’t right, your martial arts isn’t right either To hone the heart is the … Continue reading
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Kingai-ryū Karate Okinawa Kobujutsu (Info translated from the Nihon Kobudō Kyōkai, 2022)
Origin Our family started with the first head of the clan Shinbu and has continued for generations throughout the Royal Dynasty of Ryukyu, with the Ma Clan as the extended patrilineal kinship group ([including families] such as Gima, Ishimine, Tawada, … Continue reading
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