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Monthly Archives: April 2013
Funakoshi Gichin: Rentan Goshin Karatejutsu, 1925 original edition
held it in hands: a 1st edition (1925) of Funakoshi’s Rentan Goshin Karatejutsu. As regards contents this work basically includes the same informations as Ryukyu Kenpo Karate (1922), but the sketches manufactured by Kosugi Hoan’s student Yamashiro Masatsuna had been replaced by … Continue reading
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Tagged 1922, 1925, Funakoshi Gichin, Kosugi Hoan, Rentan Goshin Karatejutsu, Ryukyu Kenpo Karate
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Taira Shinken: Ryukyu Kobudo Taikan, 1964
This work was privately published in Tokyo in 1964 in small quantities meant for the members of the association only. As a contemporary witness it includes a large number of photographs of Taira Shinken himself performing different Kata, as well … Continue reading
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Tagged Bojutsu Makiwara, Encyclopedia of Okinawan Weapons, Hama Higa no Sai, Hama Higa no Tunfa, Kobujutsu, Kogure Takehide, Nicho-gama, Nunchaku, Ryukyu Kobudo Taikan, Saijutsu, Shuuji no Kun, Sueyoshi no Kun, Suruchin, Taira Shinken, Tekko, Tinbe, Tonfa
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Free printout version of the “Eight Poems of Boxing”
Miyagi Chōjun’s disciple, the late Shinzato Jin’an, participated in a karate demonstration at Meiji Shrine in 1930. When at this occasion he was asked about his styles name, he had problems to answer the question and later reported the incident … Continue reading
Posted in Kanji art, Misc
Tagged Eight Poems of Boxing, Eight poems of the fist, Goju-ryu name, Ho Goju donto, Miyagi, Shinzato Jinan, White Crane, Wubeizhì
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Toyama Kanken: KARATE-DO TAIHOKAN [The Encyclopedic Treasures of Karate]
Tōyama Kanken (1888-1966) was one of the representative Karate practitioners from Okinawa Prefecture during the Showa era and known as a disciple of Itosu Ankō. ōyama was born in Shuri in 1888 under his maiden name Oyadomari. From a young … Continue reading
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Tagged Karate-do Taihokan, Karatedo Taihokan, Toyama Kanken
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The Chatan Eso Incident, 1660s
n 1663 King Shō Shitsu dispatched the Sanshikan Chatan Uēkata Chōchō as a gratitude envoy for his investiture to Qing China. Chatan, who was the uncle of famous Ryūkyūan statesman Haneji Chōshū, arrived in Fuzhou in 1664. At the same … Continue reading
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2007er Übersetzung des “Ryukyu Kobudo Taikan” von Taira Shinken
ereits 2007 glenag mir die Fertigstellung einer deutschen Übersetzung des “Ryukyu Kobudo Taikan” von Taira Shinken, Umfang 134 Seiten. When I told Hokama Tetsuhiro Sensei about it, he asked “How long did it take you?” I said “Three years.” He … Continue reading
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Tagged Hokama Tetsuhiro, Ryukyu Kobudo Taikan, Taira Shinken
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The probaby oldest physical evidence for the Royal Coat of Arms of Ryukyu
igaonna Kanjun was one of the principal Okinawan historians who followed the trend of local cultural studies initiated by the father of Okinawan studies, Iha Fuyu. These two as well as other academics from the same field were in lose … Continue reading
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Tagged hidai gumun, hidari gomon, Higaonna Kanjun, The History of Ryukyu, Tomb of the 100 Anji
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Andi’s Dojokun
admit it took me some years to formulate the core framework and provide the philosophical backup for the theory behind it, but here they are now, finally: my Dojokun.
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Recommended Reading (and photo viewing): Basic Research Report of Karate-do and Kobudo
kinawa-ken Kyōikuchō Bunka-ka: Karate-dō Kobudō no Kihon Chōsa Hōkokusho Hōkokusho [Basic Research Report of Karate and Kobudō]. Okinawa-ken Kyōiku Iinkai, Naha 1995/97. 179 pp. 26cm. The work is written in Japanese and out-of-print. It has a large number of photos … Continue reading
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Tagged 1867 martial arts program, Basic Research Report of Karate and Kobudo, Books, Karate, Kobudo
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From the Archives: Photography of Higa Seiko and Taira Shinken
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