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Monthly Archives: November 2015
Ryūkyū Shōrin-ryū Karate-dō Kyōkai
The following infos are from the “big blue” (Uechi 1977). Ryūkyū Shōrin-ryū Karate-dō Kyōkai President: Inamine Seijin (renshi 6 dan) Principal residence: Okinawa Prefecture Kunigami District Nago City Nago 454 Current address: Okinawa Prefecture Chatan Village Yoshihara 261 Date of birth: … Continue reading
Posted in Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Gushikawa kama, Gushikawa Tira-gwa nu Mamori-kama, Inamine Seijin, Irei Matsutaro, Ryukyu Shorin-ryu, Shimabukuro Eizo, Tsuha Komei
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Chatan Yara – Are kata being arbitrarily reconfigured?
Recently I talked about the Chatan Yara Kusanku currently demonstrated at sports tournaments and that it is not the original kata. In a 1999 article the arbitrary modification of Chatan Yara Kūsankū and kata were adressed by two old boys (top officials) of the JKF. Arakawa … Continue reading
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Tagged Arakawa Tooru, Chatan Yara Kusanku, Tsujikawa Yoshiaki
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Online Exhibition: Congratulatory Message
Certificate: Congratulatory message of Nakazato Jōen (Shōrinji-ryū) to Nagamine Shōshin. Date: November 3, 1979. Signed and sealed: Nakazato Jōen (Shōrinji-ryū). Photo: Andreas Quast Date: February 12, 2008. Location: Kōdōkan Nagamine Dōjō, headquarter of Sekai Matsubayashi-ryū Karate-dō Renmei. Naha-shi Kumoji, Okinawa Prefecture. Text: „60 … Continue reading
Posted in Misc, Photos, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged kensei, Matsubayashi-ryu, Nagamine Shoshin, Nakazato Joen, Shorinji-ryu
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Online Exhibition: Certificate of Appointment
Certificate: Appointment of Nagamine Shōshin as a consultant of the Okinawa Shōrin-ryū Karatedō Ryūbukan Headquarter dōjō. Date: March 1996. Signed and sealed: Ishikawa Seitoku (1925 – 2013), considered one of the last true Shurite masters. Photo: Andreas Quast Date: February 12, … Continue reading
Posted in Misc, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Ishikawa Seitoku, Nagamine Shoshin
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Yokoyama-copy Chatanyara
In 1994, the 12th World Karate Championship was held in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia from December 8 to December 11. Organized by the World Karate Federation (WKF), the World Karate Championships are considered the highest level of competition for karate. It was on this … Continue reading
Posted in Chatan Yara Kusanku
Tagged 12th World Karate Championships, Amamiya Sayuri, Chatan Yara, Chatanyara Kusanku, Chiharu Hara, Furukawa Karen, Hisami Yokoyama, Inoue Yoshimi, Mochizuki Rina, Morooka Nao, Nadeshiko, Rika Usami, Shito-ryu, Wakabayashi Kasuge, World Karate Championship, World Karate Federation, Yokohama copy, Yokohama copy Chatanyara, Yokohama copy Kusanku, Yokoyama-copy Chatanyara, Yokoyama-copy Kusanku
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Weaponry during Edo-nobori
Edo-nobori were Ryūkyūan pilgrimages to Edo on official occasions, like the enthronement of a new Ryūkyūan king or the succession of a new Shōgun in Japan. During these pilgrimages a very few number of weapons were carried by Ryūkyūans like … Continue reading
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Tagged Bojutsu, Chinen Pechin, Edo-nobori, Kobudo, Kon, Kusanku, policce captain, shisan, Wang Ji, Wanshu
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Shimabukuro Eizō (*1924)
The following informations are from: Takamiyagi Shigeru, Shinzato Katsuhiko, Nakamoto Masahiro: Okinawa Karate Kobudo Jiten 2008, pp. 435-37. In 1937 Shimabukuro Eizō studied Shōrin-ryū under Kyan Chōtoku and Gōjū-ryū under founder Miyagi Chōjun. For the following 70 years he walked … Continue reading
Posted in Kyan Chotoku, Misc, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged bogu kumite, bogu-zuki kumite, Isshin-ryu, Kyan Chotoku, Shimabuku, Shimabukuro Eizo, Shimabukuro Tatsuo, Shorin-ryu, Shorinji-ryu, Tamotsu Isamu
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Shimabukuro Zenryō (1909–1969)
Shimabukuro Zenryō (1909–1969) was born in 1909 in the Kubagawa village of Shuri. It was the same year that Uechi-ryū founder Uechi Kanbun returned from Fujian, China. It was around his secondary school years when Zenryō with sparkling eyes listened … Continue reading
Posted in Kyan Chotoku, Postwar Okinawa Karate
Tagged bogu kumite, Camp Kuwae, Iraha Kotoku, Itokazu Seiki, Kyan Chotoku, Nakama Chozo, Nakazato Joen, Shimabuku Tatsuo, Shimabukuro Zenpo, Shimabukuro Zenryo, Tomoyose Ryuko, Uechi Kanbun, Yonaha Seigyu
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1982 Letter by Nagamine Shoshin to the JKF on behalf of the Okinawa-ken Karate-do Renmei
When I visited Nagamine Takayoshi at his dojo in Naha Kumoji one day in I believe 2011, he showed me a letter written by his father Nagamine Shoshin decades ago. The letter was written on behalf of the Karate Federation … Continue reading
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Statistics interpersonal violence
Sites of injuries due to interpersonal violence in 1156 men attending the Accident and Emergency Departments and examined in the Department of Forensic Medicine in Aarhus, Denmark during a 1 year period from August 1993 to July 1994 (Brink et … Continue reading
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