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Monthly Archives: March 2017
Online Exhibition: Order of the Rising Sun
Photo: Certificate and “Two-colored Order of the Rising Sun”, Knight 1st Class (Kyokujitsu sōkōshō 旭日双光章) Awarded: in the name of the Japanese Emperor Recipient: Nagamine Shōshin Date: April 29, 1982. Photo: Andreas Quast Photo Date: May 23, 2009. Location: Kōdōkan Nagamine Dōjō, headquarter … Continue reading
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Tagged Nagamine Shoshin, Order of the Rising Sun
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Kinjō Hiroshi: From karate 唐手 to karate 空手 – Introduction
More than one century has passed since the creation of karate 唐手 in 1905. About seventy-five years ago, in 1936, karate 唐手 was renamed to karate 空手. Since I have had made karate 唐手 my life-task in 1926, about eighty-five years … Continue reading
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Tagged Kinjo Hiroshi
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The techniques of Chinen Masami’s Yamani-ryū
Chinen Masami 知念正実 (1898–1976) was an Okinawan bōjutsu expert. He taught privately at his home in Shuri Tōbaru, Okinawa. He named his style Yamani-ryū 山根流 after his grandfather Chinen Sanrā 知念三良 (1842–1925). In a newspaper article from 1918 Sanrā was … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinen Masami, Chinen Sanda, Chinen Sanra, jūkenjutsu, Sakugawa no Kon, Sunakaki Bo, tanme, Tsuken Bo, Usume, Yamani-ryu, 山根流, 知念三良
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‘nchi means tī 手
As I noted earlier and in fact already back in 2005, the honorific term for tī 手 (ティー) in the Okinawan language was ‘nchi ンチ. Now, usually the syllables of Naihanchi have always and unanimously been considered to be Nai|han|chi. But what if it is Nai|ha|‘nchi? … Continue reading
空手は「martial art」「martial sport」「martial science」ではない。「martial system」です。
Karate is no supralevel. It is a subspecies, but of what? Of art, sport, or science, or all of it? Actually, both consumers and providers claim that everyone is free to use it in whatever way you like. For example, … Continue reading
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