Tag Archives: Karate

Bushi Higa

ere’s one snippet from my archives. It’s one of the oldest newspaper articles on Karate, from Ryūkyū Shinpō, January 21, 1914. I copied it some years ago at Okinawa Prefectural Library. Bushi Higa When this newspaper published the article series … Continue reading

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Snippet on Ti 手(ティー)

tumbling over an old e-budo post of mine, I found the hint that in the Okinawan language the honorific term for hand was nchi ンチ. I ponder if this is related to Naifa’nchi? For instance, assuming Naifanchi was written 内法手, then in Mandarin … Continue reading

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Mekata and Ti = Okinawan Pogo or Dancefloor Wingchun?

he elementary school teacher, Karate man and author Funakoshi Gichin in 1914 noted on rural dances called Mēkata 舞方: He considered these to be not-yet-developed precursors of Karate. Currently these Mēkata are again variously perceived as archetypes of an indigenous … Continue reading

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Tomigawa Uēkata Seikei, aka Mō Fūrai (1832-1890)

omigawa Seikei was a Ryūkyūan politician who became one of the last sanshikan (minister) of the royal government of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in 1875. With the abolition of the kingdom in 1879 he first acted as an adviser of the new prefectural … Continue reading

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Karate 1.0: Parameter of an Ancient Martial Art

OUT OF PRINT! The most comprehensive study on the parameters of primordial Karate, this work intrigues readers with rich detail and insights into these ancient combat traditions, the pride of Okinawa. KARATE 1.0: Parameter of an Ancient Martial Art. Düsseldorf 2013, by … Continue reading

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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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