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Tag Archives: Kusanku
Nagamine Shoshin performed Chatan Yara no Kusanku in 1969
On October 10, 1969, a National Special Invitational Kata Demonstration was presented at the Nippon Budōkan in Tōkyō. There, a number of Okinawan karate masters were invited to present Okinawa karate kata in front of a nationwide audience. The occasion … Continue reading
Posted in Chatan Yara Kusanku, Postwar Okinawa Karate, Translations
Tagged Chatan Yara Kusanku, Kusanku
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Kata Taught by Matsumura Sōkon (1)
Since I read about Matsumura Sōkon in social networks recently and about the kata he presumably taught, I thought it might be a good idea to remind Karate circles of an eyewitness account about the eminent master. In his 1941 autobiography, … Continue reading
Posted in Prewar Okinawa Karate, Theories of Historical Karate in Comparative Perspective, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Gojushiho, Kusanku, Matsumura Sokon, Useshi, Yoshimura Chogi
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Ōshima Hikki – 001
In 1762, a Ryūkyūan tribute ship bound for Satsuma drifted ashore at Ōshima, a small island off the southern tip of Tosa province in today’s Kōchi Prefecture 高知県. From the exchange with a Ryūkyūan named Shiohira Pēchin, the young Confucian scholar … Continue reading
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Tagged Kusanku, oshima hikki, Shiohira Pēchin, Tobe Yoshihiro
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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
Posted in Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Bojutsu, Chinen Pechin, Edo-nobori, Kobudo, Kon, Kusanku, policce captain, shisan, Wang Ji, Wanshu
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A Stroll Along Ryukyu Martial Arts History
A Stroll Along Ryukyu Martial Arts History Paperback – May 15, 2015 by Andreas Quast (Author) Paperback edition: available at Amazon US ($14.99), Amazon UK (£9.79), Amazon Germany (EUR 14.97), CreateSpace eStore ($14.99), and at online and offline bookstores and retailers, as well as via public libraries and … Continue reading
Posted in Publications
Tagged A Stroll Along Ryukyu Martial Arts History, Andreas Quast, KARATE 1.0, Kusanku, Okinawa Karate, Ryukyu, sapposhi
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Nakahara Zenshu: Character and Weapons of the Ryukyu Kingdom (5)
In this 5th and last part of his article on the character and weapons of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, Nakahara discusses early karate and kobudō sources from the kingdom time. Although quite short, still today no earlier written usage of the term … Continue reading
Posted in Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Character and Weapons of the Ryukyu Kingdom, chikusaji, Karate, King Sho Shin, Kumiai-jutsu, kuruma-bo, Kusanku, Nakahara Zenshu, oshima hikki, sapposhi, Shimazu, tengpai, tesshaku
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The Butokuden of Okinawa
The original Dai Nippon Butokukai (DNBK) was established in April 1895 in Kyōto to encourage the practice of the budō and to cultivate warlike virtues (butoku) throughout Imperial Japan. Branches were opened in each prefecture, aiming at the dissemination and … Continue reading
Posted in Chatan Yara Kusanku, Okinawa Peace Theory, Prewar Okinawa Karate, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Butokuden, Chatan Yara no Kūsankū, Chatanyara, Dai Nippon Butokukai, DNBK, Hayashi Senjuro, japan, Kusanku, Okinawa, Okinawa Civil Government, Oshiro Ryutaro, Ryukyu martial arts
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Arakaki Ankichi (1899-1929) – budoka, businessman, artist
his article describes the life and impact of Arakaki Ankichi (1899-1929). Ultimately it aims at determining the meaning of a hanging scroll bearing a poem and a depiction he created in 1928. It took me nearly seven years – more … Continue reading
Posted in Chatan Yara Kusanku, Kyan Chotoku, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged 3rd Imperial Guard Infantry Regiment, Arakaki Ankichi, Arakaki-ryu, ashisaki-geri, Chatan Yara, Chibana Choshin, Chinto, Chitose Tsuyoshi, Chotoku, Fujii Kotsuchi, Hanashiro Chomo, Hanauri no En, Kochi Kamechiyo, Konoe, kumi odori, Kusanku, Kyan Chotoku, Lara Wendy Preston Chamberlain, Matsubayashi-ryu, Matsumora Kosaku, Matsumura Sokon, Motobu Choki Karate, Nagamine Shoshin, Nagamine Takayoshi, Nakazato Joen, Nomura-ryu, Order of the Sacred Treasure, Oyama Chojo, Passai, ryuka, Sakumoto Nabe, Shimabuku Taro, Shimabukuro Tatsuo, Shimabukuro Zenryo, Shiroma Shinpan, ti-gwa narayun, Tomari no Chinto, tomari-te, tsumasaki-geri, Yabu Kentsu
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Nakamura Shigeru (1891-1969)
akamura Shigeru (1891-1969) was an Okinawan Budōka active in Karate and Kobudō. He established the name “Okinawa Kenpō” according to his perspective that originally there were no styles on Okinawa. Shigeru was born the eldest son of father Nakamura Kōkichi … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Arakaki Seisho, bogu-zuki kumite, Bushi Kunishi, Higa Seitoku, Kaneshima Shinsuke, Kuniyoshi Shinkichi, Kusanku, Naihanchi, Nakamura Kokichi, Nakamura Shigeru, Nakazato Joen, Niseshi, Okinawa Kenpo, Passai, Pinan, Sesan, Shimabukuro Tatsuo, Shimabukuro Zenryo, Soken Hohan, Tamotsu Isamu, Uehara Seikichi
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Mutsu Mizuho: KARATE KENPO ZEN (The Complete Karate Kenpo)
Mutsu Mizuho: Tōde Kenpō Zen [The Complete Karate Kenpō]. Yōju Shorin, Ginowan 1999. 493 pp. 27cm. Limited Edition (800 only)! his is a reprint of the 1933 original edition published by the Tōkyō University Karate Kenkyūkai. Mutsu Mizuho already in 1929 traveled … Continue reading
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Tagged 1933, Chinto, Gojushiho, Jion, Jitte, Karate Kenpo, Kinjo Hiroshi, Kusanku, Mutsu Mizuho, Naihanchi, Niseishi, Passai, Pinan, Seishan, Wanshu
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