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Tag Archives: Matsumura Sokon
Genealogy of the Bu-family 武姓家譜, otherwise known as the Kayō-family 嘉陽家
This is about the family line where Matsumura Sōkon came from. Originally written in January 2006, and also published in my KARATE 1.0 (2013). In 1719, Matsumura Sokon’s ancestors handed in a petition for recognition of their genealogy by the … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy Studies, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Matsumura Sokon
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Sakugawa, Matsumura, and the “Illustration of the Arm’s Minor Yin Heart Meridian”
A few years back Patrick McCarthy and Tuttle were planning to publish a new edition of the “Bubishi.” At that time, I had been asked if I’d like to contribute a little extra info, which I gladly did. My article … Continue reading
Posted in Postwar Okinawa Karate, Theories of Historical Karate in Comparative Perspective, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Chibana Choshin, Heart Meridian, John Lohde, Matsumura Sokon, Miyagi Tokumasa, Sakugawa, Shimabukuro Eizo, Shinjitai
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Shirotaru no Kon (2) – Kudaka Island and Native Beliefs
In the legend of Shirotaru, it is said that the fruitful harvest from Kudaka Island was dedicated to the people of Tamagusuku district, who began to brew sacred wine from the crop and offered it to the lord Tamagusuku Aji, … Continue reading
Posted in Bojutsu Kata Series, Shirotaru no Kon
Tagged Higashionna Kanryo, Kudaka Island, Matsumura Sokon, Nirai Kanai, Shirotaru, Yoshimura Chogi, Yoshimura Chomei
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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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On the Persistence of Historical Distortions
Back in 2004 or so an old picture found its way onto the cover of a newly published Karate book. The seemingly irresistible narrative spun around it claimed that it showed Matsumura Sōkon and Itosu Ankō, as body guards of the … Continue reading
Posted in Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Commodore Perry, Mabuni Aji, Makishi Onga Incident, Matsumura Sokon, Nakazato Aji Chōki, regent of Lew Chew, sessei, Shang Hung Hiun, Shang Ta-mu, Shō Kōkun, Shō Taimo, Shotokan's secret, Yonagusuku Ōji Chōki, 与那城王子朝紀, 仲里按司朝紀, 尚大模, 尚宏勲, 摩文仁按司, 牧志恩河事件
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How tradition really works
In my last post I raised a hypothetical question which placed Shuri-te in a somewhat unfavorable light. Of course, Shuri-te was meant in sense of Itosu Ankō’s school Karate syllabus. Today I would like to relativize and rectify this biased … Continue reading
Posted in Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Arakaki Ankichi, China Teikichi, Ishikawa Seitoku, Kiyuna, Kyan Chotoku, Matsumura Sokon, Nagamine Shoshin, Shimabukuro Taro, Uema Joki
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Matsumura Sokon: The Seven Virtues of Martial Arts
by Andreas Quast This is the true story of the seven virtues of martial arts as described by Matsumura Sokon. Considered the primary source-text of old-style Okinawan martial arts, the “Seven Virtues” are admired for their straightforward advice. Handwritten in … Continue reading
Posted in From the Classics..., Publications, Translations, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Books by Andreas Quast, Bushi Matsumura, King Wu Once Buckled On His Armor, King Wu Once Buckled On His Armor: The Seven Virtues of Martial Arts, Matsumura Sokon, Okinawa Karate, The Seven Virtues of Martial Arts
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On the Matsumura scroll
One of Matsumura’s disciples was the late Kuwae Ryōsei (1856–1926).[1] When after the war his eldest son Kuwae Ryōkei (1886–1966)[2] returned from Taiwan, Nagamine heard that he was in possession of a handwritten manuscript scroll (makimono) prepared by Matsumura himself. And … Continue reading
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Tagged Matsumura scroll, Matsumura Sokon
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Kyan Chotoku’s wife, Kama
Posted in Kyan Chotoku, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Chan Migwa, Chotoku, Chōtoku Kyan, Kokan Oyadomari, Kosaku Matsumora, Kyan, Kyan Chofu, Kyan Chotoku, Matsumura Sokon, Okinawa, Okinawa Karate, Ryukyu King, Seibukan, Shorin-ryu, Shuri-te, squinty-eyed Chan, Zenryo Shimabukuro, チャンミーグヮー, 喜屋武朝徳
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On the distinction between Shuri-te and Tomari-te
Translator’s note: The Japanese language version of this article published on the Motobu-ryū website has sparked a lot of interest among the international karate and Ryūkyū bugei community. In addition, there was a request for a translation. For this reason I translated it here with … Continue reading
Posted in Kyan Chotoku, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Bushi Nagahama, Higaonna Kanryo, Itosu Anko, Koryu Shuri-te, Kyan Chotoku, Matsubayashi-ryu, Matsumora Kosaku, Matsumura Sokon, Motobu Choki, Motobu Chosei, Motobu Udun, Motobu Udundi, Motobu-ryu, Motonaga Chotoku, Naha, Naha-te, Rohai, Shuri, Shuri-te, Tomari, tomari-te, Wanshu
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