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Tag Archives: Nagamine Shoshin
Just one year of training
After returning to Naha, which became a burnt area, Nagamine’s job was to manage Minato Village. At that time, the Kokuba-Gumi was in charge of unloading the goods at Naha Port. The Kokuba-Gumi is an Okinawan company that ran the … Continue reading
Posted in Misc, Postwar Okinawa Karate
Tagged Matsubayashi-ryu, Miyazato Eiichi, Motobu district station, Nagamine Shoshin
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Nagamine reveals secret of karate to the Metropolitan Police Department
After his first assignment to Tōkyō in 1936, Nagamine again had the opportunity to travel to the capital in 1941. This time he was dispatched to the Ministry of Home Affairs, which at that time included the Bureau of Police … Continue reading
Posted in Theories of Historical Karate in Comparative Perspective, Translations
Tagged ashisaki-geri, Metropolitan Police Department, Nagamine Shoshin, Renshi
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Tōma Jūgō (1895-1971)
Tōma Jūgō (1895-1971) was a judge and politician of pre-war Okinawa prefecture and post-war Ryūkyū government, mayor of Naha, and administrative chief of the Ryūkyū government (November 1956 – November 1959). In his memoirs (1969) he remembers his Karate training … Continue reading
Posted in Fundstücke, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Department of Administrative Law, Faculty of Law, Kyoto Imperial University, Matsubayashi-ryu, mayor of Naha, Nagamine Shoshin, Okinawa Civil Government, Toma Jugo, Toma Jushin
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The ti of Chatan Yara, and the kenpō of Tōdī Sakugawa
When was the term tī started to be used? During a roundtable discussion with Nagamine Shōshin, Chibana Chōshin explained as follows: Nagamine: Well, karate existed even before it got handed down from China. Chibana: About this, according to conversations with … Continue reading
Posted in Chatan Yara Kusanku, Postwar Okinawa Karate
Tagged Chatan Yara, Chibana Choshin, Nagamine Shoshin, Sakugawa
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The Karate and Kobudō Performers and Performances of 1939
Recently I revealed that Nagamine Shōshin (1907-1997) evidently performed Chatan Yara no Kūsankū in 1939. This is the earliest instance the name of this kata appeared like this in writing. This information is based on an unpublished program of the … Continue reading
Posted in Chatan Yara Kusanku, Prewar Okinawa Karate, Theories of Historical Karate in Comparative Perspective, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Chatan Yara no Kūsankū, Dai Nippon Butokukai, Nagamine Shoshin
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Two Karateka Served as Chairmen of Naha City Assembly
Two well-respected Karateka served as leaders of the Naha City Assembly. Nagamine Shōshin, founder of Matsubayashi(Shorin)-ryu, served as Vice-chairman of the Naha City Assembly (1954/10 – 1955/08; 1955/11 – 1957/06). Higa Yūchoku of Kobayashi(Shorin)-ryu served as chairman of the Naha … Continue reading
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Tagged Higa Yuchoku, Nagamine Shoshin
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Polizei-Kampfkunst. Festnahme und Selbstverteidigung. Shōkadō, Tokyo 1930.
Dieses Buch stammt aus dem Besitz von Nagamine Shōshin, in dessen Studierzimmer ich 2008 Aufnahmen machte, mit freundlicher Genehmigung seines Sohnes Nagamine Takayoshi. Man darf vermuten, dass Nagamine dieses Buch akquirierte, als er 1936 zur weiteren Aufstiegsweiterbildung nach Tokyo entsandt … Continue reading
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Tagged . Festnahme ., japan, Nagamine Shoshin, Nagamine Takayoshi, Polizei-Kampfkunst, Selbstverteidigung
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Nagamine Shoshin performed Chatan Yara no Kusanku in 1939
On Saturday, 17 June 1939, the former Prime Minister and president of the Dai Nippon Butokukai, General Hayashi Senjuro, and invited persons attended the opening ceremony of the Dai Nippon Butokukai Okinawa Branch Butokuden, where Judo, Kendo and Karatedo performances … Continue reading
Posted in Chatan Yara Kusanku
Tagged 1939, Chatan Yara no Kūsankū, Dai Nippon Butokukai Okinawa Branch, Hayashi Senjuro, Nagamine Shoshin, Okinawa Butokuden
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DID YOU KNOW?
In 1936 Nagamine Shōshin knocked at the door of Motobu Chōki and was accepted to receive instruction in his unique kumite, fragments of which are still found in today’s “Seven Yakusoku Kumite” of the Matsubayashi-ryū. During social intercourse at that … Continue reading
If it looks like a duck…
Note: Motobu Naoki Sensei of the Motobu-ryū was so kind to share the articles by Murakami Katsumi and from “Gekkan Karatedo” used in here with me. He also was so kind to help with the translations. Thank you very much Motobu Naoki Sensei! … Continue reading
Posted in Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Iha Kotatsu, Murakami Katsumi, Nagamine Shoshin, Rohai, Shimabukuro Taro, Wankan, Wanshu, Wansu
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