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Tag Archives: Nagamine Shoshin
Sign of the Times – Chatan Yara no Kusanku
To be honest, I personally like the sport version of Chatan Yara no Kūsankū. I also support “sport” as one of the three pillars of modern budō. But here’s why everyone needs to stop calling “Chatan Yara Kūsankū” a “Shitō-ryū … Continue reading
Posted in Chatan Yara Kusanku, Kyan Chotoku, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Antonio Diaz, Atsuko Wakai, Chatan Yara, Chatan Yara no Koshokun, Chatan Yara no Kūsankū, Hasegawa Yukimitsu, Hayashi-ha Shito-ryu, Inoue-ha Shito-ryu, Itosukai, JKF, JKF Shitokai, Kuniba Kosei, Kushanku, Mabuni Kenwa, Mabuni Ken’ei, Matsubayashi-ryu, Matsumura no Passai, Motobu-ha Shito-ryu, Nagamine Shoshin, Nakaima Kenko, Olympic KARATE, Rika Usami, Ryuei-ryu, Sakagami Ryusho, Seishinkai, Shitei-kata, Shito-ryu, Tomari no Passai, Yushukan
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Kyan Chotoku, teacher of Nagamine Shoshin.
“When in May 1942 Nagamine Shōshin opened his first dōjō in Naha’s Sōgenji district, it was the only private karate school in Naha at the time. Kyan Chōtoku, his personal teacher, came all the way from Yomitan village, together with … Continue reading
Posted in Kyan Chotoku, Misc, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Arakaki Ankichi, Arakaki Ansei, Kyan Chotoku, Nagamine Shoshin
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Answers over guessing
In 1940, Nagamine Shōshin was awarded the title of Karatejutsu Renshi. In 1956, after the establishment of the Okinawa Karate-do Renmei he served as vice-president together with the first president Chibana Chōshin. Members were Yagi Meitoku (Gōjū-ryū), Nagamine Shōshin (Matsubayashi-ryū), Chibana Chōshin … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Akamine Eisuke, Arakaki Seiki, Chibana Choshin, Fukuchi Seiko, Goju-ryu, Gushi Jokei, Hanshi 10th Dan, Higa Seiko, Higa Toshio, Higa Yuchoku, Isshin-ryu, Itokazu Seiki, Kadekaru Shigeo, Matsubayashi-ryu, Miyagi Tokumasa, Miyahira Katsuya, Nagamine Shoshin, Nakahodo Tsutomu, Nakamoto Masahiro, Nakamura Seigi, Nakazato Shugoro, Okinawa Karate-do Renmei, Senaha Shigetoshi, Shima Isao, Shimabukuro Tatsuo, Shimabukuro Zenpo, Shinjo Masanobu, Shinjo Seiyu, Shorin-ryu, Taira Yasutaka, Takamiyagi Shigeru, Toguchi Seikichi, Tomoyose Ryuko, Uechi Kanei, Uechi Kanmei, Uechi-ryu, Yagi Meitatsu, Yagi Meitetsu, Yagi Meitoku, Yonaha Seisho, Yonamine Kosuke, Yonamine Masao, Zen Okinawa Karate-do Renmei
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Flurry styles of Karate?
So I stumbled over this issue of Black Belt Mag from April 1968. Therein appeared an interview with three young men from Okinawa, plannning to stay in the US for maybe four years and maybe open a dojo: Kina Santos, Taba Kensai, … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Chibana Choshin, Nagamine Shoshin, Okinawa Karate, Okinawa Karatedo Renmei
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Roundtable discussion to talk about the karate (Part 3). – Weapons representing the spirit of defense – 1955
This is the translation of a 1955 interview with the Matsubayashi-ryū Kōdōkan headquarter dōjō. It deals with the kobujutsu practiced in this school. Participants from the Kōdōkan were :
Posted in Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Bojutsu, Jutte, Kodokan, Koja Shoshin, Kushi Jokei, Kyan Shinei, Matsubayashi-ryu, Nagamine Shoshin, Nakamura Seigi, Saijutsu, Shishi no Tanme, Sueyoshi Kofu, Yamaguchi Masahiro
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Nagamine Shoshin and the apparently two first postwar articles written on Karate/Kobudo
In the Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shinpō, in 1950 an article appeared on Funakoshi, titled: “Karate – Funakoshi Gichin Okina – Defeating a cow: secret training under cover of night.” In the post-war era in Okinawa itself it also took a … Continue reading
Posted in Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Funakoshi Gichin, Mainichi Shinpo, Matsubayashi-ryu, Matsumura Sokon, Nagamine Shoshin, Okinawan newspapers, The Restorer of Ryukyu Kenpo, two first postwar articles written on Karate
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Evolution of the Matsubayashi-ryū insignia since 1955
Seems we all live in our own little worlds and – while observing what’s going on in the various regional perceptions of Karate around the globe – successively try to make sense of and adjust our subjectively coherent perceptions of … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged insigina, Karate and Kobudo, Matsubayashi-ryu, Nagamine Shoshin, Okinawa Dentō Karate-do Shinkokai, Okinawa Karate, Okinawa Kobudo, Shorin-ryu
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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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Re-evaluation on “A Devil’s hand, a Buddha’s heart”
Once when asked for a brief definition of a good karate person, Nagamine Shōshin (1907-1997) quoted: Kisshu busshin 鬼手佛心: A demon’s hand, a saint’s heart. Note: Kisshu busshin is the Sino-Japanese reading of the Kanji. In native Japanese reading it … Continue reading
Posted in Appropriation
Tagged Buddha’s heart, Devil’s hand, Kisshu busshin, Kisshu fushin, Nagamine Shoshin
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The History of Okinawa Karate Associations, based on common interests
ince the 1950s the movement of post-war Okinawan Karate organizations began. The era saw the establishment of the Okinawa Karate-do Renmei in May 1956 (first president Chibana Chōshin), the Okinawa Kobudō Kyōkai in June 1961 (first president Higa Seitoku), and … Continue reading
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Tagged Chibana Choshin, Fukuchi Seiko, Gushi Jokei, Higa Seiko, Higa Seitoku, Higa Yuchoku, Kinjo Hiroshi, Miyahira Katsuya, Nagamine Shoshin, Nakaima Hirokazu, Nakazato Shugoro, Toguchi Seikichi, Tomoyose Ryuko, Uechi Kanei, Yagi Meitoku
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