Tag Archives: Nagamine Takayoshi

Arakaki Ankichi’s Hanging Scroll of a Thunder God

In 1928, at the request of Dr. Iha Magobei, who owned a hospital in Chatan’s Yara Village, Ankichi painted a hanging scroll depicting a god of thunder and composed a poem for it while at a party near Murochi. This … Continue reading

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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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Short Analysis of an Unknown Kata of Bōjutsu as Performed by the Late Nagamine Takayoshi, Hanshi, in a Video From the Private Archives of Bill George, Sensei.

The Facebook page of “Okinawan Shorin Ryu Karate – Midwest Honbu Dojo” regularly posts intriguing videos from the personal collection of Bill George Sensei. Since it is a private video collection, in most cases I saw the video for the … Continue reading

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Ura-waza

Sōke Nagamine Takayoshi was extremely strict when it came to the absolute precise performance of the Kata, including timing and simply everything. However, he also taught a lot of what he referred to as Ura-waza, often during free time, even … Continue reading

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Day of Nagamine Takayoshi Soke’s last public performance. March 04, 2012, Okinawa Prefectural Budokan

This group photo of Matsubayashi-ryu Karate I took just prior to the 27th Okinawa-ken Karate-do Kobudo Enbu Taikai on March 4, 2012, held at Okinawa Prefectural Budokan. I am not 100% sure if everybody from Matsubayashi-ryu who was there at the … Continue reading

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Nagamine Takayoshi (長嶺 高兆, August 12, 1945 – April 25, 2012)

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November 11, 2010, during the gradings at Nagamine Kodokan Honbu in Naha Kumoji, Okinawa.

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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

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June 10, 2009, with late Soke Nagamine Takayoshi

Beitrag von Andreas Quast.

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