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Tag Archives: Nakazato Joen
Shikiyanaka no Kon (Oki.: Shichanunāka nu Kun)
According to Nakazato Jōen’s tradition, the fifth-generation ancestor from Chinen village Shikiya, Nakazato Hitohisa who had was called “Shikiya no Naka” (yagō=a name to identify individuals otherwise difficult to identify), was widely known as a master of bōjutsu. Even today, … Continue reading
Posted in Bojutsu Kata Series
Tagged Nakazato Joen, Shikiyanaka no Kon
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Ānankū and Chintō
Previously I wrote a short article about Shimabukuro Zenryō. There I described the so-to-say official version of his bio. This official version states, that he learned the seven main karate kata of Kyan Chōtoku: Sēsan, Anankū, Wanshū, Passai, Ūsēshī, Chintō, and Kūsankū, … Continue reading
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Tagged Nakazato Joen, Shimabukuro Zenryo, Shorinji-ryu, Tamotsu Isamu, Tamotsu Sachie
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Online Exhibition: Congratulatory Message
Certificate: Congratulatory message of Nakazato Jōen (Shōrinji-ryū) to Nagamine Shōshin. Date: November 3, 1979. Signed and sealed: Nakazato Jōen (Shōrinji-ryū). Photo: Andreas Quast Date: February 12, 2008. Location: Kōdōkan Nagamine Dōjō, headquarter of Sekai Matsubayashi-ryū Karate-dō Renmei. Naha-shi Kumoji, Okinawa Prefecture. Text: „60 … Continue reading
Posted in Misc, Photos, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged kensei, Matsubayashi-ryu, Nagamine Shoshin, Nakazato Joen, Shorinji-ryu
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Shimabukuro Zenryō (1909–1969)
Shimabukuro Zenryō (1909–1969) was born in 1909 in the Kubagawa village of Shuri. It was the same year that Uechi-ryū founder Uechi Kanbun returned from Fujian, China. It was around his secondary school years when Zenryō with sparkling eyes listened … Continue reading
Posted in Kyan Chotoku, Postwar Okinawa Karate
Tagged bogu kumite, Camp Kuwae, Iraha Kotoku, Itokazu Seiki, Kyan Chotoku, Nakama Chozo, Nakazato Joen, Shimabuku Tatsuo, Shimabukuro Zenpo, Shimabukuro Zenryo, Tomoyose Ryuko, Uechi Kanbun, Yonaha Seigyu
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Tokumine no Kon (Bojutsu Kata Series)
According to various Okinawan karate and kobudō sources the following can be said about the bō-kata called Tokumine no Kon. Tokumine no Kon is pronounced Tukunmī nu Kun in Okinawan dialect. The creator of this kata was Tokumine Pēchin Seifu … Continue reading
Posted in Bojutsu Kata Series, Kyan Chotoku, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Ishigaki Miyara, Isshin-ryu, Kedahana Gisa, Kedahana Hobuta, Kyan Chotoku, Nakazato Joen, Shimabuku Tatsuo, Shimabuku Zenryo, Tokumine no Kon, Tokumine Pechin, Toma Shian, village bojutsu
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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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