{"id":5369,"date":"2016-01-27T18:02:27","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T18:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ryukyu-bugei.com\/?p=5369"},"modified":"2024-05-16T17:48:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T17:48:54","slug":"%ef%bb%bfking-wu-once-buckled-on-his-armor-the-seven-virtues-of-martial-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ryukyu-bugei.com\/?p=5369","title":{"rendered":"Matsumura Sokon: The Seven Virtues of Martial Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"
by Andreas Quast<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n

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 \u201cSeven Virtues\u201d are admired for their straightforward advice. Handwritten in the late 19th century by Matsumura, the most celebrated ancestor of karate<\/em>, they are considered the ethical fountain and technical key to understand what can\u2019t be seen.<\/p>\n

This work includes the rare photograph of the original handwritten scroll, approved by the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum<\/a> as well as the owner of the scroll. It also shows the family crest of the Matsumura family, sporting the character of “Bu<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

Get your copy now: US<\/a>\u25baUK<\/a>\u25baDE<\/a>\u25baFR<\/a>\u25baES<\/a>\u25baIT<\/a>\u25baJP<\/a>\u25baCA<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Matsumura himself pointed out that the \u201cSeven Virtues of Martial Arts\u201d were praised by a wise man in an ancient manuscript, a manuscript that has remained obscure ever since. Now the ultimate source of this wondrous composition has been discovered and verified. Presented and explained here for the first time, it is not only the source of Matsumura\u2019s \u201cSeven Virtues of Martial Arts\u201d… In fact, it is the original meaning of martial arts per se<\/em>.<\/p>\n