5 April On 5 April 1870 founder of Motobu Ryu, Chōki Motobu, was born in Okinawa. Motobu was the third son of a noble family. As the third son, he was not allowed to learn the family martial art of Motobu Udundi. This meant he trained under various Okinawan masters such as Anko Itosu, and Sokon Matsumura. A …
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Apr 03 2023
This week in history…(3 April – 9 April)
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April 3, 2023
- Anko Itosu, BKF, Choki Motobu, chris adamou, DKB, Eddie Whitcher, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hironori Ohtsuka, Hiroo Mochizuki, Hiroshi Shirai, Jack Johnson, JKA, Keinosuke Enoeda, Lothar Fischer, Manabu Murakami, Mas Oyama, Michael Randall, Mick Peachey, Mie Nakayama, nick Adamou, Nobuaki Kanazawa, peter urban, Richard Kim, Sokon Matsumura, Suzuko Okamura, Taiji Kase, Tetsuji Murakami, Will Mannion, Yoshiaki Ajari, Yuki Mimura
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Nov 16 2022
Zenpo Shimabukuro
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November 16, 2022
Just because one believes in the modern, one should not forget the old. Zenpo Shimabukuro An instructor who believes in both traditional and modern approaches to Karate training, Zenpo Shimabukuro believes that is up that it is up to a student to find the appropriate balance in their training. On 11 October 1943 Zenpo Shimabukuro …
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Nov 11 2022
Zenryo Shimabukuro
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November 11, 2022
A highly respected Okinawan Karate master Zenryo Shimabukuro was the founder of Shorin-Ryu Seibukan Karate. An unassuming man, very little is known of him in the west. Shimabukuro was a student of the pre-war Okinawan master, Chotoku Kyan. He was one of Kyan’s few students to teach his style of karate. Zenryo Shimabukuro was born …
- AOKF, Chosin Chibana, Chotoku Kyan, Gichin Funakoshi, Joen Nakazato, Kanei Uechi, Okinawan, Pearl Harbor, ryoichi sasakawa, Seibukan, Shigeru Nakamura, Shinsuke Kaneshima, shoshin nagamine, Sokon Matsumura, Walter Dailey, William Fuller Jr, World War II, Yagi Meitoku, Zenji Shimabukuro, Zenpo Shimabukuro, Zenryo Shimabukuro
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Sep 07 2022
Masahiko Tokashiki
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September 7, 2022
Karate is not a sport, but a way of life; it is very important for people to understand this. Masahiko Tokashiki An advocate of Okinawan Karate, Masahiko Tokashiki, it’s a well respected master in Shprin Ryu Karate. He is known for having great control over his movements. He is also known for his great ability …
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Apr 01 2019
This week in history (1 Apr – 7 Apr)
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April 1, 2019
1 April On 1 April 1922 Gichin Funakoshi gave a Karate demonstration at the Women’s Higher Normal School, in Tokyo, Japan. This was one of a number of demonstrations he gave at the time to introduce the general public to Karate. ******************************************** On 1 April 1934 Hironori Ōtsuka opened his own Karate school ,the Dai …
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Apr 02 2018
This week in history (2 April – 8 April)
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April 2, 2018
On April 4, 1947 Mikio Yahara, one of the most dynamic fighters to come out of the JKA, was born in Ehime Prefecture. Yahara is a firm believer in a budo approach to Karate. In 2000 he broke away from the JKA to form his own organisation, Karatenomichi World Federation (KWF). The organisation is built on the …
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Mar 26 2018
This week in history (26 March – 1 April)
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March 26, 2018
On March 26 1915 Ankō Itosu died. Itosu, who was a direct student of Sokon Matsumura, was responsible for the introduction of Tode as a form of physical education into the elementary school system of Okinawa in 1901. Itosu had a number of notable students including Gichin Funakoshi, Kenwa Mabuni, Chosin Chibana and Kentsu Yabu. …
- Andy Sherry, Anko Itosu, Chosin Chibana, dave hazard, Frank Brennan, Gichin Funakoshi, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hiroshi Shirai, Keinosuke Enoeda, Kentsu Yabu, Kenwa Mabuni, KUGB, Malcolm Dorfman, Masatoshi Nakayama, Mikio Yahara, pauline bindra, pauline laville, Sokon Matsumura, Stan Schmidt, Taiji Kase, Terry O'Neill, Vernon Bell
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