Monthly Archives: December 2023
The final version of Pin.an shodan
Translated by Jean-Charles Juster. Until now, I have covered the Pin.an shodan kata on numerous occasions in this blog: Motobu Chômo’s Pin Le Pin.an de Yabu Le Pin.an shodan de Tôyama Kanken The Pin.an shodan of Motobu Chômo is the … Continue reading
Ishimine Karate Masters of Shuri-te
Shuri Castle. Photo by Motobu Naoki From the late Ryukyu Kingdom to the Meiji period (1868–1912), there were karate masters named Ishimine (石嶺) or Ishimine (伊志嶺). Both are pronounced “Ishimine,” but their kanji characters are different. For example, in Motobu … Continue reading
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Motobu Chōyū’s Gojūshiho
The other day I wrote a series of articles about how Motobu Chōyū’s Unsū has been transmitted to several lineages in Okinawa. In one of the articles, I quoted a sentence from an article written by Higa Yūchoku Sensei of … Continue reading
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