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Okinawan martial arts refers to the martial arts, such as karate, tegumi and kobudō, which originated among the indigenous people of Okinawa Island. Due to its location (between " Mainland Japan " and Taiwan ), Okinawa was influenced by various cultures with a long history of trade and cultural exchange, including Japan , China and Southeast ...
Ankō Itosu (糸洲 安恒, Okinawan: Ichiji Ankō, Japanese: Itosu Ankō, 1831 – 11 March 1915) is considered by many the father of modern karate.This title is also often given to Gichin Funakoshi because of the latter spreading karate throughout Japan, but only after Ankō sensei had introduced the art of Okinawate to the country.
Generally, Okinawan karate schools did not have individual names for styles like schools in Japan. Several branches of traditional Shōrin-ryū exist today in both Okinawa and the western world. While there is a more concentrated population of practitioners in its birthplace of Okinawa, Shōrin-ryū Karate has had many high dan grades outside ...
Due to the economic situation in Okinawa, in 1924, at the age of 47, Kanbun Uechi left for Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan to find employment. [31] While he was working as a security guard for a local Showa Spinning cotton spinning mill, [ 32 ] he was persuaded by a co-worker, Ryuyu Tomoyose, to teach him privately after having been ...
Funakoshi Gichin Sensei, of karate-do, was born on November 10, 1868 in Shuri Okinawa. From about eleven years old he began to study to-te jutsu under Azato Anko and Itosu Anko . He practiced diligently and in 1912 became the president of the Okinawan Shobukai.
Sōkon Matsumura (松村 宗棍, Matsumura Sōkon) was one of the original karate masters of Okinawa.The years of his lifespan are reported variously as 1809–1901 [1] or 1798–1890 [3] or 1809–1896 [3] or 1800–1892. [3]
Karate itself was born in Okinawa (actually a string of islands off the coast of Japan known as the Ryukyu Islands). [7] It is said that in ancient times a style known simply as "te" (literally "hand") emerged from the influence of the aforementioned Shaolin Kung Fu .
Motobu Chōki (本部 朝基, April 5, 1870 – April 15, 1944) was an Okinawan karate master and founder of Motobu-ryū.He was born into a branch of the Ryukyuan royal family, and at the age of 12, he and his older brother Motobu Chōyū were invited by Ankō Itosu to be taught karate.