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The Ryūkyū Kobudo Hozon Shinko Kai (Society for the Promotion and Preservation of Ryukyuan Kobudo) was founded after World War II by Taira Shinken. [2]It is a recreation of the Ryukyu Kobujutsu Research Association founded by his teacher Yabiku Moden in 1911 and disbanded during the Second World War.
Okinawan Kobudō is a Japanese term that can be translated as "old martial way of Okinawa".It is a generic term coined in the twentieth century. [1]Okinawan kobudō refers to the weapon systems of Okinawan martial arts.
Okinawa Seidokan is a style of Okinawa classical karate and Kobudo founded in 1984 by Shian Toma. It is a synthesis of the Shorin Ryu katas, Motobu Ryu two-person open hand grappling and weapons techniques, and Kobudo katas mostly of the Ryukyu Kobudo lineages. [1]
Naha-te (那覇手, Okinawan: Naafa-dii) is a pre-World War II term for a type of martial art indigenous to the area around Naha, the old commercial city of the Ryukyu Kingdom and now the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture. Important Okinawan masters of Naha-te: Arakaki Seishō; Higaonna Kanryō; Miyagi Chōjun; Kyoda Jūhatsu; Mabuni Kenwa ...
Yamanni-ryū (山根流) (also Yamanni-Chinen-ryū and Yamane Ryu) is a form of Okinawan kobudō whose main weapon is the bo, a non-tapered, cylindrical staff.The smaller buki, such as sai, tunfa (or tonfa), nunchaku, and kama (weapon) are studied as secondary weapons.
Kobudō (古武道) can be translated as 古 (old) 武 (martial) 道 (way) "old martial art"; the term appeared in the first half of the seventeenth century. [1] Kobudō marks the beginning of the Tokugawa period (1603–1868) also called the Edo period, when total power was consolidated by the ruling Tokugawa clan. [2]
He was the first president of the Ryukyu Kobudō Preservation and Promotion Society(July 1970). [2] After his death in September 1970, Taira was succeeded in Ryūkyū Kobudō Hozon Shinkokai in Okinawa by Eisuke Akamine [1] and in mainland Japan by Inoue Motokatsu. Taira created the nunchaku kata taught in Ryukyu kobudō Maezato no Nunchaku. [1]
Ryukyu Kobudo; S. Shūkōkai; U. Ufuchiku Kobudo; Y. Yamanni ryu This page was last edited on 31 March 2013, at 06:10 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...