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Isshin-ryu no Megami, or Megami for short, is correct. This is corroborated by Marien Jumelet who asked Shinsho Shimabuku and Kensho Tokumura what was the correct name. Classical Fighting Arts contends that this misunderstanding results from "erroneous information that appeared in a 1969 edition of Action Karate Magazine."
He was Black Belt Magazine's Co-Instructor of the Year (1974) [1] and is known as the "First International Bare Knuckle Contact Karate Champion. [ 1 ] Alexander began formally training in Isshin-ryu karate under Don Nagle at the Jersey City , NJ YMCA in the fall of 1959.
There he studied karate under Tatsuo Shimabuku, who had started the Isshin-Ryu school. [1] [2] He was promoted to 8th-degree black belt in 1966. [3] The IIKA (International Isshinryu Karate Association) promoted Don Nagle to 9th-Degree black belt on November 2, 1984. [4] He died on August 23, 1999, a day after heart surgery at age 61. [5]
1986 Published author in Black Belt Magazine & Wholeheart News. 1987 Black Belt Magazine Co-instructor of the year with Ray Dalke. [11] 1988 Featured in Karate/Kung-fu Illustrated. [12] [13] 1996 Commemorated 50th anniversary in the martial arts. 2001 Co-founded the Isshinkai (Isshin-ryu Karatedo & Kobudo & TOMO NO KAI) with Kensho Tokumura
[2] [3] He was a co-founder of the International Isshin-ryu Karate Association, [4] and also served as the vice president of the United States Karate Association. He co-produced the first nationally televised Isshinryu Hall of Fame Karate Tournament (1992), [ 5 ] co-produced an instructional video series (1991) and co-authored seven books. [ 3 ]
The four major karate styles developed in Japan, especially in Okinawa are Shotokan, Wado-ryu, Shito-ryu, and Goju-ryu; many other styles of Karate are derived from these four. [1] The first three of these styles find their origins in the Shorin-Ryu style from Shuri, Okinawa, while Goju-ryu finds its origins in Naha. Shuri karate is rather ...
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Chōshin Chibana was a top student of the great master of shuri-te, Ankō Itosu.Ankō Itosu was the top student of Matsumura Sōkon, who was a renowned warrior in his time; bodyguard to three kings of Okinawa, he has been called the Miyamoto Musashi of Okinawa and was dubbed bushi, or warrior, by his king.