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Matayoshi Kobudo is a general term referring to the style of Okinawan Kobudo that was developed by Matayoshi Shinpo (又吉眞豊) and Matayoshi Shinko (又吉眞光) during the twentieth century. Martial arts have been practiced by the Matayoshi family for over nine generations and draw influence from Japanese, Chinese and indigenous Okinawan ...
Matayoshi Shinpo learned martial arts from his father from his birth until his mid-twenties. He learned several kata associated with Naha-Te in his early childhood. [2] Despite being a well-respected expert in Okinawan karate, Matayoshio is perhaps best known for his practice of Kobudo.
From 1911 until 1915 Matayoshi lived in Manchuria where he studied Chinese martial arts. In 1921 he gave a demonstration of his skills during Prince Hirohito 's visit to Okinawa. He later traveled to Shanghai, and returned to Okinawa around 1935 where he died in 1945.
Other noted masters who have Okinawan kobudō kata named after them include Chōtoku Kyan, Shigeru Nakamura, Kanga Sakukawa, and Shinko Matayoshi. Okinawan kobudō arts are thought by some to be the forerunner of the bare hand martial art of karate , [ citation needed ] and several styles of that art include some degree of Okinawan kobudō ...
After the death of Shinko Matayoshi in 1947, Matayoshi Shinpo created the Ryukyu Kobudo Federation in 1970, which would be renamed in 1972 the "Zen Okinawa Kobudo Renmei" (All Okinawa Kobudo Federation). Matayoshi Shinpo undertook several worldwide journeys to teach and popularize the art of Kobudo that his father taught him, and as a result ...
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The three-section staff was brought to Okinawa from Fujian Province by Shinko Matayoshi, who incorporated it in Matayoshi Kobudo with two kata (sansetsukon dai ichi, sansetsukon dai ni) after 1935. Kobudo sansetsukon typically have shorter (usually 50–60 centimetres (20–24 in)) yet thicker (about 4–5 centimetres (1.6–2.0 in) in diameter ...
In the post-war era, even in Okinawa, the number of kobudo students was much lower than the number of karate students. To revitalize Okinawan kobudō study, in 1955 he established the Ryūkyū Kobudō Hozon Shinkokai as a continuation of Moden Yabiku's Ryukyu Kobujutsu Society.