- ****ō-ryū (糸東流) is a form of
karate that was
founded in 1934 by
Kenwa Mabuni (摩文仁 賢和,
Mabuni Kenwa). ****ō-ryū is
synthesis of the
Okinawan Shuri-te and Naha-te...
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Kenwa Mabuni (摩文仁 賢和,
Mabuni Kenwa, 14
November 1889 - 23 May 1952) was one of the
first karateka to
teach karate in
mainland ****an and is
credited as...
- Kentsū Chōmo
Hanashiro Funakoshi Gichin Kyan Chōtoku
Chibana Chōshin
Mabuni Kenwa Tōyama
Kanken Tatsuo Shimabuku Important kata:
Naihanchi sanchin (Shuri-te)...
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learned from Funakoshi, and
after their split, with
Okinawan masters such as
Kenwa Mabuni and
Motobu Chōki, Ōt****
merged Shindō Yōshin-ryū with
Okinawan karate...
- Chōyū,
Motobu Chōki, Yabu Kentsū,
Hanashiro Chōmo,
Gichin Funakoshi and
Kenwa Mabuni.
Itosu is
sometimes referred to as "the
Grandfather of
Modern Karate...
- ****ō-ryū
style also
contains many
elements of Shōrei-ryū,
since Mabuni Kenwa was a
student of Higaonna, and even the Shōtōkan
style contains kata from...
- Kanryō in the Naha-te style.
Gusukuma went on to
establish ****ō-ryū with
Kenwa Mabuni.
Gusukuma Shinpan born in 1890 in the town of
Taira in Shuri, Okinawa...
- (1888–1966),
Shinpan Shiroma (Gusukuma) (1890–1954),
Anbun Tokuda (1886–1945),
Kenwa Mabuni (1889–1952), and Chōshin
Chibana (1885–1969). In
October 1908, Itosu...
- by
Muneomi Sawayama in 1932.
Sawayama was a
judoka who had
studied under Kenwa Mabuni, a
karateka who
would establish the ****o-Ryu
school of Karate. It...
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instructor in Funakoshi's school. He also
trained under Chōki
Motobu and
Kenwa Mabuni, and
studied kobudo,
around this time. Ōt****
began to have philosophical...
