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Kosaku Matsumora (松茂良 興作,
Matsumora Kōsaku, 1829 - 1898) was a Ryūkyūan
karate master. He
studied Tomari-te
under Karyu Uku (aka Giko Uku) and
Kishin Teruya...
- Tomari-te
school of
Okinawan martial arts. It was
called Matsumora Rōhai,
after Kosaku Matsumora, who was
presumably its
inventor (not to be
confused with...
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Motobu also
studied karate under Sakuma,
Matsumura Sōkon, and Kōsaku
Matsumora. He
excelled especially in
kumite and was
already known throughout Okinawa...
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village of Tomari, Okinawa.
Important Okinawan masters of Tomari-te:
Matsumora Kōsaku
Oyadomari Kokan Motobu Chōki Kyan Chōtoku
Nakasone Seiyu Important...
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businessman Kosaku Masuda (増田 功作, born 1976), ****anese
footballer Kōsaku
Matsumora (松茂良 興作, 1829–1898), ****anese
karateka Satoyama Kōsaku (里山 浩作, born 1981)...
- home,
probably at the age of 20 he
began studying Tomari-te with
Kosaku Matsumora and
Kokan Oyadomari from
Tomari village. Due to
disagreement between sources...
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began studying under Kōsaku
Matsumora. He was
taught by
Matsumora,
especially irikumi, an
ancient form of kumite, and
Matsumora praised him as
being very...
- his
teachings were
based upon: Sōkon
Matsumura of Shuri-te, and
Kosaku Matsumora of Tomari-te. He
chose to name the
school using the
first kanji characters...
- Shuri-te from
Matsumura Sōkon and Ankō
Itosu and Tomari-te from Kōsaku
Matsumora. He is
often considered Itosu's top student. Yabu Kentsū was born in Shuri...
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younger brother Chōki and his
friend Kentsū Yabu,
began studying under Matsumora Kōsaku from Tomari. Chōyū had
three sons, but the
downfall of the family...
