Konishi Yasuhiro · Lineage tree

Also known as

良助

Description

Japanese martial artist who studied judo, kendo, karate, and aikido. Founder of Shindō jinen-ryū karate and president of the Japan Karate-do Ryobu-Kai.

Teachers (7)

• person
  Okano Yoshitaro

  sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable

  Probable

  Japanese Wikipedia states Konishi learned judo from Okano Yoshitaro at the Tokyo Higher Normal School

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  (1906)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Japanese Wikipedia states Konishi learned judo from Okano Yoshitaro at the Tokyo Higher Normal School

  “中学校時代には、柔道を岡野好太郎に、竹内流を竹内兵衛に、剣道を上原宗九郎、植田平太郎（天真正伝神道流）らに学んだ。”

  — Japanese Wikipedia article on Konishi Yasuhiro link history
• person
  Ueda Heitaro

  sports_martial_artsKendo Probable

  Probable

  Japanese Wikipedia states Konishi learned kendo from Ueda Heitaro at the Tokyo Higher Normal School

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  (1906)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Japanese Wikipedia states Konishi learned kendo from Ueda Heitaro at the Tokyo Higher Normal School

  “中学校時代には、柔道を岡野好太郎に、竹内流を竹内兵衛に、剣道を上原宗九郎、植田平太郎（天真正伝神道流）らに学んだ。”

  — Japanese Wikipedia article on Konishi Yasuhiro link history
• person
  Matsui Sanzo

  sports_martial_artsMuso-ryu Shinjujutsu Probable

  Probable

  Japanese Wikipedia states Konishi learned Muso-ryu jujutsu from Matsui Sanzo; Wikipedia only

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  (1906)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Japanese Wikipedia states Konishi learned Muso-ryu jujutsu from Matsui Sanzo; Wikipedia only

  “小学校時代、竹内流腰廻を竹内緑に、無相流柔術を松井三蔵に、直心影流剣術を井上正広に学ぶ。”

  — Japanese Wikipedia article on Konishi Yasuhiro link history
• person
  Shingai Tadaatsu

  sports_martial_artsKendo Probable

  Probable

  Japanese Wikipedia states Konishi learned kendo from Shingai Tadaatsu, studying Kubota-ha Tamiya-ryu

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  location_onKeio University badge (1913)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Japanese Wikipedia states Konishi learned kendo from Shingai Tadaatsu, studying Kubota-ha Tamiya-ryu

  “1913年（大正2年）、慶應義塾大学部理財科に入学。剣道部に入り、真貝忠篤（窪田派田宮流）に学ぶ。”

  — Japanese Wikipedia article on Konishi Yasuhiro link history
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  Funakoshi Gichin

  sports_martial_artsKarate Probable

  Probable

  Japanese Wikipedia states Konishi learned karate from Funakoshi Gichin, meeting him in June 1925

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  location_onKeio University badge (1925)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Japanese Wikipedia states Konishi learned karate from Funakoshi Gichin, meeting him in June 1925

  “1925年（大正14年）6月、船越義珍と出会った事により、ようやく唐手を学ぶ事ができた。”

  — Japanese Wikipedia article on Konishi Yasuhiro link history

  “When he [Konishi] met Funakoshi Gichin in June 1925, he was finally able to learn Karate. However, since its contents was only Kata, together with Ōtsuka Hironori 大塚博紀 (1892–1982, founder of Wadō-ryū Karate-dō and Jūjutsu Kenpō) who was also a disciple of Funakoshi, Konishi began to devise Yakusoku Kumite 約束組手 and the like. Later Konishi studied Karate with Motobu Chōki and Mabuni Kenwa.”

  — Ryukyu Bugei website link
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  Motobu Chōki

  sports_martial_artsKarate Confirmed

  Confirmed

  Independent sources state it.

  The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.

  location_onKeio University badge (1924)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Independent sources state it.

  “Later Konishi studied Karate with Motobu Chōki and Mabuni Kenwa.”

  — Ryukyu Bugei website link

  “東京では、船越義珍の門弟でもあった小西康裕（後に神道自然流を開く）が中心となり、本部朝基後援会が結成された。”

  — 本部朝基 - Wikipedia (JA). Wikipedia (Japanese) link history info

  “Choki Motobu was an instructor to Shoshin Nagamine, Hironori Otsuka, and Yasuhiro Konishi, the founders of Matsubayashi Ryu, Wado Ryu, and Shindo Jinen Ryu (Ryobu Kai), respectively.”

  — Cramer, Mark I.. (2018). The History of Karate and the Masters Who Made It: Development, Lineages, and Philosophies of Traditional Okinawan and Japanese Karate-doinfo
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  Ueshiba Morihei

  sports_martial_artsAikidō Confirmed

  Confirmed

  Two independent sources (Japanese Wikipedia, Web Hiden) confirm Konishi trained under Ueshiba Morihei; neither names a dojo or a year, so no interactionPlace is recorded and the 1924 startYear is an unsourced estimate, not an attested date

  The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.

  (1924)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Two independent sources (Japanese Wikipedia, Web Hiden) confirm Konishi trained under Ueshiba Morihei; neither names a dojo or a year, so no interactionPlace is recorded and the 1924 startYear is an unsourced estimate, not an attested date

  “その後、植芝盛平より合気道（当時は大東流）を、藤田西湖より南蛮殺到流拳法を学んだほか、揚心古流柔術、柴真楊流柔術、不遷流柔術、柳生心眼流と多くの柔術流派を学んだ。”

  — Japanese Wikipedia article on Konishi Yasuhiro link history

  “また、東都へ進出してきた、のちの合気道開祖、植芝盛平に入門。植芝の多大な影響を受けつつ、昭和８年（1933）、自らの流派「神道自然流空手術」を起ち上げる。”

  — Web Hiden article on Konishi Yasuhirolink

Lineage

• Kōdōkan JūdōOkano Yoshitaro ← Isogai Hajime ← Yokoyama Sakujiro ← Kanō Jigorō · 4 generations
• Kendo Ueda Heitaro ← Naitō Takaharu · 2 generations

Ranks (1)

• sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō

  military_tech5 dan Probable

  Probable

  JKR UK only.

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  Dan-Kyu System (1922-07)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  JKR UK only.

  “It was in July 1922 he received the rank of Godan (5th Dan) in Jūdō from Takahashi Kazuyoshi Sensei 高橋数良.”

  — JKR UK websitelink

Honours (2)

• receipt_longSeirensho Probable

  Probable

  JKR UK only.

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  Title (1924)

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  Frederico Muñoz

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  JKR UK only.

  “1924 also saw the awarding of the title Seirensho to Konishi Soke for Kendō from the Dai Nippon Butokukai”

  — JKR UK websitelink
• receipt_longKyoshiKyoshi Probable

  Probable

  JKR UK only.

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  Title (1935)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  JKR UK only.

  “This became reality in 1935, when the Butokukai awarded Konishi Soke the title ("shogo") of Karate-do Kyōshi”

  — JKR UK websitelink

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