Also known as
Masami Chinen · ちねん まさみ
Description
Okinawan martial arts master (1898-1976), a former policeman who formed the
Yamani-ryu bojutsu school and taught bojutsu privately at his home in Tobaru,
Shuri; possibly studied karate under Chōjun Miyagi; students included Chōgi
Kishaba and Chōkei Kishaba.
Teachers (2)
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person
Chinen Sanra
sports_martial_artsOkinawan Kobudō
Probable
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EN Wikipedia states Chinen formed Yamani-ryu and named it after Sanra Chinen,
also a teacher of bojutsu - implying Sanra was his teacher; Motobu Naoki's
article confirms Sanra as the Yamane-ryu founder and Masami (his grandson) as
head of the family after the war.
“Chinen named the style after his father Sanra Chinen who was also a teacher of
Bōjutsu and known as Yamani Usumei and Yamane Tanmei.”
“知念翁は棒術の達人として名高い知念三良（ちねんさんら）のことである。[...]知念三良の棒術流派は山根流と呼ばれている。戦後は孫の知念正美が家元を務めていた。”
— Motobu, Naoki. (2023). Forgotten Masters of Karate
- Motobu Naoki (note.com)link
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“Masami Chinen was the last member of the Chinen family to teach the art. Upon
the death of Masami Chinen, the Chinen family passed the title of Soke [...] to
his student, Chogi Kishaba”
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Miyagi Chōjun
sports_martial_artsGoju-ryu
Possible
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Single hedged mention in the Haff interview with Toshihiro Oshiro ("studied
Shuri style karate, I believe, and also some under Sensei Miyagi") - a step
below a generic mention and retractable
“My bo teacher was a direct student of Chojun Miyagi, the founder of Goju-Ryu.
And his teacher, Masami Chinen, studied Shuri style karate, I believe, and also
some under Sensei Miyagito understand stances, maybe footwork”
— Haff, William H.. (2008). Interview with Sensei
Toshihiro Oshiro: Yamanni Ryu - Bo-Jutsu of Okinawa. Oshiro Dojolink
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Students (2)
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Nakazato Shūgorō
sports_martial_artsOkinawan Kobudō
Probable
(1955–1958)
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EN Wikipedia states Nakazato resumed bojutsu training in 1955 under Masami
Chinen, with whom he stayed until 1958
“In the same year, Nakazato resumed bojutsu training, this time under Seiro
Tonaki's teacher's son, Masami Chinen, with whom he stayed until 1958.”
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person
Kishaba Chōgi
sports_martial_artsOkinawan Kobudō
Confirmed
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EN Wikipedia article on Masami Chinen names Chōgi Kishaba as one of Chinen's
students, the Haff interview with Toshihiro Oshiro independently calls him a
direct student of Masami Chinen, and the Houston Karate page states the family
passed the Soke title to him upon Chinen's death
“Another student of Chinen's, Chōgi Kishaba and his student Toshihiro Ōshiro
also privately practised Yamani Ryu katas.”
“his brother, Chogi Kishaba, who was a direct student of Masami Chinen and is
the only active instructor for Yamanni-Chinen Ryu bojutsu still teaching in
Okinawa.”
— Haff, William H.. (2008). Interview with Sensei
Toshihiro Oshiro: Yamanni Ryu - Bo-Jutsu of Okinawa. Oshiro Dojolink
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“I believe there were other Yamanni-ryu instructors. They learned from Masami
Chinen or his grandfather Sanda but I heard that only Kishaba sensei knows all
the Yamanni-ryu katas.”
— Tran, Dong. (2008). Oshiro Toshihiro: The Way of
Yamanni-ryu. Oshiro Dojolink
history
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“Masami Chinen was the last member of the Chinen family to teach the art. Upon
the death of Masami Chinen, the Chinen family passed the title of Soke [...] to
his student, Chogi Kishaba, who had begun training with Chinen as a teenager and
remained with him as a student until his death.”
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Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01KZBVW8NFCS8PS3RR0PDQ1936 - CC
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@incollection{martialis_01KZBVW8NFCS8PS3RR0PDQ1936, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Chinen Masami}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database},
year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01KZBVW8NFCS8PS3RR0PDQ1936}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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