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    • Motobu Chōki
    Motobu Chōki
    本部朝基
    JPN
    1870-05-05 (明治3年4月5日) - 1944-04-15
    Naha (Shuri Akahira) - Shuri
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    Also known as
    Motobu Chouki
    Motobu Choki
    もとぶ ちょうき
    真三良 (childhood name)
    Description

    Okinawan karate master (1870-1944) and founder of Nihon Denryu Heiho Motobu Kenpo (Motobu-ryu), born into the royal Motobu Udundi family; studied under Ankō Itosu, Matsumura Sōkon, Sakuma and Kōsaku Matsumora, and became famous in mainland Japan after defeating a foreign boxer in Kyoto at age 52.

    Teachers (3)
    • Itosu Ankō
      Itosu Ankō
      linkShuri-te 3
      Confirmed
      EN Wikipedia states Motobu was invited at age 12 with his brother to be taught karate by Ankō Itosu and studied under him for seven or eight years; the Motobu-ryu official history confirms Itosu was hired at the Motobu Udundi when Motobu was 12 (kazoe)
      (1882-1890)
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      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
       2 sources
      fact_check
      EN Wikipedia states Motobu was invited at age 12 with his brother to be taught karate by Ankō Itosu and studied under him for seven or eight years; the Motobu-ryu official history confirms Itosu was hired at the Motobu Udundi when Motobu was 12 (kazoe)
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      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      "at the age of 12, he and his older brother Motobu Chōyū were invited by Ankō Itosu to be taught karate... He studied under Itosu for seven or eight years."
      — Motobu Chōki - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English) linkinfo
      "幼少の頃より武に興味を示し、数え年12歳のときに首里手の大家・糸洲安恒先生を本部御殿に招聘して、長兄・朝勇先生と共に正式に師事されました。"
      — 本部朝基先生 - 本部流 (Motobu-ryu official)linkinfo
    • Matsumura Sōkon
      Matsumura Sōkon
      linkShuri-te 3
      Confirmed
      EN Wikipedia states Motobu secretly continued his training under Sōkon Matsumura and Sakuma from Shuri after finding it difficult to defeat his brother under Itosu's tutelage; the Motobu-ryu official history confirms Motobu studied secretly under Matsumura and Sakuma, Matsumura being Itosu's own teacher and Motobu (with Yabu Kentsu) his beloved disciple
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      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
       2 sources
      fact_check
      EN Wikipedia states Motobu secretly continued his training under Sōkon Matsumura and Sakuma from Shuri after finding it difficult to defeat his brother under Itosu's tutelage; the Motobu-ryu official history confirms Motobu studied secretly under Matsumura and Sakuma, Matsumura being Itosu's own teacher and Motobu (with Yabu Kentsu) his beloved disciple
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      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      "Therefore, he secretly continued his training under Sōkon Matsumura and Sakuma from Shuri, and by the time he was over 20 years old, he was confident that he could defeat his brother in kumite."
      — Motobu Chōki - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English) linkinfo
      "糸洲先生だけではあきたらず密かに首里の松村宗棍先生や佐久間先生といった伝説の大家のもとにも通って修業されました。松村先生は糸洲先生の師でもあり、「近世の唐手の達人中、松村先生ほど精妙を極めて他に強かった者はない」（本部朝基）といわれる達人で、朝基先生は親友・屋部憲通先生とともにこの松村先生の愛弟子でした。"
      — 本部朝基先生 - 本部流 (Motobu-ryu official)linkinfo
    • Matsumora Kōsaku
      Matsumora Kōsaku
      linkTomari-te 3
      Confirmed
      EN Wikipedia states Motobu began studying under Kōsaku Matsumora from the age of 19 or 20, learning especially irikumi; the Motobu-ryu official history confirms Matsumora teaching from age 19 and records his praise of Motobu's talent
      (1889)
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      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
       2 sources
      fact_check
      EN Wikipedia states Motobu began studying under Kōsaku Matsumora from the age of 19 or 20, learning especially irikumi; the Motobu-ryu official history confirms Matsumora teaching from age 19 and records his praise of Motobu's talent
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      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      "From the age of 19 or 20, Motobu, along with his older brother Chōyū and his friend Kentsū Yabu, began studying under Kōsaku Matsumora. He was taught by Matsumora, especially irikumi, an ancient form of kumite."
      — Motobu Chōki - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English) linkinfo
      "また、19歳の頃からは泊手の大家・松茂良興作先生にも師事されました。組手稽古の最中、朝基先生の一手が松茂良先生の顔に入ったことから、「年の若い者としては非常に武才がある」（琉球新報・昭和11年）と、松茂良先生が激賞された逸話が伝えられています。"
      — 本部朝基先生 - 本部流 (Motobu-ryu official)linkinfo
    Students (7)
    • Ueshima Sannosuke
      Ueshima Sannosuke
      linkShuri-te 3
      Confirmed
      JA Wikipedia states Motobu Choki's Shuri-te and Tomari-te were among the karate taught at Ueshima's Osaka dojo from 1925, and that Ueshima helped edit Motobu's 1926 kumite book; the EN Wikipedia article on Motobu names Ueshima among his students in Osaka from 1923; Joe Swift's article corroborates Ueshima as a sympathetic contact of Motobu
      (1925)
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      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
       3 sources
      fact_check
      JA Wikipedia states Motobu Choki's Shuri-te and Tomari-te were among the karate taught at Ueshima's Osaka dojo from 1925, and that Ueshima helped edit Motobu's 1926 kumite book; the EN Wikipedia article on Motobu names Ueshima among his students in Osaka from 1923; Joe Swift's article corroborates Ueshima as a sympathetic contact of Motobu
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      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      "大阪市東淀川区に移り1925年（大正14年）上島柔道場を開設。また沖縄の空手教師数名がそこで空手も練習し、教えた。教授陣は以下のとおり：本部朝基の首里手と泊流。"
      — 上島三之助 - Wikipedia (JA). Wikipedia (Japanese) linkinfo
      "In 1923, he opened a karate dojo in Osaka. Among his students at that time were Tatsuo Yamada and Sannosuke Ueshima."
      — Motobu Chōki - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English) linkinfo
      "Motobu enjoyed contact with many karate exponents in Tokyo who were sympathetic to his methods, including Otsuka Hironori of Wadoryu, Konishi Yasuhiro of Shindo Jinenryu and Ueshima Sannosuke of Kushinryu."
      — Swift, Joe. (2001). Clearing the Air about Motobu linkinfo
    • Shimabuku Tatsuo
      Shimabuku Tatsuo
      (1942-1943)
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      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
       2 sources
      fact_check
      EN Wikipedia states Shimabuku sought out Choki Motobu in 1942 and studied with him for approximately one year; the Advincula biography places a year of study with Motobu in Naha in 1938 (conflicting date, kept in notes)
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      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      "in 1942, sought out another famous Shorin-Ryu instructor, Choki Motobu... Shimabuku studied with Motobu for approximately one year."
      — Tatsuo Shimabuku - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English)linkinfo
      "In 1938 at age 30 he studies with Choki Motobu again in Naha for one year."
      — Advincula, A. J.. (1997). Dragon Man: Shimabuku Tatsuo Sensei, founder of Isshin-ryu Karate and Kobudolinkinfo
    • Ōt
      Ōtsuka Hironori
      linkKarate 3
      Confirmed
      The Wado-ryu Wikipedia article records that Otsuka studied with Motobu Choki; JA Wikipedia on Motobu states Otsuka came to study under him in 1929 and later recalled him as "unquestionably strong" (ともかく本部さんは文句なく強い人という印象です)
      (1929)
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      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
       2 sources
      fact_check
      The Wado-ryu Wikipedia article records that Otsuka studied with Motobu Choki; JA Wikipedia on Motobu states Otsuka came to study under him in 1929 and later recalled him as "unquestionably strong" (ともかく本部さんは文句なく強い人という印象です)
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      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      "To broaden his knowledge of Karate, Ōtsuka also studied with other prominent masters such as Kenwa Mabuni of Shitō-ryū and Motobu Chōki."
      — Wadō-ryū - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English) linkinfo
      "昭和4年（1929年）には、同じく船越門下の大塚博紀（後に和道流を開く）が朝基のもとを訪れ、師事している。大塚は後年、「ともかく本部さんは文句なく強い人という印象です」と述懐した。"
      — 本部朝基 - Wikipedia (JA). Wikipedia (Japanese) linkinfo
    • Na
      Nakama Chōzō
      (1936)
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      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
       4 sources
      fact_check
      EN Wikipedia lists Choki Motobu among the teachers Nakama also studied with; Jahana's 1978 article states Nakama learned karate directly from Motobu (dojo opened around 1940); the Motobu-ryu official history confirms he studied under Motobu; the Motobu-ryu blog places the kumite learning at the 1936 Roundtable
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      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      "however, Nakama also studied with Chomo Hanashiro, Chōtoku Kyan, Kenwa Mabuni, Choki Motobu, and Kentsu Yabu."
      — Chozo Nakama - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English) linkinfo
      "Also, when Motobu Chōki briefly returned to Okinawa to attend the "Roundtable of Karate Masters" (1936), Nakama Sensei learned kumite from him."
      — Motobu, Naoki. (2023). Nakama Chōzō's Gojūshiho - Motobu-ryu Bloglinkhistoryinfo
      "He learned karate directly from Choki Motobu (1871-1944). It was about 1940 that Choki Motobu opened his own Dojo in Nishishinmachi (=Kumecho now), Naha city after returning to Okinawa from Osaka."
      — Jahana, Seijin; East Wind Budo. (1978). The Legend of Choki Motobulinkinfo
      "That was Nakama Chozo sensei. He had also studied under Motobu Choki sensei."
      — History of Motobu Udundi: 1955 - 1965 (3) linkinfo
    • Nagamine Shōshin
      Nagamine Shōshin
      linkShorin-ryu 3
      Confirmed
      Nagamine's own autobiography describes studying under Motobu Choki for six months from April 1936 while at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Academy in Hongo ward; confirmed by JA Wikipedia (1936, Tokyo) and the Goodin article (1936, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Academy)
      (1936-1936)
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      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
       4 sources
      fact_check
      Nagamine's own autobiography describes studying under Motobu Choki for six months from April 1936 while at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Academy in Hongo ward; confirmed by JA Wikipedia (1936, Tokyo) and the Goodin article (1936, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Academy)
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      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      "In April 1936, I went to Tokyo... entered the Metropolitan Police Academy... and studied under Motobu Choki... for six months in Hongo."
      — Nagamine, Shoshin. A Short Autobiography of Grandmaster Shoshin Nagaminelinkinfo
      "1936年（昭和11年）には、東京にて本部朝基にも師事する機会に恵まれた。"
      — 長嶺将真 - Wikipedia (JA). Wikipedia (Japanese) linkinfo
      "While studying at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Academy in 1936, he received instruction under the renowned kumite expert, Motobu Choki."
      — Goodin, Charles C.. (2021). Nagamine Shoshin: Karate and Zen as Onelinkinfo
      "During his time as a police officer, Nagamine received further instruction in karate from Chotoku Kyan and Motobu Choki."
      — Shōshin Nagamine - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English)linkinfo
    • Miyahira Katsuya
      Miyahira Katsuya
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      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
       2 sources
      fact_check
      EN Wikipedia states Miyahira was also instructed by Anbun Tokuda and Choki Motobu; the Shorinryu.de biography confirms he deepened his kumite in Motobu Choki's dojo
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      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      "Miyahira was also instructed by Anbun Tokuda and Choki Motobu."
      — Katsuya Miyahira - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English)linkinfo
      "Later, Miyahira deepened his knowledge mainly in Kumite in the dojo of Motobu Choki."
      — Sensei Miyahira Katsuya - Shorinryu.delinkinfo
    • Ko
      Konishi Yasuhiro
      linkKarate 2
      Probable
      Ryukyu Bugei source states Konishi studied karate with Motobu Chōki and Mabuni Kenwa after learning from Funakoshi; JA Wikipedia on Motobu records that Konishi organized the Motobu Choki Support Society when Motobu moved to Tokyo in 1927
      sports_kabaddiKeio University badge (1924)
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      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
       2 sources
      fact_check
      Ryukyu Bugei source states Konishi studied karate with Motobu Chōki and Mabuni Kenwa after learning from Funakoshi; JA Wikipedia on Motobu records that Konishi organized the Motobu Choki Support Society when Motobu moved to Tokyo in 1927
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      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      "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) linkinfo
    Sources
    Motobu Chōki - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English)linkinfo
    本部朝基先生 - 本部流 (Motobu-ryu official)linkinfo
    本部朝基 - Wikipedia (JA). Wikipedia (Japanese)linkinfo
    本部朝基 - WEB秘伝 (達人・名人・秘伝の師範たち). Hiden (BAB Japan)linkinfo
    Swift, Joe. (2001). Clearing the Air about Motobulinkinfo
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