Also known as
Shinpan Gusukuma · Shinpan Shiroma · Shiroma Shinpan · ぐすくま しんぱん
Description
Okinawan martial artist (1890-1954) who studied Shorin-ryu under Ankō Itosu
and Naha-te under Higaonna Kanryō; co-established Shito-ryu with Kenwa Mabuni,
founding the Okinawan branch of the style and serving as president of the
Shinpan Shiroma Shito-ryu Preservation Society.
Teachers (2)
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Itosu Ankō
sports_martial_artsShuri-te
Confirmed
(1903)
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EN Wikipedia states Gusukuma began the study of karate with Anko Itosu at the
age of thirteen; corroborated by his student Seikichi Iha's Fighting Arts
interview describing Gusukuma's Itosu-derived lineage
“At the age of thirteen, he began the study of karate with Anko Itosu”
“Among his students were Yoki Uema (1920 - 2011, founder of Shorin-Ryu
Shubukan), Seiichi Iju (who was the first teacher of Shuguro Nakazato, the
founder of Shorin-Ryu Shorinkan, and who taught the latter the kata Gojushiho),
Seitoku Ishikawa (1925 - 2013) and Seikichi Iha (born in 1932).”
— Iha, Seikichi. (2020). The Teachings of Shinpan
Gusukuma Sensei - By Seikichi Iha Sensei. The Karate Pagelink
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Higaonna Kanryō
sports_martial_artsNaha-te
Probable
(1908)
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EN Wikipedia states Gusukuma began training with Kanryo Higaonna in 1908, along
with Kenwa Mabuni
“in 1908 he began training with Kanryo Higaonna, along with Kenwa Mabuni.”
Students (3)
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Iju Seiichi
sports_martial_artsShito-ryu
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EN Wikipedia states Iju studied Shito-ryu karate as a student of Shinpan
Gusukuma; corroborated by the Iha article on Gusukuma (listing Iju among his
students) and the Gojushiho lineage and Piemonte studies (Iju learned Gojushiho
from Gusukuma)
“He studied Shitō-ryū karate as a student of Shinpan Gusukuma.”
“Among his students were Yoki Uema (1920 - 2011, founder of Shorin-Ryu
Shubukan), Seiichi Iju (who was the first teacher of Shuguro Nakazato, the
founder of Shorin-Ryu Shorinkan, and who taught the latter the kata Gojushiho),
Seitoku Ishikawa (1925 - 2013) and Seikichi Iha (born in 1932).”
— Iha, Seikichi. (2020). The Teachings of Shinpan
Gusukuma Sensei - By Seikichi Iha Sensei. The Karate Pagelink
history
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“And Seiichi Iju learned Gojushiho from Shinpan Gusukuma.”
— The Karate Page. The Lineage of Gojushiho. The
Karate Pagelink
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“Another Gusukuma student, Seiichi Iju, handed down a longer version instead.
This version is similar, and corresponds in enbusen and other typical details,
to that transmitted by Chozo Nakama, and is now practiced in the Shorinkan
Shorin-ryu school under the name of Iju Gojushiho.”
— Giordano, Emanuel; Vignola, Manuel. (2021). Study
on the Diffusion of Gojushiho in the Various Schoolslink
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Iha Seikichi
sports_martial_artsShidokan
Confirmed
(1950–1954)
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Fighting Arts interview states Iha was accepted as a formal student of Shinpan
Gusukuma in 1950 and trained with him for four years; the EN Wikipedia article
on Gusukuma also names him as a student
“in 1950 he was accepted as a formal student of Shinpan Gusukuma [...] Iha
trained with Gusukuma for four years. After Gusukuma's death in 1954”
— Estrada, Ernest. Seikichi Iha - Interview by Ernest
Estrada. FightingArts.comlink
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“Sensei Seikichi Iha, 10th Dan, Shidokan Karate, a student of Gusukuma's,
reminds us that it is the responsibility of the dedicated student to seek out
partners for the exploration of jutsu and ryaku.”
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Arakaki Ankichi
sports_martial_artsShorin-ryu
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4 sources
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EN Wikipedia states Arakaki began his training in karate quite young with
Shinpan Gusukuma, his teacher at primary school; corroborated by the Gaudion
essay, the Shorin-Ryu Romania history and the Shima Karate biography
“He was quite young when he began his training in Karate with Shinpan Gusukuma,
also known under the name of Shinpan Shiroma (1890–1954), who was his teacher at
primary school.”
“His first teach-ers were Shinpan Gusukuma and Cho mo Hanashiro”
— Gaudion, Geoffrey E.. Shoshin Nagamine and Some of
His Masterslink
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“he was learning from Shinpan Gusukuma, his teacher from primary grades, then
from Chomo Hanashiro, when he was in high-school.”
“He started training under Chomo Hanashiro and Shinpan Gusukuma.”
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