Mabuni Kenzō · Lineage tree

Also known as

Kenzo Mabuni

Description

Japanese karate teacher, second son of Kenwa Mabuni, the founder of Shito-ryu; a source on his father's kata knowledge and teaching.

Teachers (1)

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  Kenwa Mabuni

  sports_martial_artsShito-ryu Possible

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  “Kenzo Mabuni, the second son of the founder of Shito Ryu, believes that each person should spend three years and three months learning a single kata and its bunkai.”

  — 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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