Also known as
Tatsuo Shimabuku · Tatsuo Shimabukuro · Seikichi Tatsuo Shimabuku · しまぶくろ たつお
Description
Okinawan martial artist (1908-1975), founder of Isshin-ryu karate; studied
under Chotoku Kyan, Chojun Miyagi, Choki Motobu and Shinken Taira.
Teachers (4)
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Kyan Chōtoku
sports_martial_artsShorin-ryu
Confirmed
(1927–1939)
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EN Wikipedia states Shimabuku studied Shorin-ryu under Chotoku Kyan from around
1927 until 1939, becoming one of Kyan's best students; corroborated by the
Advincula biography (four years from about age 23-24, c. 1931-1935, a
conflicting period)
“Around the age of 19 (1927), he began to study Shorin-ryu karate under Chotoku
Kyan at Kyan's home [...] Shimabuku studied with Kyan until 1939.”
“At the time, Shimabuku who was around age 23 or 24, and a poor farmer's
son,walked barefooted to study with Kyan [...] He studied Shuri te with Kyan for
four years.”
— Advincula, A. J.. (1997). Dragon Man: Shimabuku
Tatsuo Sensei, founder of Isshin-ryu Karate and Kobudolink
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Miyagi Chōjun
sports_martial_artsGoju-ryu
Confirmed
(1936–1939)
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Wikipedia and the Advincula biography agree on the relationship. The period
follows the biography (around 1936, for three years; approximate), against
Wikipedia's late 1946 or early 1947.
“Shimabuku had always been fascinated by Naha-te karate and, in late 1946 or
early 1947, sought out Chojun Miyagi, the founder of Gōjū-ryū. [...] From
Miyagi, Tatsuo learned Tensho, Seiunchin, and Sanchin kata.”
“Shimabuku studies Naha te from Chojun Miyagi around 1936 [...] This time he
stays with Miyagi for three years.”
— Advincula, A. J.. (1997). Dragon Man: Shimabuku
Tatsuo Sensei, founder of Isshin-ryu Karate and Kobudolink
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Motobu Chōki
(1942–1943)
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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)
“In 1942, Shimabuku sought out another famous Shorin-Ryu instructor, Choki
Motobu [...] Shimabuku studied with Motobu for approximately one year.”
“In 1938 at age 30 he studies with Choki Motobu again in Naha for one year.”
— Advincula, A. J.. (1997). Dragon Man: Shimabuku
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Taira Shinken
sports_martial_artsOkinawan Kobudō
Confirmed
(1957–1962)
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EN Wikipedia states Shimabuku studied kobudo with Shinken Taira, one of Moden
Yabiku's top students, during the late 1950s and early 1960s; indirectly
corroborated by Eizo Shimabukuro's interview naming Taira among the masters
he and Tatsuo studied under
“During the late 1950s and early 1960s, he continued his study of Kobudō with
one of Moden Yabiku's top students, Shinken Taira.”
“Eizo studied under his elder brother, Tatsuo, and under the same masters as
Tatsuo, including Chotoku Kyan, Choki Motobu, Chojun Miyagi, and Shinken Taira.”
— Haff, William H.. (1985). Interview with Eizo
Shimabukuro. USAdojolink
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@incollection{martialis_01KZEDDCFCG0PFJGWZ9DNGK637, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Shimabuku Tatsuo}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage
Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01KZEDDCFCG0PFJGWZ9DNGK637}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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