Description
Chinese military attaché in Okinawa named by Funakoshi Gichin as a teacher of
Matsumura Sōkon.
Students (1)
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Matsumura Sōkon
sports_martial_artsShaolinquan
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Both sources go back to Funakoshi's account.
“Funakoshi stated that he studied under a Chinese attaché named Iwah”
— 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
“Matsumura Sokon (1809–1899) of Shuri studied what was said to be a form of
Shaolin boxing with the attaché Iwah.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010).
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation
info
Sources
“Matsumura Sokon (1809–1899) of Shuri studied what was said to be a form of
Shaolin boxing with the attaché Iwah.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010).
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation
info
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Iwah. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage
Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5H3RJVTXPWN0H33G2RJ6G4A - CC BY-SA 4.0.
Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M5H3RJVTXPWN0H33G2RJ6G4A, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Iwah}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year =
{YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M5H3RJVTXPWN0H33G2RJ6G4A}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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