Soken Hōhan
Soken Hōhan
祖堅方範
JPN
1889-05-25 - 1982-11-30
Nishihara - Nishihara
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Also known as
Hohan Soken
Soken Hohan
そけん ほうはん
Description

Okinawan martial arts master (1889-1982), founder of the Shorin-ryu Matsumura Seito Okinawa Karate Kobudo Association; trained by his uncle Nabe Matsumura from age 13, he continued the Matsumura family tradition after emigrating back from Argentina in 1952.

Teachers (1)
  • Matsumura Nabe
    Matsumura Nabe
    linkShorin-ryu 3
    Confirmed
    EN Wikipedia states Soken was the nephew of Nabe Matsumura and began karate training at 13 under his uncle; corroborated by Soken's own 1978 interview with Ernie Estrada (student from around 1902-1903) and the Alexander article (age 13, 1902, his uncle's only student)
    (1902)
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    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
     4 sources
    fact_check
    EN Wikipedia states Soken was the nephew of Nabe Matsumura and began karate training at 13 under his uncle; corroborated by Soken's own 1978 interview with Ernie Estrada (student from around 1902-1903) and the Alexander article (age 13, 1902, his uncle's only student)
    assessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    "He was the nephew of Nabe Matsumura... He began karate training at 13 under his uncle. Matsumura taught him several kata... and finally at age 23, Hakutsuru."
    — Hohan Sōken - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English) linkinfo
    "I became a student of my uncle around 1902 or 1903 and learned the original methods of Uchinan Sui-di, as it was then called... When Bushi Matsumura died he left the "hands" of his teachings to my uncle, who was his grandson, Matsumura Nabe. My mother was Nabe-tanmei's sister."
    — Estrada, Ernie. (1978). Interview with Hohan Soken: The Last of the Great Old-Time Karate Warriors, Part 1. FightingArts.com linkinfo
    "Master Soken began training in karate at age thirteen in 1902 under his Uncle Nabe Matsumura... My uncle had only one student, and that was me."
    — Alexander, George W.. Hohan Soken: The Life of a Grand Masterlinkinfo
    "祖堅方範は12歳頃より母の兄で伯父であるナビータンメー（翁）に唐手（現・空手）を師事した。"
    — 祖堅方範 - Wikipedia (JA). Wikipedia (Japanese) linkinfo
Students (3)
Sources
Hohan Sōken - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English)linkinfo
祖堅方範 - Wikipedia (JA). Wikipedia (Japanese)linkinfo
Alexander, George W.. Hohan Soken: The Life of a Grand Master linkinfo
Estrada, Ernie. (1978). Interview with Hohan Soken: The Last of the Great Old-Time Karate Warriors, Part 1. FightingArts.comlinkinfo
Lineage of the Masters - Okinawa Karate Moerfeldenlinkinfo
Estrada, Ernest. (1978). Interview with Hohan Soken, Matsumura's Grandson - Part II (milos.io)linkinfo
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