Also known as
Katsuhiko Shinzato · しんざと かつひこ
Description
Okinawan martial arts master (born 1939), head of the Shorin-ryu Kishaba Juku since 2000; student of Shoshin Nagamine, Seigi Nakamura and Chokei Kishaba, and translator of Nagamine's The Essence of Okinawan Karate-Do.
Teachers (4)
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Nagamine Shōshinsports_martial_artsMatsubayashi-ryu ConfirmedConfirmedEN Wikipedia states Shinzato returned to Okinawa in 1967, joined the dojo of Shoshin Nagamine, and translated Nagamine's book into English; the Omine dojo history page confirms he became Nagamine's student in 1967The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.(1967)
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2 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkEN Wikipedia states Shinzato returned to Okinawa in 1967, joined the dojo of Shoshin Nagamine, and translated Nagamine's book into English; the Omine dojo history page confirms he became Nagamine's student in 1967 -
Nakamura Seigisports_martial_artsMatsubayashi-ryu ProbableProbableEN Wikipedia states Shinzato studied under Seigi Nakamura, who the Nakamura article names as one of the developers of the Kishaba JukuThe evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
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1 source expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkEN Wikipedia states Shinzato studied under Seigi Nakamura, who the Nakamura article names as one of the developers of the Kishaba Juku -
Kishaba Chōgisports_martial_artsYamanni-ryu ProbableProbableChristopher Caile's 2024 Fighting Arts article (footnote 3) states Shinzato was a student of Chogi Kishaba (Yamani-Ryu Bojutsu); single secondary source, hence probableThe evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
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1 source expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkChristopher Caile's 2024 Fighting Arts article (footnote 3) states Shinzato was a student of Chogi Kishaba (Yamani-Ryu Bojutsu); single secondary source, hence probable -
Kishaba Chōkeisports_martial_artsShorin-ryu Kishaba Juku ConfirmedConfirmedEN Wikipedia states Shinzato studied under Chokei Kishaba and became head of the Kishaba Juku after Kishaba's death in 2000; in a Dnevnik newspaper interview Shinzato himself names Kishaba as "the master that has had the greatest influence on me"The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.
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4 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkEN Wikipedia states Shinzato studied under Chokei Kishaba and became head of the Kishaba Juku after Kishaba's death in 2000; in a Dnevnik newspaper interview Shinzato himself names Kishaba as "the master that has had the greatest influence on me"visibilityFirst-hand
Lineage
- Matsubayashi-ryu Nakamura SeigiNagamine Shōshin · 2 generations
Sources
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Identifiers
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Cite and reuse
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Plain text
Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Shinzato Katsuhiko. In Martialis: Martial
Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01KZBXWS0N6Z9T5YP2TTQSVJV2 - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01KZBXWS0N6Z9T5YP2TTQSVJV2, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Shinzato Katsuhiko}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage
Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01KZBXWS0N6Z9T5YP2TTQSVJV2}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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