Shimabuku Tatsuo

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)

• 
  Kyan Chōtoku

  sports_martial_artsShorin-ryu Confirmed

  Confirmed

  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)

  The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.

  (1927–1939)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  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.”

  — Tatsuo Shimabuku - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English)link history info

  “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 history info
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  Miyagi Chōjun

  sports_martial_artsGoju-ryu Confirmed

  Confirmed

  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.

  The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.

  (1936–1939)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources expand_more

  fact_check

  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.”

  — Tatsuo Shimabuku - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English)link history info

  “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 history info
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  Motobu Chōki

  (1942–1943)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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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.”

  — Tatsuo Shimabuku - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English)link history info

  “In 1938 at age 30 he studies with Choki Motobu again in Naha for one year.”

  — Advincula, A. J.. (1997). Dragon Man: Shimabuku Tatsuo Sensei, founder of Isshin-ryu Karate and Kobudolink history info
• 
  Taira Shinken

  sports_martial_artsOkinawan Kobudō Confirmed

  Confirmed

  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

  The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.

  (1957–1962)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources expand_more

  fact_check

  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.”

  — Tatsuo Shimabuku - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English)link history info

  “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 history info

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