Iwah

China
29.7

Description

Chinese military attaché in Okinawa named by Funakoshi Gichin as a teacher of Matsumura Sōkon.

Students (1)

  • Matsumura Sōkon
    sports_martial_artsShaolinquan Probable
    Probable
    Both sources go back to Funakoshi's account.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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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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