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少林流聖武館歴史 - 国際沖縄少林流聖武館空手道協会

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Kyan Chōfu

1839-08-24 - 1910

Kyan Chōtoku

1870-12 - 1945-09-20

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Oyadomari Kōkan

1827 - 1905

Shimabukuro Zenryō

1909-11-05 (明治４２年１１月５日) - 1969-10-14 (昭和４４年１０月)

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Official history of the Seibukan school on the International Okinawa Shorin-Ryu Seibukan Karate-do Association website. Covers founder Zenryo Shimabukuro (1909-1969): born Showa-era Shuri Kubagawa, Naha on November 5, 1909 (Meiji 42); to Osaka at 18 (1926); settled in Chatan 1933 as a confectioner; began training under Chotoku Kyan in 1935 (Showa 10); opened a dojo in Chatan in 1952; instructed US Army 503rd Airborne from 1961; built the Seibukan dojo in 1962, creating the Wanshu kata; president of the Okinawa Karate-do Union 1965; awarded Hanshi 10th dan by the All-Okinawa Karate Federation in 1967; died at 61 in 1969. Also covers successor Zenpo Shimabukuro (b. 1943), who studied Kobayashi-ryu under Chozo Nakama and inherited the school in 1969.

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