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Forgotten Masters of Karate - Motobu Naoki (note.com)

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Motobu, Naoki. (2023). Forgotten Masters of Karate - Motobu Naoki (note.com)

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AuthorMotobu, Naoki

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Chinen Masami

1898 – 1976 · Okinawa Prefecture

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Motobu Naoki's article "Forgotten Masters of Karate" (translated from his Ameblo blog of February 19, 2016, based on a 1918 Ryukyu Shimpo article), introducing Okinawan karate masters of the Taisho era: Kiyuna Tanmei, Chinen Sanra, Yabu Kentsu and Motobu Choyu. States Chinen Sanra was a famous bojutsu master of commoner origin (yago Yamanmee, hence Yamane-ryu), and that after the war his grandson Chinen Masami served as head of the family; Higa Seitoku of the Bugeikan studied under Masami and was awarded the only shihan license Masami ever issued, making the Bugeikan the legitimate successor to the Yamane-ryu; Yabiku Moden and Oshiro Chojo also studied under Chinen Sanra.

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