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Isao Obata (小畑 功, Obata Isao, 1904–1976) was a pioneering Japanese master of Shotokan karate. [1] He was a senior student of Gichin Funakoshi, [2] who is widely recognized as the founder of modern karate, and was a key figure in the establishment of the Japan Karate Association (JKA) under Funakoshi in 1949.
Karate (空手) (/ k ə ˈ r ɑː t i /; Japanese pronunciation: ⓘ; Okinawan pronunciation:), also karate-do (空手道, Karate-dō), is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called te ( 手 ) , "hand"; tī in Okinawan) under the influence of Chinese martial arts .
As previously mentioned, light contact to the head/ face is permitted from the age of 16 years old and upwards. The rule of KIKEN (or forfeiture) is commonly only found with blows to the body. If a (legal) punch or kick is delivered to the body, and causes an athlete to forfeit the bout (as they cannot continue), then the opposition is ...
Seiken Shukumine, born 9 December 1925 in Nago on the Japanese island of Okinawa, started at age 8 with karate lessons from Ankō Sadoyama, a grandmaster in koryū karate ("Old style/school Chinese techniques"). He trained him for four years. When Shukumine was about 14 years old, he was accepted by Kishimoto.
Uechi-Ryū (上地流, Uechi-Ryū) is a traditional style of Okinawan karate.Uechi-Ryū means "Style of Uechi" or "School of Uechi". Originally called Pangai-noon, which translates to English as "half-hard, half-soft", the style was renamed Uechi-Ryū after the founder of the style, Kanbun Uechi, [1] an Okinawan who went to Fuzhou in Fujian Province, China to study martial arts and Chinese ...
Funakoshi Gichin Sensei, of karate-do, was born on November 10, 1868 in Shuri Okinawa. From about eleven years old he began to study to-te jutsu under Azato Anko and Itosu Anko. He practiced diligently and in 1912 became the president of the Okinawan Shobukai. In May 1922, he relocated to Tokyo and became a professional teacher of karate-do.
The system is an amalgamation of two primary karate systems (Chito Ryu Karate & Yoshukai International Karate); and also offers the study of Japanese budo arts including Judo, Kobudo and Iaido. Robertson was the Honbu-Cho (chief instructor) for Yoshukai International Karate in Canada from 1996 to 2004 and holds senior ranks in Yoshukai ...
Shotokan Karate: A Precise History. Gichin Funakoshi. Karate-do Kyohan: The Master Text, ISBN 978-1568364827; Gichin Funakoshi. Karate-do Nyumon: The Master Introductory Text. ISBN 978-4770018915; John Sells. Unante: The Secrets of Karate (Panchita S. Hawley, 2nd ed. 2000), ISBN 0-910704-96-1. Marius Podeanu. Best Embusen: Shotokan. Masatoshi ...