Ryukyu Shimpo
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Matsumora Kōsaku heroic tales
Matsumora Kōsaku 松茂良 興作 (1829–1898) was a famous Okinawan karate master from Tomari. Over the course of several months in 1938, his heroic tales were written down in a number of fictional short stories in the newspaper Ryūkyū Shimpō. Based on the stories also a stage play was set up which had been advertised in Continue reading
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Yabu Kentsū talks about voluntarily joining the Army
Yabu Kentsū (1866–1937) is one of the most important figures in the development of modern karate. He was instructed in karate, the civil fighting arts of Ryūkyū, from a young age by Matsumura Sōkon (1809–1899) and Itosu Ankō (1831–1915). It is well known that Yabu voluntarily joined the Japanese Army in 1890. But it is Continue reading
Investigations into the history of karate 