Toyama Kanken
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Book review: The Seven Innermost Techniques of Toyama Kanken
Tōyama Kanken (1888–1966) was a prominent figure in karate, having trained under masters such as Itosu Ankō (1831–1915) and Higaonna Kanryō (1853–1915). He founded the Shūdōkan dōjō in Tōkyō in 1930 and was instrumental in teaching and spreading karate in Japan. Despite his contributions, he remains less well known than contemporaries such as Funakoshi Gichin Continue reading
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Review: Introduction to Karate-Do. Its Inner Techniques and Secret Arts
The book has been in my possession for several weeks. Now I would like to congratulate Tobey Stansbury for his great work. In Introduction to Karate-Do. Its Inner Techniques and Secret Arts (2019) Stansbury offers his translations of the books Karate-dō Okugi Hijutsu 空手道 : 奥技秘術 (1956) and Karate-dō Nyūmon 空手道入門 (1967) by Tōyama Kanken 遠山寬賢(1888–1966), Continue reading
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Review: Toyama Kanken: The Heritage of Shudokan
This year, a biography of Tōyama Kanken (1888–1966) was published in both German and English. On 236 pages, it deals with the life and work of the karate master who opened his first dōjō, the Shūdōkan, in Tōkyō in 1930. Tōyama Kanken was a student of Itosu Ankō and Higaonna Kanryō, and also learned from Continue reading
Investigations into the history of karate 