Matayoshi Kobudo information

Matayoshi Kobudo is a general term referring to the style of Okinawan Kobudo that was developed by Matayoshi Shinpo (又吉眞豊) and Matayoshi Shinko (又吉眞光)...

Shuguro Nakazato of Shorin Ryu Shorin Kan and Shinpo Matayoshi, founder of the Zen Okinawan Kobudo Renmei. [citation needed] Yamashita combines many progressive...

practice Matayoshi Kobudo thanks to his legacy. "日本古武道協会 | 金硬流唐手沖縄古武術". Video on YouTube Matayoshi Kodokan Japan International Matayoshi Kobudo Association...

Shinko Matayoshi (又吉 眞光, Matayoshi Shinkō, 1888–1945) was one of the best-known masters of Okinawa Kobudo Matayoshi Kobudo. Born in 1888 in Naha-shi at...

son and only child, Shinpo Matayoshi. After the death of Shinko Matayoshi in 1947, Matayoshi Shinpo created the Ryukyu Kobudo Federation in 1970, which...

Kobudo is the branch of Okinawan Kobudo developed and systemized by Taira Shinken under the Ryukyu Kobudo Hozon Shinko Kai association. Ryukyu Kobudo...

Kenko Nakaima, Shinpo Matayoshi and Seiki Toma. At 23 Odo began to study karate under Shigeru Nakamura. Odo studied both kobudō (with Mitsuo Kakazu) as...

Yamanni-ryū (山根流) (also Yamanni-Chinen-ryū and Yamane Ryu) is a form of Okinawan kobudō whose main weapon is the bo, a non-tapered, cylindrical staff. The smaller...

kusarigama is a rare chain (鎖) and sickle (鎌) weapon found in the Okinawan kobudō weapons set. A noted modern practitioner of the weapon was Seike Toma, a...

lifestyle. Two Okinawan writers have received the Akutagawa Prize: Eiki Matayoshi in 1995 for The Pig's Retribution (豚の報い, Buta no mukui) and Shun Medoruma...