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Yamanni-ryū
Yamanni-ryū patch
Also known as
Yamanni-Chinen-ryu, Yamane Ryu
Focus
Okinawan kobudō and notably Bōjutsu
Country of origin
Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Creator
Masami Chinen
Famous practitioners
Chogi Kishaba, Toshihiro Oshiro
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 buki, such as sai, tunfa (or tonfa), nunchaku, and kama (weapon) are studied as secondary weapons.
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...
from the Federation of All Japan Karatedo Organization 5th Dan, Chinen Yamanniryu Bojutsu, under Ryukyu Bujutsu Kenkyu Doyukai (Known as RBKD) 3rd Dan...
study to include Judo and Kendo. As a teen, he began studying Yamanniryu (or Yamanni-Chinen ryu) alongside Kiyoshi Nishime, with Chogi Kishaba, the direct...
Sensei learned his bojutsu from Kanki Izumikawa and Oshiro Chojo of Yamanni-ryu in the late 1920s. As everyone knows he was also an early member of the...
Society preserves the kata learned by Moden: karate from Ankō Itosu Yamanni-ryū style bojutsu from Sanda Chinen kobudo from Tawata nu Meigantu sai from...
Masami Chinen (知念 正美, 1898–1976), Okinawan martial artist and founder of Yamanniryu Rina Chinen (知念 里奈, born 1981), Japanese singer Teruo Chinen (知念 輝夫,...
lecturer and educator. He is certified as Hanshi, Ku Dan, in both Okinawan Gōjū-ryū Karate Do and Kobudo, by the Sho Honbu Jun Do Kan Okinawa Karate Do organization...
His granduncle, Masami Chinen, belonged to the line of masters of the Yamanniryu kobudo school. Although Okinawan, Chinen's father adopted Japanese ways...