Article by Emanuel Giordano Relations between China and Okinawa began in 1372, when King Satto of Chuzan (1320-1395), one of the three kingdoms of Okinawa, met with Chinese envoys. Chinese envoys arrived in Chuzan in 1372, demanding the admission of Chinese cultural supremacy and for Okinawa...

Article by Emanuel Giordano As we have seen in the two previous articles (part 1; part 2) there are two lineages for Oyadomari no Passai: the lineage Oyadomari> Kyan> Shimabukuro Taro and the lineage Oyadomari> Oshiro> Kinjo Hiroshi. In order to avoid...

Articolo a cura di Emanuel Giordano  Come abbiamo visto nei due precedenti articoli (parte 1; parte 2) esistono due lignaggi per l’Oyadomari no Passai: il lignaggio Oyadomari>Kyan>Shimabukuro Taro ed il lignaggio Oyadomari>Oshiro>Kinjo Hiroshi. Onde evitare di ripetere...

Article by Emanuel Giordano VERSION 2 Passed down in the Shorinji-ryu Kenkokan of the Kudaka (Hisataka) family, it was learned by Hisataka Kori, a pupil of Kyan sensei. The school is based in mainland Japan, and this has caused a “Japaneseization” of the same, whose kata are visibly...

Articolo a cura di Emanuel Giordano  VERSIONE 2 Tramandata nello Shorinji-ryu Kenkokan della famiglia Kudaka (Hisataka), essa fu appresa da Hisataka Kori, allievo di Kyan sensei. La sede della scuola è nel Giappone “continentale”, e questo ha causato una “giapponesizzazione” della...

Article by Emanuel Giordano “Kyan studied with Oyadomari from Tomari. While Kyan often trained with us, I got to know him quite well. During those enbukai [public martial arts performances] he often performed kata such as Chinto, Passai and his version of Kusanku. He was a great expert....

Articolo a cura di Emanuel Giordano  “Kyan ha studiato con Oyadomari di Tomari. Mentre Kyan si allenava spesso con noi, imparai a conoscerlo abbastanza bene. Durante quelle enbukai [esibizioni pubbliche di arti marziali] spesso eseguiva kata come Chinto, Passai e la sua versione di...

Article by Emanuel Giordano In recent days, the article “Kāmi nu Kū Dance and Koryū Motobu Passai” by Motobu Naoki was published. In this article we have examined a very rare and probably ancient kata, preserved thanks to a dance typical of the Nakaoshi district of the Nakijin village....

Articolo a cura di Emanuel Giordano  Negli scorsi giorni è stato pubblicato l’articolo “Kāmi nu Kū Dance and Koryū Motobu Passai” da Motobu Naoki. In questo articolo si è preso in esame un kata molto raro e, probabilmente, antico, preservato grazie ad una danza tipica del...

Article by Emanuel Giordano “Around the time the education minister was organizing the first national athletics demonstration in mainland Japan, the Okinawa Central Physical Education Secretariat wanted me to introduce Karate, the martial art that was secretly passed down for generations...