Article by Emanuel Giordano
On November 17, 1668, King Sho Shitsu died, who was replaced by his son Sho Tei, who was officially crowned on January 11, 1670. According to Liao Zhenpei, music typical of the Qing dynasty was played for the first time on this occasion, during an official...
02.07.2022 16:35
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Article by Emanuel Giordano
After requesting the investiture from Peking (Beijing) in 1621, 1625, 1626 and 1627, Sho Ho finally received the investiture in 1633. This was the last mission sent by the Ming dynasty. In fact, Beijing, the capital of the Ming dynasty, fell to the invading Manchu...
02.07.2022 16:07
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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...
28.06.2022 16:48
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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...
09.05.2022 19:24
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Articolo a cura di Emanuel Giordano
“Nel periodo in cui il ministro dell’educazione organizzava la prima dimostrazione di atletica nazionale nel Giappone continentale, la segreteria centrale di educazione fisica di Okinawa volle che io presentassi il Karate, l’arte marziale tramandata...
09.05.2022 19:17
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Article by Manuel Vignola
At this point Funakoshi began to have a first success especially in the university field, and with the increase in the number of students another famous character intervened in his support: Hakudo Nakayama (1872-1958), probably the most famous Kendo Master in Japan...
02.12.2021 16:54
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Articolo a cura di Manuel Vignola
A questo punto Funakoshi iniziava ad avere un primo successo soprattutto in campo universitario, e con il crescere del numero degli studenti un altro famoso personaggio intervenne in suo supporto: Hakudo Nakayama (1872-1958), probabilmente il più famoso Maestro...
02.12.2021 15:48
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Article by Emanuel Giordano
The topic is always much debated, and the confusion due to the various oral traditions is great. Kyan sensei lived mainly in Okinawa and Tokyo, where he moved for a while to follow his father, a member of the exiled court of the former ruler of the extinct Ryukyu...
17.11.2021 15:32
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Articolo a cura di Emanuel Giordano
L’argomento è sempre molto dibattuto, e la confusione dovuta alle varie tradizioni orali è molta. Kyan sensei visse principalmente a Okinawa e a Tokyo, dove si trasferì per un periodo per seguire il padre, membro della corte in esilio dell’ex-sovrano...
17.11.2021 15:03
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Article by Manuel Vignola
In 1921 the Ministry of Education was organizing the 1st Athletic Martial Arts Exhibition for the following year at the women's high school in Ochanomitzu, Tokyo district, and had contacted the Department of Education to find a suitable subject that could present...
28.10.2021 12:19
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