Matsubayashi-ryū

Matsubayashi

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Date founded	1947
Country of origin	Okinawa, Japan
Founder	Osensei Shōshin Nagamine
Arts taught	Karate, Kobudō
Ancestor schools	Tomari-te, Shuri-te
Descendant schools	Shōrin-ryū Kishaba Juku
Official website	www.matsubayashi-ryu.com

Matsubayashi-ryū (松林流), is a style of tomari-te karate that was founded in 1947 by Shōshin Nagamine (1907-1997) who was trained in tomari-te and Shuri-te. Because Tomari-te is considered the blending to Shuri-te and Naha-te, and Nagamine's style is blended, it is consider Tomrari-te and not Shuri-te. Its curriculum includes 18 kata, 7 two-man yakusoku kumite (prearranged sparring) routines, and kobudō (weapons) practice.

Sensei Nagamine named his style in honor of the two masters whom he viewed as the most important masters that his teachings were based upon, Sōkon Matsumura of Shuri-te. and Kosaku Matsumora of Tomari-te.. He chose to name the school using the first kanji characters from both master names Matsu (松) and the style can be pronounced in Japanese "Matsubayashi". Because all Japanese Kanji have both an ON (Chinese) Pronunciation and a Kun (Japanese) Pronunciation, Matsubayashi is often mispronounced by non-Okinawans as Shorin, which is incorrect. In Japanese for any given word, there is only one correct pronunciation of the kanji. Either the ON pronunciation or the Kun pronunciation is correct, but never both. For (松林流), the kun pronunciation of Matsubayashi is correct.

Nagamine Shōshin also credited Motobu Chōki as the teacher who inspired his seven Yakusoku kumite forms. Today, the official Matsubayashi-ryū organization is run by Shōshin Nagamine's son, Takayoshi Nagamine, though there are many schools teaching Matsubayashi-ryū that are not officially affiliated with the Nagamine dojo.

Matsubayashi-ryū is one of the better-documented traditional karate styles, owing to Nagamine's book, The Essence of Okinawan Karate-dō. as well as Tales of Okinawa's Great Masters

Kata

• Fukyugata Ichi
• Fukyugata Ni
• Pinan Shodan
• Pinan Nidan
• Pinan Sandan
• Pinan Yondan
• Pinan Godan
• Naihanchi Shodan
• Naihanchi Nidan
• Naihanchi Sandan
• Ananku
• Wankan
• Rōhai
• Wanshu
• Passai
• Gojūshiho
• Chintō
• Kusanku

References

1. ^ Bishop, Mark. Okinawan Karate: Teachers, Styles and Secret Techniques. ISBN 0804832056.
2. ^ http://www.wonder-okinawa.jp/023/eng/008/001/index.html
3. ^ http://www.wonder-okinawa.jp/023/eng/014/009/index.html
4. ^ http://www.wonder-okinawa.jp/023/eng/003/004/index.html
5. ^ http://www.wonder-okinawa.jp/023/eng/003/002/index.html

External links

• Official okinawan website on karate
• Official okinawan webpage on tomari-te
• Officail Okinawan webpage on Matsubayashi
• The World Matsubayashi-Ryu Karate-Do Association (WMKA)
• Matsubayashi-Ryu Karate Association of Australia (MKAA)
• European Matsubayashi-Ryu Karate Association (EMKA)
• The North American Matsubayashi-ryu Karate-do Association (NAMKA)
• Okinawan Shorin-Ryu Karate-Do Information Page, New Zealand
• The Official World Shorin-Ryu Karate-Do Federation
• The Official Okinawa description of Matsubayashi-ryu
• the Official Okinawan biography of Shoshin Nagamine
• The Official Okinawan Lineage of Tomari-te
• The Official Okinawan Lineage of Shuri-te
• Matsubayashi-ryu Kata videos
• An academic paper by performance theory scholar Meron Langsner on the nature of kata in the Electronic Journals of Martial Arts and Sciences.