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How did Choki Motobu defeat Gichin Funakoshi - the father of modern karate in Japan? Discover the Okinawan kumite expert who challenged the founder of Shotok

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Liberate yourself from fixed postures and seek to cultivate unconstrained technique and movement. Motobu Choki. 2. Using the "coupled hands" in actual combat. With regard to the positioning of the hands, Motobu believed a position referred to as "coupled hands" or "husband and wife hands" ( meoto-de) should be assumed.

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Motobu Chōki (本部 朝基, April 5 1870 - April 15 1944) was an Okinawan karateka and the founder of Motobu-ryū. His older brother Motobu Chōyū was also a noted ka

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Motobu Chōki (本部 朝基, April 5, 1870 - April 15, 1944) was an Okinawan karate master and founder of Motobu-ryū.He was born into a branch of the Ryukyuan royal family, and at the age of 12, he and his older brother Motobu Chōyū were invited by Ankō Itosu to be taught karate.. Motobu also studied karate under Sakuma, Matsumura Sōkon, and Kōsaku Matsumora.

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April 15, 1944. Choki Motobu was born on April 5, 1870 and died on April 15, 1944. He was born in Akahira village in the Shuri region of Okinawa. He was the third son of Motobu "Udun", a high ranking aji or lord and brother of Choyu Motobu. The Motobu family were skilled at the art of Ti (a grappling art of the Okinawan nobility).

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The Man. Choki Motobu was born on April 5, 1870. His father Choshin was a descendent of the sixth son of the Okinawan King, Sho Shitsu, namely Prince Sho Ko, also known as Motobu Chohei (Iwai 1994). Due to this lineage the male members of the family were permitted to retain the "CHO" character in their given names (Sells 1996).

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Motobu was more exposed to combat. Like streetfighter wise and have exposure to instinctual defense, and attacking, plus pain tolerance.

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Motobu Choki (1870-1944) was an influential and controversial Okinawan karate master. Many people consider him one of the best practical karate fighters ever lived. Motobu Choki became famous in mainland Japan after defeating a younger and bigger Western boxer in his 50s. There are also various accounts of Motobu Choki soundly defeating Gichin Funakoshi in

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Choki Motobu:Through The Myth...To the ManPart 2. By Tom Ross. Editor's Note: This is the second of a two articles exploring the truths and misconceptions about Choki Motobu who was arguably one of Okinawa's greatest early twentieth century karate masters. Part one discussed Motobu's childhood, family, education and early karate training.

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154K views, 7.4K likes, 1.2K loves, 240 comments, 1.2K shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Jesse Enkamp: The deadliest Karate fighter! 屢 (Motobu Choki)

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Motobu, however, was persevering and is said to have watched the Kumite training through holes in the fence around Matsumura's dojo. During this time, Motobu gained great respect for his fighting ability. He was hailed as the greatest fighter in Japan. Many sensei advised their students to go and train with Motobu and learn his Kumite techniques.

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Jesse Enkamp: How did Choki Motobu defeat Gichin Funakoshi - the father of modern karate in Japan? Discover the Okinawan kumite expert who challenged... | Shōtōkan-ryū, self-defence

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1871 to 1944. Master Choki Motobu was born the third son to the Motobu family in Okinawa. The Motobu family was of Samurai class, which meant that the first son of the family was taught the family fighting methods. Choki Motobu, being frustrated by this, tried to sneak in and watch his older brothers training.

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Choki Motobu was born in 1871 in Akahira village in the Shuri region of Okinawa. He was the third son of Motobu "Udun", a high ranking aji or lord. The Motobu family were skilled at the art of Ti (a grappling art of the Okinawan nobility). Motobu did learn some of the techniques of his family's fighting system, but because of Okinawan tradition

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What I've always heard about Motobu Choki is that he was a great fighter, but a very poor communicator, which is why Funakoshi is so much more influential, despite having been defeated multiple times by Motobu. ... having led the famous demonstration before the crown prince and being a chairman of the Okinawa Martial Arts Organization Shobukai

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It reads, "Karate authority Motobu Choki will be arriving on the 26th. Motobu Choki, who is teaching several hundred students in Tokyo, is well known as an authority on karate/martial arts. ... Motobu dispatched the fighter and helped bring national attention to this little-known Okinawan tradition. However, when the story was finally

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In around 1922, Motobu Choki aged 52 at the time, soundly defeated a young Western boxer and became famous in mainland Japan This post includes different accounts told by different people about what might have happened and the impact it made on karate history. Table of Contents Motobu Choki around the time of the fight.

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Choki Motobu sensei was born in 1870 and started his formal training in karate at the age of 12 under the Shuri-te master Itosu Anko sensei, who was invited to the home of the Motobu Udun to teach.Because of Choki sensei's status as a descendant of Ryukyuan royalty, he was able to study under most of the greatkarate masters of that time.As a result of his natural talents, extensive training

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Master Choki Motobu lived from 1871 to 1944 and trained many-noted Masters; among them are Shoshin Nagamine, Tatsuo Shimabuku, and Kosei Kuniba of the Seishin-Kai Karate dojo in Osaka, Japan. The Seishin-Kai Karate dojo named the Karate that it taught there, Motobu-Ha Shito-Ryu, in honour of Master Motobu.

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Motobu Choki was of the view that karate must be practical and effective, karate is sente and one's karate can only progress through meticulous personal study and experience, not through copying others' techniques. Karate is sente. Note that sente means "initiative. " Karate is sente " means "karate means taking the initiative".

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An Okinawan named Seikichi Uehara was taught the art, though. He later began teaching and in 1961 formed his own school, calling it Motobu-ryu. Motobu-ryu is not to be confused with Choki Motobu's karate, and in fact it is not even a karate system. It is closer to jujutsu or aikijutsu, concentrating on locking and throwing techniques.

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Through The Myth ...To the Man. Part 2. By Tom Ross. Editor's Note: This is the second of a two articles exploring the truths and misconceptions about Choki Motobu who was arguably one of Okinawa's greatest early twentieth century karate masters. Part one discussed Motobu's childhood, family, education and early karate training.