He also began his study of "Ki" (or "Chinkuchi (チンクチ)" in the Okinawan dialect) for which Kyan was most well known. Within a short time, Shimabukuro became one of Kyan's best students and learned the kata: Seisan, Naihanchi, Wansu, Chinto and Kusanku, along with the weapons kata Tokumine nu kun and basic Sai. Kyan also taught at the Okinawa Prefectural Agricultural School. By the time he was 17, he was consistently winning in two of his favorite events, the javelin throw and the high jump.Īround the age of 19 (1927), he began to study Shorin-ryu karate under Chotoku Kyan at Kyan's home in the village of Yomitan. He excelled in athletic events on the island. His karate training, and work on the family farm, gave him physical strength. While the older brother went on to create his own new style of karate, Eizo quickly moved up the ranks in Shōrin-ryū (Shōbayashi).īy the time Shimabukuro was a teenager, he had attained the physical level of a person six years his senior. Eizo studied under his elder brother, Tatsuo, and is said to have also studied under the same masters as Tatsuo, such as Chotoku Kyan, Chojun Miyagi, Choki Motobu, and Shinken Taira. 1925) was Tatsuo's younger brother, who also excelled in martial arts. His uncle later sent him to study with Chotoku Kyan to further study karate because he thought Tatsuo's training was incomplete.Įizo Shimabukuro (b. His uncle initially sent him back home, but after seeing how dedicated his nephew was he took him on as a pupil. He began his study of karate at the age of 13 from his uncle, who lived a few miles away from him in Agena Village. He was the first of ten children born into a farming family. Tatsuo Shimabukuro was born in Gushikawa village, Okinawa on September 19, 1908. )įrom childhood until World War II Family He is the founder of Isshin-ryū ("One Heart Style/One Heart Way") style of karate. Tatsuo Shimabukuro ( 島袋 龍夫, Shimabukuro Tatsuo, Septem– May 30, 1975) was an Okinawan, Japanese martial artist. Steve Armstrong (AOKA), Don Nagle, Frank Van Lenten, Harold Mitchum, Arsenio Advincula, Angi Uezu, Harold G.Long, Denny Shaffer, Harry G. His uncle at first, then in chronological order: Chōtoku Kyan, Chōjun Miyagi, Chōki Motobu, Taira Shinken
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