The Decline of Okinawan Kumite

I received this message before. He said that he had studied a certain branch of Kyan Chōtoku’s karate for…

Is Motobu’s karate self-taught?

There is a slander against Motobu Chōki that has been around for a long time, such as the following:

The Difficulty of Determining the Original Kata

Transition of Naihanchi

Written by Motobu Naoki, translated by Ulf Karlsson

Shutō Uke of Old Style

I have written about this story before. While Motobu Chōki was away from home in Osaka, the sōke (Motobu Chōsei) would…

Motobu Chōyū’s Unsū

Translated by Motobu Naoki

Motobu Chōyū and Miyagi Chōjun

The other day I heard the following story from a Japanese karate practitioner living in the United…