Kentsū Yabu

Yabu Kentsu (Japanese屋 部 宪 通; * 1863 in Okinawa, Japan, † 1937) was a master of karate and led the " military drill " is taught according to the today Karate in most cases, a. This earned him the nickname Yabu Gunso ( " Warrant " ) or Yabu Chusa ( " lieutenant " ) a.

Yabu was a student of Itosu and Matsumura Yasutsune Sokon. About his pupil Gima Makoto his training style had a strong influence on the development of Shotokan - ryu in Japan.

He taught one of the first karate teacher in the schools of Okinawa, the teacher's college and the police academy the concepts Itosu. From 1919 he taught karate in the U.S. and eight years later he introduced karate in Hawaii.

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  • Hawaii Karate Seinenkai (English )
  • Karateka (Japan)
  • Japanese
  • Born in 1863
  • Died in 1937
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